Mercor
AI hiring platform that matches experts with AI labs for contract training and evaluation work.
On , Mercor listed 295 open AI training roles; the median listed hourly rate was $80, from 259 roles.
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Entry: open · 295 roles today · checked 26 October 2026
Listed hourly pay, Mercor against the whole list
Share of roles in each $10 step of the hourly rate. $0 to $10: 0%, $10 to $20: 3%, $20 to $30: 1%, $30 to $40: 5%, $40 to $50: <1%, $50 to $60: 20%, $60 to $70: 10%, $70 to $80: 10%, $80 to $90: 12%, $90 to $100: 12%, $100 to $110: 3%, $110 to $120: 7%, $120 to $130: 4%, $130 to $140: 1%, $140 to $150: 0%, $150 or more: 12%. Median $80, middle half $55 to $105, from 259 rates. Grey bars, all 23 platforms, 1,613 roles: $0 to $10: 7%, $10 to $20: 11%, $20 to $30: 13%, $30 to $40: 7%, $40 to $50: 10%, $50 to $60: 7%, $60 to $70: 13%, $70 to $80: 5%, $80 to $90: 4%, $90 to $100: 5%, $100 to $110: 5%, $110 to $120: 4%, $120 to $130: 2%, $130 to $140: 1%, $140 to $150: <1%, $150 or more: 8%.
How applying works
- On this site
Pick a role here
Each row below opens the role page on this site, with the link to the posting on Mercor. 31 more are paid per task.
- On Mercor's site
Apply on Mercor's page
You apply on Mercor's own page. The list is read again every day.
- Not checked first-hand
What happens next
You create a profile and apply to roles on Mercor.
Open Mercor roles
The 30 newest of the 295 roles on Mercor's public portal today. The button under the list opens all 295 in the finder.
The strip under each rate: the listed range on a ruler from $0 to $150; the tick is the median of the whole list, $50
The review
What Mercor is
Mercor is a talent marketplace that places annotators and specialists (engineers, lawyers, doctors and similar) into paid AI training and evaluation projects. A third-party guide puts pay at about $25 to $80 per hour for annotation work and $50 to $150 per hour for expert work (aigigjobs.com).
Where the roles are
Mercor lists its open roles on the Explore page of its work portal (read October 2026).
Is Mercor legit?
Yes. Mercor lists its projects in public and publishes its terms of service (last updated 26 August 2026, read October 2026).
Strong points
- Roles for specialists, with hourly figures up to $150.
- A public page of open roles.
What to watch out for
- Mercor publishes no single rate, and the ranges above come from a third-party guide. Each role lists its own rate (see how much Mercor pays).
Head to head
What the open roles ask for
The titles that come back most are Application users (26), Voice actor: cx agent voice cloning (15) and (2). The rest have titles of their own, 247 different titles in all. By type of engagement: contract (211), part time (72) and full time (12).
No role says it is open from anywhere. Where countries are named, the most common are United States (65), United Kingdom (8), Germany (4) and Brazil (4). 50 ask for a work language other than English: Spanish (13), German (10) and Chinese (7).
By field, the roles sit mostly in STEM (93), Languages (49) and Generalist (47).
What the roles list per hour
Of the 295 roles, 259 show an hourly rate in US dollars. The median is $80 an hour, and the middle half runs from $55 to $105.
For every open AI training role the median is $50, so this platform sits above it.
31 list a rate per task, 4 a yearly figure and 1 list no rate. Listed pay is what the platform shows on the role: it is not guaranteed pay, and a role is not an acceptance.
Questions people ask
What does Mercor pay?
Mercor lists no single rate. A third-party guide gives $25 to $80 per hour for annotation work and $50 to $150 per hour for expert work.
Where are Mercor's open roles?
On its own site, on the Explore page of its work portal.