What AI training work pays, by profession

How we work this out

• A profession's range is the lowest and the highest hourly rate listed across the open roles in that profession. Nothing in between is implied: a $100–200 profession has roles advertised at both ends, not an average of $150.
• Roles that do not state a rate are left out of the ranges. A profession whose open roles all omit pay gets no range at all, and is named separately rather than dropped.
• These are advertised rates, not reported earnings. They are before tax, they say nothing about how many hours you are actually assigned, and they do not count unpaid application, screening or interview time.
• All rates are hourly and in US dollars, as the platform lists them, rounded to the nearest whole dollar. No currency conversion, no figure that is not on a live posting.
• 57 open roles pay a fixed amount per session or per task instead of an hourly rate. Those are not rates, so they are left out of these ranges; each shows its own amount on its role page. We never convert a fee into an hourly figure.
• Compiled from 594 open micro1, Mercor, Terac and AfterQuery roles, 537 of which state a rate. Placeholder sample rows the site shows while a profession is thin are excluded from every figure here.
• A role and an opening are different things: one role can carry many openings. Counts on this page say which.
• Last checked 14 Sep 2026. We check every morning and rebuild, so this page is never older than a day.

Source: open roles listed on micro1, Mercor, Terac and AfterQuery, read from the postings themselves.