Pharmacist / Pharmacy Technician: Medication Pronunciation Reviewer

What you'll do

You listen to short audio samples of medication names being spoken and judge whether each one is pronounced accurately and clearly. Scoring follows a structured rubric; you flag pronunciation errors, ambiguities and inconsistencies, and add brief feedback where a correction is needed.

Work starts with a calibration exercise so reviewers score the same way, then continues in review batches as the project needs them. The skill being bought is the ear you have built at the counter: knowing how a brand or generic name is actually said in US pharmacy practice, and hearing when a voice gets it slightly wrong.

The ad frames it as an AI-focused healthcare project. Audio of spoken drug names scored by pharmacy staff is the kind of data used to check and improve how speech systems say or recognise medications, where a mispronounced name can be a safety problem.

Who qualifies

• A licensed pharmacist (PharmD/RPh) or an experienced pharmacy technician
• Professional pharmacy experience in the United States, and US-based
• Strong familiarity with the generic and brand-name medications common in US practice
• Comfort recognising medication terminology spoken aloud, and an ear for small pronunciation differences
• Ability to follow a detailed rubric consistently
• Strong written and spoken US English

Preferred, per the ad: several years of hands-on pharmacy experience, regular experience saying medication names aloud to patients or colleagues, and familiarity with a broad range of therapeutic areas. Prior QA, annotation, clinical review or transcription review work helps but is not required. Retail, hospital, speciality, mail-order and other settings all count.

What it pays

$70 per hour, Mercor's published figure, the same flat rate for pharmacists and technicians. For a technician that is a strong rate; for a pharmacist it is closer to ordinary hourly pay. The ad does not state weekly hours, and batches arrive as project needs arise.

The contract terms in the ad are Mercor's standard ones: independent contractor, weekly payment via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered, and no support for H-1B or STEM OPT candidates.

Mercor also runs a separate Pharmacy Technician listing at $35/hour for prior-authorization question answering, a different project with a fixed weekly commitment.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Pharmacy technicians qualify on the same terms as pharmacists, at $70/hour
• Short audio clips and a rubric; no patient care
• Prior annotation experience is not required
• A calibration round up front, so expectations are set before scored work starts
• The ad mentions further projects as new review work becomes available

Less good:

• US-based professionals only, and H-1B and STEM OPT holders are excluded
• No weekly hours or project length are published; work comes in batches as needed
• Careful listening across many similar clips is repetitive
• The ad also states projects can be extended, shortened or ended early depending on need and performance

About this listing

Posted by Mercor as a remote hourly contract, read on 30 September 2026. The rate, the US-based requirement, the qualifications and the payment terms above come from the ad itself. No closing date is published. See Mercor.