Turing is a real company, Turing Enterprises, Inc., that hires independent contractors for AI training work. Its pages disagree on when it pays: two help pages say monthly, around the 5th, and its talent page says every two weeks. Plan around monthly until your contract says otherwise. From Turing’s own help centre and terms, read 22 October 2026.
Turing is a registered US company
Turing’s terms of service name Turing Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The address they give, on Market Street in San Francisco, carries a private mailbox number.
Turing’s help centre says chief executive Jonathan Siddharth founded it in 2018. Its funding announcement of June 2025 reports a $111 million Series E at a $2.2 billion valuation.
Turing’s help centre calls its AI training business “AI Advancement”. The contact page gives [email protected] and live chat for contractors.
The Turing pages read here carry no warning about people who pretend to be its recruiters. Its status page points you to your applications dashboard on work.turing.com. Check any other contact against our scam checklist.
How Turing hires
Turing asks for an application, proctored tests on some roles, and then usually an interview. Our Turing application guide covers the tests, which disqualify you for 90 days if you pause screen sharing more than four times.
Turing’s review can take up to six weeks, and it gives no individual feedback.
Turing’s own pages give three different pay dates
Turing states three different schedules, and none of them is marked as the current one:
- The onboarding page says regular hours are paid on the 5th calendar day of each month. Processing can take two to three more days.
- The offboarding page says completed work is released on the 5th business day of the month. It can take five to seven more business days to arrive.
- The talent page promises “bi-weekly payouts”.
Two of the three say monthly, and both are help pages written for working contractors. So expect one payment a month, early in the month. Ask Turing which date applies before you rely on it.
Pay for a notice period is paid separately, on the 10th calendar day of the month, according to the onboarding page.
How Turing pays you
Turing pays in one of three ways, depending on how you were engaged. Its contracts page describes them:
- Directly by Turing. Pay goes to your bank account, and invoices sit in Turing’s developer portal.
- Through Deel. Pay and payslips appear in your Deel account.
- Through a vendor. The vendor company pays you, and Turing does not.
During onboarding you fill in a tax form: a W-9 if you live in the US, or a W-8BEN if you do not. Turing’s ID check accepts a passport or a driver’s licence only.
When a payment shows “Processing”, Turing says extra checks usually clear within 48 hours. It asks you not to change your profile or tax details while they run.
What Turing pays
Turing’s board states no pay field, so this site lists only Turing roles whose description states a figure. The 16 Turing roles open on this site state $15–150 an hour. Pay can be hourly, per task or per project, as each role sets it.
Browse the Turing roles open now.
What ends a Turing contract early
Turing’s offboarding page lists the ways a project ends. Most are not about you: a project finishes, its scope or budget changes, or the client decides.
Two endings are about you:
- Performance. A project lead may set a trial sprint with goals and deadlines. If work does not improve, the contract can end.
- Breaking the terms. Falsifying work or misusing AI tools can mean immediate removal, no pay for the fraudulent work, and a permanent ban.
Extensions are not guaranteed. The project transitions page says they depend on client needs. A move to a new project does not repeat your ID or bank setup.
How this site is paid
This site lists Turing roles. If you are hired through a link here and complete 10 worked hours, Turing pays this site a referral fee. Your pay is unaffected.
What Turing does not publish
- Which of its three pay schedules applies to you.
- The currency it pays in, any fees, or a minimum payout.
- How hours are logged and approved, and what happens to unapproved hours.
- How many hours a week an AI training role offers, or any guaranteed hours.
- Which countries it can engage or pay.
This site is not affiliated with Turing, and passing its tests is not a promise of work.