Mindrift
Toloka's freelance platform for domain experts who create and check AI training data, paid per approved task.
On , Mindrift listed 19 open AI training roles; the median listed hourly rate was $70, from 19 roles.
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Entry: open · 19 roles today · checked 26 October 2026
Listed hourly pay, Mindrift against the whole list
Share of roles in each $10 step of the hourly rate. $0 to $10: 0%, $10 to $20: 0%, $20 to $30: 0%, $30 to $40: 0%, $40 to $50: 0%, $50 to $60: 0%, $60 to $70: 42%, $70 to $80: 11%, $80 to $90: 0%, $90 to $100: 0%, $100 to $110: 47%, $110 to $120: 0%, $120 to $130: 0%, $130 to $140: 0%, $140 to $150: 0%, $150 or more: 0%. Median $70, middle half $69 to $100, from 19 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
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What happens next
You apply on Workable or through the Mindrift application page (mindrift.ai/apply).
Open Mindrift roles
All 19 roles on Mindrift's public portal today, newest first.
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 Mindrift is
Mindrift is Toloka's AI training platform. It recruits freelancers for project work such as evaluating model answers, writing, coding and domain checks, with a clear route for engineers and licensed physicians. Its blog lists rates of up to $90 per hour for coding and STEM. Its public site is mindrift.ai.
Who it hires
The job feed on Workable (account "toloka-ai") returned 458 rows on 2026-10-09, all marked part-time, covering about 9 distinct titles: each role is repeated once per country. The largest were "Freelance Mechanical CFD Engineer - AI Trainer" (115 rows), "Freelance Mechanical CAD&Simulation Engineer - AI Trainer" (114), "Licensed Physician (MD/DO) - Freelance AI Trainer" (112) and "Physician (MD/DO) - Medical AI Evaluation" (112). See the Workable feed.
Listed pay
Most postings state a maximum hourly figure in the text ("up to"), and this site shows it as "Up to" a rate: today 19 of 19 listings show one, from $69 to $100 per hour at most. Besides the $90 for coding and STEM, Mindrift's blog lists up to $50 per hour for design and up to $30 for writing (Mindrift pay rates).
Countries
Each posting names the countries it is open to. Across today's 19 postings, the most common are: United States 19, Algeria 4, Argentina 4, Armenia 4 (postings per country; one posting can list many countries).
Payment
Mindrift pays through Payoneer or Tipalti, according to its own blog, and works only where those services do (how Mindrift pays).
Is Mindrift legit?
Yes. Mindrift is run by Toloka, a known company, and has a public help centre and published pay pages.
Pros
- A clear route for engineers and licensed physicians.
- Public pay pages with the maximum for each kind of work.
What to watch out for
- Read the listed figures as ceilings: pay depends on tasks accepted, not hours, and all-access projects typically pay under $20 per hour, according to the same blog.
- Payment goes through Payoneer or Tipalti, so see that one of them works in your country.
- Expect fewer distinct jobs than the posting count suggests, since hundreds of postings are copies of a few roles.
- For background on how AI data work is recruited, read the Pulitzer Center report, which is critical of the sector.
On this site
Mindrift roles are read from the public Workable feed once a day. Repeated titles are grouped into one listing with a list of countries, and buttons go to the employer's own page.
Head to head
What the open roles ask for
The titles that come back most are Physician (5), Cfd engineer (2) and Cad engineer (2). The rest have titles of their own, 13 different titles in all. By type of engagement: part time (19).
No role says it is open from anywhere. Where countries are named, the most common are United States (19), Algeria (4), Argentina (4) and Armenia (4).
By field, the roles sit mostly in Medicine (11) and STEM (8).
What the roles list per hour
Of the 19 roles, 19 show an hourly rate in US dollars. The median is $70 an hour, and the middle half runs from $69 to $100.
For every open AI training role the median is $50, so this platform sits above it.
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 is Mindrift?
An AI training platform run by Toloka that recruits freelancers for project work.
What does Mindrift pay?
Its blog lists up to $90 per hour for coding and STEM, up to $50 for design and up to $30 for writing. Pay depends on tasks accepted, not hours, and all-access projects typically pay under $20 per hour.
Does this site list Mindrift jobs automatically?
Yes, from the public Workable feed, once a day.