How AITraining.jobs works
One map for the whole AI-training economy.
The work is scattered across dozens of platforms, each with its own roles, rates, and quirks. AITraining.jobs tracks them all, pulls their open roles live, and compiles honest pay so you can act on facts, not word of mouth.
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The idea
Stop guessing where the work is.
Finding AI-training work usually means word of mouth and scattered subreddits. AITraining.jobs replaces the guessing with a single, always-current source.
Discover every platform
We track 65 AI-training platforms in one directory, from expert networks paying up to $450/hr to accessible microtask crowds. See who fits your skills and location.
Compare what you'll earn
Real pay benchmarks across 12 kinds of work, each labeled by how we know it, from live job feeds to platform-stated averages. No inflated marketing numbers.
Get matched and apply
We pull open roles live from the job feeds of the 29 platforms hiring now (3,684 open right now), rank the best-paying ones for you, and link you straight to apply.
Where the work is
Platforms worth your time.
Hand-picked for real worker roles, honest pay, and volume. Every profile has pay by role, live openings, and how workers rate getting paid.
Alignerr
Expert network
Design the training tasks in your own professional domain.
Invisible
Expert network
Freelance AI-trainer projects, pay stated per project.
Prolific
Research studies
Vetted study platform that spans easy studies and paid AI-trainer roles.
Handshake AI
Expert network
Degree-holding US trainers, with hourly contract roles on its live board.
Mindrift
Expert network
Toloka-backed freelance projects: coding, STEM, legal, consulting.
OpenTrain AI
Expert network
A unified board of AI-training jobs with real per-role pay.
DataAnnotation
Expert network
Reliable-paying generalist and expert work for educated writers.
Mercor
Expert network
Premium expert network: physicians, lawyers, engineers, PhDs.
Outlier (Scale AI)
Expert network
Scale AI's contributor arm, now leaner and shifted toward technical experts.
What it pays
Know your rate before you apply.
The spread is huge: the same hour is worth $2 or $450 depending on the work and your skills. Here is the shape of it, from the most accessible work to the top of the market.
| Type of work | What it is | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Data Annotation & Labeling | Annotate and label images, video, LiDAR point clouds, and text so models can perceive and categorize the world. | $18–$120/hr |
| AI Evaluation & Rating (RLHF) | Rate, rank, and compare model responses so a model learns which answers are better. | $25–$120/hr |
| Coding & Software Evaluation | Review, write, and grade code so models can program: bug-finding, code-generation review, agentic-coding evaluation, and worked engineering examples. | $60–$120/hr |
| Law, Medicine & Finance | Credentialed professionals (physicians, attorneys, CPAs, financial analysts, consultants) evaluate model reasoning in their field. | $50–$150/hr |
Why trust our numbers
Every pay figure carries its receipts.
This industry runs on inflated averages. AITraining.jobs labels every figure by how we know it, so you can tell a live wage from a hopeful estimate at a glance. Benchmarks are compiled from public sources; live data was last refreshed 2026-10-18.
Read the full methodology for exactly how each figure is sourced and kept current.
Every pay figure is labeled one of four ways
Live from job feed read straight from a platform's own open-role feed
Platform-stated published by the platform itself
Third-party reports from worker reports and aggregators
Estimate a range where no live source exists
How we stay free
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