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Guides, pay data and platform comparisons for AI training work. Built on the real listings this site checks every morning.
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Short explainers. Every one has a written guide behind it.
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The questions people usually need answered before they apply.
Getting startedHow to get started with AI training workHow to find and land remote AI training work: what the job is, which platforms hire, how screening works and what your first day looks like.PayWhat does AI training work pay in 2026?Real listed rates from every open AI training role this site tracks. Hourly, per-session and per-task pay, broken down by platform and profession.Before you applyHow to spot an AI training job scamThe warning signs that separate a fake AI training job from a real one: pay that does not add up, rate cuts, endless unpaid tests and fake platform emails.
This is the work.
The guides below assume you know what the work is. If you do not, it is this: you read what a model produced and say where it is wrong, in a field you already know.
Roles that need no specialismAI says:
“A 10% discount on $80 saves $18.”
Red Pen: $8, not $18.
Illustrative example, not a real task and not a screening question.
Understand the work
Getting started
What the work is and how to begin
- How to get started with AI training workVideo, 1:11 How to find and land remote AI training work: what the job is, which platforms hire, how screening works and what your first day looks like.
- SFT, RLHF and rubrics: what AI training tasks ask you to doJob listings assume you already know terms like SFT, RLHF and rubric points.
Pay
Listed rates, how payment works, the full-time question
- What does AI training work pay in 2026?Real listed rates from every open AI training role this site tracks.
- How you actually get paid for AI training workPayment schedules, processors, minimum cash-outs and tax forms on each platform we track, and what to settle before your first task.
- Can AI training work be a full-time income?The rates are real and often high.
Apply with confidence
Before you apply
The wait, the interview, eligibility, scams and software
- What happens after you apply: the stages, in orderVideo, 1:08 Every stage between applying and your first paid task, what each platform calls it, how long it takes, and how many people each listing is hiring.
- How to prepare for the micro1 and Mercor AI interviewsVideo, 1:08 micro1 and Mercor each screen with one AI interview, scored from what you say.
- AI training work outside the US: the UK, Canada, Europe and AustraliaHow many open roles a reader in the UK, Canada, Europe or Australia can apply to, which country limits are real, and the ID and payout checks that follow.
Interviews
Every platform screens with a short AI interview
- How to prepare for the micro1 and Mercor AI interviewsVideo, 1:08 micro1 and Mercor each screen with one AI interview, scored from what you say.
- How to pass micro1's Zara AI interviewVideo, 1:28 What Zara asks, how she builds questions from your introduction, where to take a free practice interview, and what each result status means.
- What micro1 certification and skill ratings meanmicro1 says being certified does not mean you are hired.
Platforms
How each platform works and how they compare
- micro1 vs Mercor: which to apply to, and how each paysBoth screen with one AI interview.
- The micro1 hiring process, step by stepmicro1 has published its own hiring process: four steps, the timings it states for each, what certification gets you, and how payment works through Deel.
- How to pass micro1's Zara AI interviewVideo, 1:28 What Zara asks, how she builds questions from your introduction, where to take a free practice interview, and what each result status means.
- Every micro1 application status, explainedAll ten statuses on micro1's talent dashboard, the difference between did not qualify and not selected, and what to do about each.
- What micro1 certification and skill ratings meanmicro1 says being certified does not mean you are hired.
Your profession
What the roles for your job title pay, and what the tasks are
Once you are working
Getting set up, getting paid, and keeping the contract
- Mercor onboarding: from accepted offer to first paid taskWhich steps after a Mercor offer you can finish today, and which ones you can only wait on.
- The software you will be asked to install, and what it recordsSlack, Deel, Feather, Hubstaff and Insightful: the tools AI training platforms use, what the time trackers record, and why untracked hours go unpaid.
- How you actually get paid for AI training workPayment schedules, processors, minimum cash-outs and tax forms on each platform we track, and what to settle before your first task.
- Mercor's pay week runs on Indian timeMercor's week closes Friday 23:59 IST, which is Friday morning in California.