Data annotators label the material AI models learn from. On 3 October 2026, annotation roles on this board paid from $6 to $400 an hour, and the gap came from expertise: entry-level video labelling at the bottom, nurses and radiologists at the top. This guide covers the work, salaried and contractor pay, pay outside the US, and how annotators move up.
Mercor publishes no platform-wide rate, but each of its 304 listings on this site states one. The typical hourly listing advertises $70, rates run from $12.68 to $400 an hour, and medicine pays most while language and audio work pays least. Pay by field, the top roles, language rates and how weekly payouts work, as of 3 October 2026.
The typical AI training listing on this site advertises about $70 an hour, but the range runs from $6 to $400. From 699 listings as of 29 September 2026: how hourly rates spread, what each field and level pays, and how per-task and salaried roles compare.
Speaking a second language is the most common way into AI training work, but the same job can pay three times more in one language than another. From the 135 non-English roles on this site: which templates pay the same in every language, which pay by market, what a professional skill adds, and where each language does best.
Every listing on this board advertises an hourly rate, and almost none of them pay by the hour. What you are really agreeing to is a per-task rate, a payout schedule, and a payment rail that has to reach your country. Here is what each platform publishes about all three, and the gap between the number in the ad and the number in your account.
Every listing shows its pay and who it is open to.