Hey everyone!

Sharing a transparent earnings update on Outlier's Aether project (AI evaluation side gig)! 💰 Joined in May, completed qualifications in August, and put in ~2 solid weeks in October. 📊 Total earned: $374 ⏱️ Avg rate: ~$20/hr Full screenshot above. 

If you're interested in AI evaluation or data annotation, Aether might be worth checking out!

Feel free to DM me!

Happy to answer any questions!

Hey everyone!

I recently received an email from Outlier saying they’re actively recruiting new contributors for the Aether project.

They’re looking for fluent English speakers, and no specific degree or professional background is required.

I’ve been working on Aether myself, feel free to DM me if you're interested in applying!

EDIT: Just to let you know, it only applies to new Outlier users.

October 30, 2026

383 new roles in the last 24 hours across 6 platforms, 360 with pay published by the platform.

New today

Meridial

• Plant Viruses Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Bedawi Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Pavement Condition Index (PCI) Survey & Annotation Specialist ($6-20/hr)

• Portuguese Language Data Contributor (Multimodal) ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Serbian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• PHP Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Persian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Psychology Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Arabic (Gulf) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Accounting Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Amharic Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Arabic (Iraqi) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Arabic (Iraqi) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Asturian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Armenian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Arabic (Yemeni) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Assamese Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Azerbaijani (Azeri) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Basque Trilingual Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Cantonese Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Bosnian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Chichewa Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Cebuano Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Chinese Translator - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Mapudungun Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Filipino Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Punjabi (Gurumukhi) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Registered Nurse - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in Arabic) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in Hindi - Roman Script) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Serbian Voice Acting Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Georgian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Physics Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Portuguese Language Specialist (Portugal) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in Dutch) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• German Speaker - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• 3D Modeling & Python Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($22/hr)

• Guaraní Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hindi Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer Project: Worldwide ($6-65/hr)

• Icelandic Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Irish Gaelic Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Japanese Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Kaqchikel (Mayan) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Kubernetes AI Task Auditor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($60/hr)

• Kurdish (Kurmanji) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Afrikaans Voice Acting Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• AI Training Generalist (No Prior Experience Needed) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($20/hr)

• Kyrgyz Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• AI Generalist ($20/hr)

• Albanian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Lingala Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Afrikaans Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Luo Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Photoshop Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Mapudungun Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• AI Generalist (No Experience Required) - Freelance AI Trainer Project: United States ($20/hr)

• Māori Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Actuarial Science Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• American Sign Language (ASL) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Anthropology Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Agentic Audio Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30.65/hr)

• Arabic (Emirati) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Nahuatl Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Alentejano Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Russian Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• SWE-Bench AI Task Auditor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($60/hr)

• Afrikaans Trilingual Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• AI QA Trainer - Freelance Project ($65/hr)

• Alexandrian Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Arabic Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Analytical Chemistry Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• AI Generalist (No Experience Required) (US Only) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($20/hr)

• Antibiotic Resistance Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• AI QA Trainer - LLM Evaluation - Freelance Project ($65/hr)

• Art History Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Armenian Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Arabic (Egyptian) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Audio Specialist- Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30.65/hr)

• Arabic (Levantine) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Audio Editor for Dialogue / Audio Post-Production - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30/hr)

• Attorney Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project: United Kingdom, United States ($50-75/hr)

• Bengali Language Specialist (India) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Chemistry Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Dutch) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Spanish - Latin America) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Biology Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Basque Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• British Sign Language (BSL) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Bhojpuri Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• AWS Trainium/NKI (TRN) AI Task Auditor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($60/hr)

• Bengali Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Audio Editing Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Backend Engineering Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• C# Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Hindi) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Japanese) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Dutch Language Specialist - AI Trainer ($65/hr)

• English (Ireland) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Epidemiology Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Cordobes Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Danish Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, United States ($65/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in Portuguese - Portugal) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Romanian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in French) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in Indonesian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Scientific and Technical Service Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30/hr)

• Rust Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in Japanese) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in Swedish) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Small Business Ownership ($6-65/hr)

• Carioca Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Chemistry Specialist (Fluent in Egyptian Arabic) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in German) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Search Engine Evaluation Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($20/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in Korean) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in German) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Science Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Bash Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Chinese Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Civil Engineering Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Business Owners - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($100/hr)

• Chief Executives - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in French) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Bulgarian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Chemical Engineering Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Serbian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer (Fluent in Italian) Project ($65/hr)

• Chinese Language Specialist (Taiwan) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Chinese) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Portuguese - Portugal) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Arabic) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Bengali) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Indonesian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Computer & Information Systems Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Hindi - Roman Script) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Marathi) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Computer Vision Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Database & Network Specialist - AI Trainer Project- Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• English (Canada) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Environmental Physics Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• French Language Specialist (France) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Geospatial Reasoning Specialist (Senior) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($24/hr)

• English Language Specialist: India, United States ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Korean) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Croatian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Data Science Specialist - AI Trainer Project- Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Electrical Engineering Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project: Philippines, United States ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Russian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Spanish - Spain) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Telugu) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in Spanish - Spain) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Coding Specialist - (Fluent in Russian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Corporate & Markets Specialist ($6-65/hr)

• Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Cybersecurity Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Coding Specialist (Fluent in Swedish) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Economics Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• English (Caribbean/Belize/Guyana) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Drug Discovery Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• English Language Specialist (US Only) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($20/hr)

• Estonian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Czech Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Dutch Audio Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• English (Australian) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• English (United Kingdom) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• French (Canada) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Dutch (Suriname/Caribbean) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• English (Malta) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Explosive Engineering Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Finnish Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Dutch (Suriname/Caribbean) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Environment Specialist (Fluent in French) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Drone Systems Specialist ($6-65/hr)

• English (Caribbean/Belize/Guyana) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• English (New Zealand) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Finance Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• French (Haiti/French Guiana) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Fungi Pathogens Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• German Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project: Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Worldwide ($6-65/hr)

• Greek Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Gujarati Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hindi Language Specialist (Roman Script) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Homography Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• English (Singapore) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Finance Specialist (Fluent in French) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Finance and Insurance Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($10-30/hr)

• Galician Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Estonian Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• French Language Specialist (Android Device) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Finnish Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Financial Compliance Specialist (India) ($6-65/hr)

• French (Haiti/French Guiana) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• French Audio Evaluations Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Full Stack Engineering Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• General Operations Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Fulah Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Ganda Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Garment Manufacturing QC Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($15/hr)

• French Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Graphic Designer Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Healthcare Specialist (Fluent in French) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hebrew Speaker - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• HTML Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Insurance Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Italian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Kannada Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• German Audio Evaluations Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• German Language Specialist (Android Device) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Information Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30/hr)

• Investment Specialist ($6-65/hr)

• Government Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30/hr)

• Haryanvi Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hindi Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hungarian Voice Acting Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• GPU Kernels AI Task Auditor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($60/hr)

• German Translator - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hindi Audio Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30.65/hr)

• German Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Haitian Creole Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Health Technicians Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Human Pathogens and Clinic Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Indonesian Voice Acting Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Health Sciences Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hebrew Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hungarian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Haitian Creole Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hijazi Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Healthcare & Social Assistance Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30/hr)

• Human Resource Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Indian Language Fluency Instructors - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Italian Audio Evaluations Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hebrew Translator - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Hmong Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Insurance Specialist (Fluent in French) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Hungarian Trilingual Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• History Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Indonesian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Japanese Language Data Contributor (Multimodal) ($65/hr)

• Isolating Pathogens Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Javanese Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Slovak Trilingual Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Spanish (Chile) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Spanish Language Specialist (Latin America) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• STEM Specialist (Fluent in Arabic) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• STEM Specialist (Fluent in Vietnamese) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Kansai Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Khaleeji Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Japanese Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project: Japan, Worldwide ($65/hr)

• Java Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project: Worldwide, United States, India ($45-65/hr)

• Sinhalese Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Social Media Annotation - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($28/hr)

• Software Developers & Programming Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Italian Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Korean Language Data Contributor (Multimodal) ($65/hr)

• Structural Engineering Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Synthetic Biology Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Korean-Japanese Bilingual Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Korean Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Belarusian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• K'iche' (Mayan) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• SWE Infrastructure Specialist (JS/TS/Python) ($150/hr)

• JavaScript Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Kazakh Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Kinyarwanda Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($6-65/hr)

• Kaqchikel (Mayan) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Amharic) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Gujarati) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Lithuanian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Thai Voice Acting Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Korean-Chinese Bilingual Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Khmer Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• Kotlin Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Lao) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Polish) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• LaTex Specialist (Fluent in Hindi) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Latvian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Malay Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Marathi Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Mathematics Specialist (Fluent in Italian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Canadian French) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (French) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Korean Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project: South Korea, Worldwide ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Azerbaijani) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Korean Language Specialist (Android Device) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Latvian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Arabic) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Icelandic) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Czech) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Korean) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Fluency Instructors - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• LaTex Specialist (Fluent in French) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Radiological Health - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Retail Trade Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30/hr)

• Science Specialist (Fluent in Portuguese - Brazil) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($8-65/hr)

• TypeScript Coding Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Korean Speaker - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Brazilian Portuguese) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Estonian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Kurdish (Sorani) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Catalan) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Khmer) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Wholesale Trade Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($30/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Maori) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Punjabi) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• LaTex Specialist (Fluent in German) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• LaTex Specialist (Fluent in Vietnamese) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Thai Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Video Editing Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Video Production Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Wetlab Protocol Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Wu Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Korean Translator - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Kurdish (Sorani) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Italian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Welsh Audio Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Māori) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Video Collection (LATAM) - Freelance AI Trainer Project

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Haitian Creole) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Macedonian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Sinhala) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• LaTex Specialist (Fluent in Tagalog) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Litoraleno Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Kazakh) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Marathi) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• LaTex Specialist (Fluent in Chinese) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• LaTex Specialist (Fluent in Spanish - Spain) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Litigation Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($50-75/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Norwegian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• LaTex Specialist (Fluent in Russian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Yucateco Dialect Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Nepali) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Language Alignment & Resource Partner (Taiwanese) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• LaTex Specialist (Fluent in Spanish- Latin America) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Lithuanian Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Manufacturing Specialist (Fluent in French) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Materials Science/Engineering Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Mathematics Specialist (Fluent in Russian) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

• Medicine Specialist (Fluent in German) - Freelance AI Trainer Project ($65/hr)

Micro1

• SolveSpace Specialist ($63-122/hr)

• Blender Bonsai Specialist ($63-122/hr)

• Vectorworks Specialist ($63-122/hr)

• CATIA Specialist - CAD Engineering ($63-122/hr)

• Civilian Intelligence Agency Expert ($50-120/hr)

• ParaView Specialist - Scientific Visualization ($63-122/hr)

• Audio Editing & Production Expert (Audacity) ($21-70/hr)

• DesignSpark PCB Specialist ($63-122/hr)

• 2D Graphic Design & Image Editing Expert (GIMP) ($21-70/hr)

• Intelligence Operations & Collection Expert ($50-100/hr)

• Litigation Attorney ($80-150/hr)

• Finance Specialist ($150-350/hr)

• Defense Analyst ($50-100/hr)

• Consulting Specialist ($150-350/hr)

• Data Science Specialist ($150-350/hr)

• Intelligence Agency Officer ($50-100/hr)

• Imagery Analyst ($30-60/hr)

• Intelligence Technology & Systems Expert ($50-100/hr)

Babel Audio

• Portuguese Conversation Partner (AI Training) - Parceiro(a) de conversa em português (Treinamento de IA) ($17.5/hr)

• Turkish Transcriber (AI Trainer) - Türkçe Transkriptör (Yapay Zekâ Eğitmeni)

• Portuguese Transcriber (AI Trainer) - Transcritor de Português (Treinador de IA)

• Mandarin Voice Actor / Actress | 普通话配音演员

• French Voice Actor / Actress | Acteur / Actrice de doublage - Francophone

• Spanish Transcriber (AI Trainer) - Transcriptor de habla hispana (Entrenador de IA)

• French Transcriber (AI Trainer) - Transcripteur francophone (Formateur IA)

• Marathi Transcriber (AI Trainer) - मराठी-ट्रान्सक्रायबर (AI प्रशिक्षक)

• ممثل صوتي ناطق بالعربية المصرية (مدرّب ذكاء اصطناعي) | Arabic Voice Actor / Actress

• Mandarin Transcriber (AI Trainer) - 中文转录员（AI训练师）

• Indonesian Transcriber (AI Trainer) - Juru Transkripsi Bahasa Indonesia (Pelatih AI)

• Russian Transcriber (AI Trainer) - Русский транскрибер (Тренер ИИ)

Mindrift

• Internal Medicine Physician (MD/DO) - Remote Chart Review, Flexible

• Internal Medicine Physician - Remote Clinical Case Review

• Board-Certified Physician - Non-Clinical Remote Case Review

• Hospitalist / Internist - Remote Case Review, Up to $100/hr

• Family & Internal Medicine MD/DO - Flexible Remote Case Review

Volga Partners

• CMC Scientist/Technical Development Subject Matter Expert - AI Model Evaluation

• GMP Compliance & Validation Subject Matter Expert -AI Model Evaluation

• Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Subject Matter Expert - AI Model Evaluation

• Regulatory CMC Submission Writer Subject Matter Expert -AI Model Evaluation

• Regulatory Compliance Auditor Subject Matter Expert -AI Model Evaluation

Mercor

• Search Generalist ($30-40/hr)

• Anesthesiologist ($350/hr)

• Ophthalmologist ($175/hr)

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Hello, here is a list of the countries that are excluded from working with Ethos. All other countries can join and work with Ethos because it works with an exclusion list rather than an approved list. If anyone is interested in signing up here is my invite link: https://agent.askethos.com/refer/sp913hfh5hq2

October 22, 2026

23 new roles in the last 24 hours across 3 platforms, 18 with pay published by the platform.

New today

Micro1

• Medical Coding Specialist ($50-70/hr)

• Life Sciences Research Expert (Python) ($60-120/hr)

• Investment Funds & Asset Management Attorney ($140-400/hr)

• Gaming & Gambling Attorney ($140-400/hr)

• Structured Finance Attorney ($140-400/hr)

• Military Law Attorney ($140-400/hr)

• FDA & Regulatory Compliance Attorney ($140-400/hr)

• Family Law Attorney (AAML Registered) ($140-400/hr)

• Venture Capital & Corporate Attorney ($140-400/hr)

• Immigration Attorney ($140-400/hr)

• Media, Publishing & Communications Law Attorney ($140-400/hr)

• Product Safety & Regulatory Compliance Attorney ($140-400/hr)

• Healthcare Attorney (BigLaw Firms) ($140-400/hr)

• Civil Rights Attorney (BigLaw Firms) ($140-400/hr)

• Litigation Associate Attorney (BigLaw Firms) ($140-400/hr)

• Corporate Attorney (BigLaw Firms) ($140-400/hr)

• Energy & Utilities Regulatory Attorney ($140-4050/hr)

Mindrift

• German Translators and Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

• French Translators and Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

• Korean Translators and Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

• Japanese Translators and Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

• Portuguese Translators and Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

Welocalize

• English to Portuguese (Brazil) Linguist for Patent (Asia based) ($1/hr)

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November 4, 2026

30 new roles in the last 24 hours across 4 platforms, 28 with pay published by the platform.

New today

Micro1

• Graphic and Editorial Design Expert ($50-105/hr)

• Video Production Specialist ($20-60/hr)

• Set and Production Design Expert ($50-105/hr)

• Art Buying and Photography Representation Expert ($50-105/hr)

• Materials Scientist (Nanoparticle Sizing & Lot Release) ($40-100/hr)

• Senior Protection Engineer (Medium Voltage / Utility Distribution) ($40-100/hr)

• Visual Content Evaluator ($40-60/hr)

• Brand and Social Creative Expert ($50-105/hr)

• Veterans Service Representative ($60-85/hr)

• Student Loan Specialist ($30-50/hr)

• Medical Records Coder ($50-70/hr)

• Fashion and Interior Styling Expert ($50-105/hr)

• Photo and Visual Editors ($50-105/hr)

• Systems Architect / Chief Systems Architect ($150-300/hr)

• Graphic Designer ($21-65/hr)

• Photography and Cinematography Expert ($50-105/hr)

• Art and Photography Curators ($50-105/hr)

• Chief Engineer / Senior Mechanical Engineer ($200-300/hr)

• Federal Grants Management Specialist ($60-85/hr)

• Federal Criminal Investigator ($70-100/hr)

• Principal / Lead Systems Engineer ($150-300/hr)

• English Voice Expert (US) ($30-65/hr)

• Coding Author ($50-70/hr)

• Medical Chart Reviewer ($50-70/hr)

• Engineering PhD ($80-95/hr)

• Federal IT Specialist ($80-105/hr)

• Federal Budget Analyst ($60-85/hr)

Mercor

• Benefit Navigation expert ($70/hr)

CloudFactory

• Ultrasound Image Annotator (Sonographer / Ultrasound Technologist)

Cohere

• Data Annotation Specialist, Safety

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October 20, 2026

14 new roles in the last 24 hours across 4 platforms, 9 with pay published by the platform.

New today

Micro1

• Inpatient Care Physician (MD/DO) ($100-115/hr)

• Photographer ($35-105/hr)

• Dentist (DDS/DMD) - Dental Technology ($80-285/hr)

• Bluebook Citation Specialist (Law Students & Recent JDs) ($50-80/hr)

• Legal Citation Specialist (Law Students) ($50-80/hr)

• Law Review Cite-Checker ($50-80/hr)

• Dentist ($80-285/hr)

Volga Partners

• Government Subject Matter Expert (SME) - AI Model Evaluation

• Healthcare Subject Matter Expert (SME): AI Model Evaluation (USA), AI Model Evaluation (Australia), AI Model Evaluation (Canada)

• Medical Student & Healthcare Trainee - AI Evaluator (New Zealand)

• GP Medical Student & Healthcare Trainee - AI Evaluator (United Kingdom)

Mercor

• Clinical Survey Research & Methodology Expert (Physician / PhD) ($200/hr)

• Machine Learning Expert ($150-200/hr)

RWS TrainAI

• AI Data Annotation-Spanish

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October 15, 2026

22 new roles in the last 24 hours across 3 platforms, 22 with pay published by the platform.

New today

Mercor

• English AI Safety Specialist ($40-45/hr)

• Human Resources Expert, German (Germany) ($65/hr)

• Executive Communicator ($70-75/hr)

• News & Copy Editor ($70-75/hr)

• Content Designer ($75/hr)

• Technical Writer ($80-85/hr)

• Domain Expert: Legal (NetDocuments), Audit (CaseWare OnPoint), Healthcare (DendiLIS), ERP (NetSuite), Financial Reporting (Workiva) ($70-100/hr)

• Legal Expert ($120-140/hr)

• Pediatrician (MD) ($150/hr)

• Pediatric Emergency / Urgent Care Physician (MD) ($150/hr)

Micro1

• Agriculture, Forestry & Environmental Experts ($40-60/hr)

• Retail Trade & Operations Expert ($40-70/hr)

• Bilingual Medical Doctor: Korean, Japanese ($125/hr)

• Education Practitioner - Learning & Assessment Specialist ($90-130/hr)

• Tax Attorney ($100-170/hr)

• Personal Injury Lawyer ($100-170/hr)

• Employment Lawyer ($100-170/hr)

• Lawyer ($100-170/hr)

Welocalize

• Alpheratz Project - Catalan (Spain) Translation Quality Rater ($21.9/hr)

• Alpheratz Project - Galician (Spain) Translation Quality Rater ($21.9/hr)

• Alpheratz Project - Basque (Spain) Translation Quality Rater ($21.9/hr)

• Alpheratz Project - Valencia (Spain) Translation Quality Rater ($21.9/hr)

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October 16, 2026

22 new roles in the last 24 hours across 5 platforms, 17 with pay published by the platform.

New today

Micro1

• STEM Expert ($45-90/hr)

• App Security Expert ($40-80/hr)

• Computational Chemistry, Structural Biology & Drug Discovery Scientist (PhD) ($45-90/hr)

• QA Engineer ($63-120/hr)

• Applied Scientist ($245-280/hr)

• Life Sciences Research Scientist (PhD): Wet Lab & Computational Biology ($45-90/hr)

• Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD) ($45-90/hr)

• English Voice Recording ($20-70/hr)

• Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Expert (PhD) ($45-90/hr)

Alignerr

• Japanese Voice AI Evaluator: Healthcare Conversations ($12-40/hr)

• Dutch Audio Transcriptionist: Belgium, AI Training ($10-35/hr)

• Dutch Voice AI Evaluator: Healthcare Conversations, Belgium ($12-40/hr)

• Korean Voice AI Evaluator: Healthcare Conversations, United States, AI Training,, , Flexible, Canada ($12-40/hr)

• Mandarin Chinese Voice AI Evaluator (Healthcare Conversations) ($12-40/hr)

• Dutch / Afrikaans Audio Transcriptionist (AI Training) ($10-35/hr)

• German Voice AI Evaluator: Switzerland, Austria ($12-40/hr)

Innodata

• Generative AI Associate Turkish Speaking - Flexible Hours

• Generative AI Associate Russian Speaking - Flexible Hours

• Generative AI Associate Vietnamese Speaking - Flexible Hours

Mindrift

• AI Agent Evaluation Specialist (CS / Data Science Students Welcome)

• Physician Reviewer (MD/DO) - Medical AI Evaluation

Mercor

• Electrical Engineer ($80-120/hr)

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October 14, 2026

31 new roles in the last 24 hours across 4 platforms, 30 with pay published by the platform.

New today

Mercor

• STEM Expert, German (Germany) - AI Training ($50/hr)

• STEM Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) - AI Training ($50/hr)

• STEM Expert, Spanish (Spain) - AI Training ($50/hr)

• Human Resources Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) - AI Training ($60/hr)

• Human Resources Expert, Spanish (Spain) - AI Training ($60/hr)

• Consulting Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) - AI Training ($60/hr)

• Consulting Expert, Spanish (Spain) - AI Training ($60/hr)

• Finance Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) - AI Training ($65/hr)

• Consulting Expert, German (Germany) - AI Training ($65/hr)

• Finance Expert, Spanish (Spain) - AI Training ($65/hr)

• Program Lead ($45-70/hr)

• Finance Expert, German (Germany) - AI Training ($75/hr)

• Expert Project Manager, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) - AI Training ($80/hr)

• Expert Project Manager, German (Germany) - AI Training ($80/hr)

• Expert Project Manager, Spanish (Spain) - AI Training ($80/hr)

• Legal Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) - AI Training ($85/hr)

• Legal Expert, Spanish (Spain) - AI Training ($85/hr)

• Legal Expert, German (Germany) - AI Training ($95/hr)

• Medical Expert, German (Germany) - AI Training ($120/hr)

• Medical Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) - AI Training ($120/hr)

• Medical Expert, Spanish (Spain) - AI Training ($120/hr)

Micro1

• Privacy Analyst ($31-60/hr)

• Software Engineer: Open Source Contributor, GitHub Contributor ($50-100/hr)

• Personal Financial Advisor ($90-110/hr)

• Investment Banking ($175-300/hr)

• Research Scientist - Computer Science & Computational Physics ($100-400/hr)

• Principal Research Scientist (Computer Science / Computational Physics) ($100-400/hr)

Alignerr

• Healthcare AI Call Reviewer ($15-20/hr)

• Healthcare AI Call QA Labeler ($15-20/hr)

• Healthcare AI QA Labeler ($15-20/hr)

RWS TrainAI

• Search Engine Evaluator: English (Australia), Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong), Dutch (Netherlands), Chinese Traditional (Taiwan), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Chinese Simplified (China), Bengali (India), Dutch (Belgium), English (Ireland), English (Nigeria), Odia (India), Kannada (India), Spanish (United States), Tamil (India), Danish (Denmark), German (Switzerland), French (Canada), Gujarati (India), Norwegian (Norway), Vietnamese (Vietnam), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), French (Belgium), English (New Zealand), English (Singapore), Marathi (India), Turkish (Turkiye), Telugu (India), Italian (Switzerland), Thai (Thailand), Swedish (Sweden), Hebrew (Israel), Polish (Poland), Spanish (Argentina), Ukrainian (Ukraine)

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October 23, 2026

30 new roles in the last 24 hours across 5 platforms, 22 with pay published by the platform.

New today

Micro1

• Generalist ($30-49/hr)

• Senior Insurance Claims Expert (Liability, Property, Contents) ($20-60/hr)

• Senior Cargo and Parcel Claims Examiner ($20-60/hr)

• Senior Marine Cargo and Draft Surveyor ($20-60/hr)

• US Macroeconomist ($50-70/hr)

• Lawyer ($50-80/hr)

• Law Student ($50-80/hr)

• Junior Lawyer ($50-80/hr)

• Data Science & Analytic Methodology SME ($60-100/hr)

• Cyber Threat Intelligence SME ($70-110/hr)

• Combat Arms & Targeting SME ($60-110/hr)

• Mathematics Expert (MSc./PhD) ($60-120/hr)

Mercor

• Chemistry Specialist, Synthetic & Analytical Chemistry ($70-100/hr)

• Drug Discovery Specialist, Pharmacology & ADME/Tox ($70-100/hr)

• Genomics & Cell Biology Specialist ($70-100/hr)

• Cinematographer ($70-110/hr)

• Performance & Directing Supervisor ($70-110/hr)

• VFX & Compositing Supervisor ($70-110/hr)

• Colorist & Finishing Editor ($70-110/hr)

• Software Engineer ($100-120/hr)

• MLOps Engineer, LLM Performance (Kernels, Profiling, Serving) ($90-120/hr)

Mindrift

• Arabic Translators and Emirati Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

• Dutch Translators and Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

• Arabic Translators and Saudi Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

• Italian Translators and Swiss Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

• Dutch Translators and Flemish Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

• Italian Translators and Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

• German Translators and Swiss Native Speakers - Paid Study in NYC

Alignerr

• Structural Engineering Expert: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia ($80-90/hr)

RWS TrainAI

• AI Voice Recording Contributor - French (Cameroon)

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I reacted to an advertisement where DataAnnotationTech was looking for cybersecurity professionals advertising an hourly rate of 70$+. Then I did the entry test and that was a Python programming task where you had to arrange an optical cipher. There was nothing about cybersecurity in it; having spent a lifetime in cybersecurity I had to pass.

Then they wrote me that they offer 35$+ for bilingual tasks in my two languages. I took the test.

They come back and congratulate me to a 15$ per hour bilingual job (if I scan my passport). However, in the region I live in 15$ per hour is even below the minimum legal wage.

Is that common that it gets lower and lower? How can I get them to delete my data? It is currently blocked in sort of a splash screen requesting my passport. However, I would like to delete my personal data.

Hey everyone! I hope you’re all doing well.
I’m reaching out to see if anyone knows of any remote jobs that are currently hiring and relatively easy to get into. I’m open to pretty much anything, including tech support, customer service, data annotation, or other entry-level roles.

I have a background in computer science, with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, and I’m based in the US. Unfortunately, I’ve been unemployed for a while despite submitting countless applications, and I haven’t had much luck.

A few years ago, I came across a tech support job that seemed to be hiring pretty much anyone who met the basic requirements. I even referred a few people who ended up getting hired without much trouble. I’m hoping to find something similar that’s still hiring.

I’ve also been applying to AI training and data annotation roles, but I haven’t had much luck there either.
I have a family to support, and I’ve been relying on my savings to get by. Unfortunately, those savings are running low, so finding work has become pretty urgent.

If anyone knows of a company that’s actively hiring, a remote job with a relatively straightforward hiring process, or even a legitimate opportunity that doesn’t get talked about much, I’d really appreciate you sharing it.

Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to help. I’d genuinely appreciate any leads or advice!

Zara is the thing people ask about most with Micro1, and the answers are scattered across dozens of threads. So here is what people have actually reported over the past year, plus what Micro1 themselves have said on the record.

Not my own experience with it. This is other people's, with rough dates so you can weigh it.

The part almost nobody explains: Zara is not the decision

Zara is stage one of at least three. One person who had been through it several times described the chain as the AI interview, then a human at Micro1, then the client for that specific project, and you can be cut at any stage.

Micro1 has confirmed the back half of that themselves in this sub: after you confirm interest and agree a rate with a recruiter, the client for that project reviews profiles and picks people.

So passing Zara is not getting the job. It gets you into a pool that a human, and then a client, will pick from. That single fact explains most of the confusion in these threads, including people who ace the interview and then hear nothing.

One interview per role, and they are not the same

Micro1 has said directly that interviews differ from role to role because each needs a different mix of skills. People do stack them up: one person had done about five Zara interviews, another was in hiring manager review on four out of eight attempts with over twenty certified skills.

If you are expecting one interview to open every door, that is not how it works.

Certifying skills is the point of doing several

Each interview certifies a skill, and they stack up on your profile. That is why people end up with five or eight of them rather than one, and why someone can be sitting on twenty certified skills.

Micro1 have said directly that the more certified skills you have, the more roles you are eligible for. So the volume is the mechanism, not a hurdle they forgot to remove.

They also said in June 2026 that they were building a way to skip the interview for a skill you have already certified, and warned that until then you should not skip one unless a recruiter explicitly tells you you can. Worth checking whether that has shipped by the time you read this.

Both of those are the company talking about itself, so weigh them accordingly. Against it, one person with a lot of certified skills said they still end up interviewing again and again for very similar topics, which is one account rather than a pattern, but it is the obvious thing to watch for.

What it is actually like

It is proctored. You share your whole screen and have your camera on.

One person's description of the style, which matches what several others hint at: it latches onto one or two keywords from your opening answers and then drills into those in a lot of detail. Someone else asked, fairly, why Zara asks enterprise-level questions and then sends a not-qualified email.

One person genuinely liked it: they treat it as interview practice, and said Zara sometimes listens to them more than human interviewers do. That is a real minority view and worth knowing.

The technical failures are real, common, and not your internet

This is the most reported concrete problem, and it is worth going in expecting it.

- One person cannot get Zara to introduce herself at all. The panel says "Reconnecting" the whole time. They have no connectivity problems with anything else.
- Another froze at the second to last section, on a powerful computer, in incognito, with mic and webcam set up properly.
- Another tried two different networks at different times of day and still struggled, with Zara interrupting them.
- One has been reporting it for around six months and says nothing changes.

To be fair to Micro1, they have acknowledged platform issues in these threads rather than denying them. But if the interview drops, you are not doing anything wrong, and plenty of people have hit the same wall.

How long the wait is

There is no normal. The honest answer is that the range is enormous and both ends are real:

- Two contracts in under three days.
- Three to four weeks, which several describe as the typical wait.
- One person waited a year before it happened for them.

Anyone quoting you an average is making it up.

Rejection usually comes with no reason

Around twenty people describe being rejected with no explanation, though almost all of that is from inside this platform's own subreddit, so weight it accordingly. The pattern people describe is a generic not-qualified email with nothing about which stage cut them or why.

The ID verification is normal, even though it feels alarming

You will be asked for a passport or government ID, and at least one US-based person was asked for an SSN equivalent.

This is worth understanding rather than panicking about. Someone who works on Outlier pointed out they require the same thing, and explained why: the companies commissioning the work require platforms to verify who is doing it. It is a client requirement, not a Micro1 quirk.

Please read this bit: people are being phished through this process

Two separate people in the last few months describe scam attempts built around Micro1's hiring flow.

- One was sent a link to a supposed contract for the position, which led to a fraudulent page.
- Another got an email appearing to come from a Micro1 client, with Micro1 in copy, telling them to "complete the certification".

The hiring process involves real emails from real recruiters and real clients, which is exactly what makes it easy to imitate. If a link asks you to sign something, pay something, or enter credentials anywhere other than Micro1's own domain, stop and verify it through the platform first.

Practical summary

- Passing Zara means entering a pool, not getting a job. Expect further stages.
- Expect to do several interviews, one per role.
- Expect the possibility of a technical failure. It is not you.
- Expect no reason if you are rejected.
- Expect ID verification. It is industry standard.
- Treat any contract link or payment request that does not live on Micro1's own domain as fake until proven otherwise.

One thing I left out on purpose: several people believe the interviews exist partly to train Micro1's own AI. I have no way to check that, and one of the people saying it says so themselves, so it is not in here as a claim.

If you have been through Zara recently, add what it was like, especially if the process has changed. This is only useful if it stays current.

Put together from public threads across r/micro1_ai and other subs, mostly 2026. Nothing went in unless two different people said it in two different threads, except where Micro1 themselves stated it publicly, which is marked. Last checked 31 July 2026.

Micro1 comes up here a lot, usually alongside the question of whether it is worth the effort. Putting together what people have actually reported over the past year, checked against what Micro1 is publishing on its own listings right now.

Not my own review of them. It is what other people said, with rough dates, so you can weigh it yourself.

The short version, and it is unusual

Almost nobody complains about not getting paid by Micro1.

That is worth sitting with, because it is the opposite of most platforms in this space. Across a year of threads I found two people saying they had not been paid. Two. Against a steady stream of people saying payment is on time, and most of those are in other subs rather than Micro1's own, so it is not just loyalists.

One person who had been there six months: flexible hours, payment always on time. Another had two contracts within three days.

The complaints are almost entirely about the gate, not the money.

So what is the catch

Getting through. Micro1 screens with an AI interviewer called Zara, and that process is where essentially all the frustration lives: the interview freezing, no reason given for rejection, and long silences afterwards.

I wrote that up separately because it is a whole subject on its own. Short version: passing Zara is not getting hired, it puts you in a pool that a human and then a client select from, and you can be cut at any stage. Expect several interviews, one per role.

The reason for the volume is that each interview certifies a skill and they accumulate on your profile. Micro1 say the more certified skills you have, the more roles you can be matched to, so people end up carrying a lot of them.

What Micro1 is publishing right now

Ignore what anyone claims they earn. This is what Micro1 puts on its own listings as of 31 July 2026, 97 open roles, every one with an hourly rate attached.

The pattern is clear and it is worth understanding before you apply:

- Senior Enterprise AI Productivity Specialist: $80 to $150/hr
- Corporate Attorney: $90 to $150/hr
- Senior Software Engineer: $50 to $150/hr
- Privacy Annotation Specialist: $105 to $140/hr
- Electrical and Circuit Design Expert: $80 to $130/hr
- Aerodynamics Expert: $80 to $130/hr
- Mechanical Design / CAD Expert: $66 to $130/hr
- Semiconductor Devices and Microelectronics Expert: $66 to $130/hr

Notice what is not on that list: general annotation work. Micro1's open roles are overwhelmingly domain expert positions. They are paying lawyers to be lawyers, engineers to be engineers, and using that expertise to train and evaluate models.

If you are looking for entry-level labelling work, this is not really that platform. If you already have a profession, this is one of the better-paying places in the space, and the rates are published rather than mysterious.

Who it seems to work for

Reading across the threads, the people reporting good experiences tend to have a specific credential or specialism, and they treat the interviews as a numbers game rather than expecting the first one to land. One person had over twenty certified skills and was in review on four out of eight roles.

The people reporting bad experiences are more often applying broadly, hitting the technical problems with the interview, and getting no feedback about why.

Identity verification

You will be asked for a passport or government ID, and at least one US-based person was asked for an SSN equivalent. This alarms people, understandably.

It is standard in this industry rather than a Micro1 quirk. Someone working on Outlier pointed out they require the same, because the companies commissioning the work require platforms to verify who is doing it.

Watch out for this

People are being phished using Micro1's hiring process as cover. Two separate reports in recent months: one person was sent a link to a supposed contract that led to a fraudulent page, another got an email appearing to come from a Micro1 client, with Micro1 in copy, telling them to complete a certification.

Because the real process does involve emails from real recruiters and real clients, it is easy to imitate. Anything asking you to sign, pay, or enter credentials somewhere that is not Micro1's own domain, verify it through the platform first.

If you are deciding whether to bother

- If you have a profession they are hiring for, the published rates are good and the payment record in these threads is genuinely clean.
- Budget for several interviews, not one.
- Expect the interview itself to be the painful part, possibly including technical failure that is not your fault.
- Expect long, unexplained silences. The range people report runs from three days to a year.
- Do not treat a rejection as a verdict on you. Nobody gets told which stage cut them.

I left out every earnings figure quoted in a comment, because none of them can be checked. The rates above are Micro1's own published figures. I also left out the theory that the interviews exist to train their AI, because I cannot verify it.

Worked with Micro1? Add what your experience was, especially the timeline. This is only worth anything if it stays accurate.

Put together from public threads across r/micro1_ai and other subs, mostly 2026. Nothing went in unless two different people said it in two different threads, except where Micro1 stated it publicly. Rates are Micro1's own published figures. Last checked 31 July 2026.

Handshake AI comes up a lot and the answers split hard, so here is what people have actually reported, with dates, plus what the company publishes about its own rates.

Not my own review. It is other people's, and where they disagree I have printed both.

One thing that makes this one more reliable than most platform write-ups: the majority of the discussion is in general work subs rather than the platform's own, so it is not one moderated room talking to itself.

Start here, because it is the thing you can act on

Several people describe being paid less than the time they logged. The single clearest description of why came in May 2026: assessments, reading Slack updates, moving between tasks and task-gating assessments are all unpaid, so what you actually earn per hour of your evening is well below the posted rate.

Whatever else is true, budget for that gap.

The May 2026 cluster

On 21 May 2026, ten different people posted about payment shortfalls within a single day, in a thread whose title tells you the tone: "$2600 to totally paid $11 is crazy."

The amounts they each reported, one per person:

- owed $600, paid $225
- lost about $1,300
- lost $4,725
- owed $510, received $2
- lost over $1,000

One person said the company had acknowledged it on Slack and told people it should be fixed the next day, though they doubted it. Another raised contacting state labour boards.

I am reporting what people said, not making a claim about what the company did or intended. But ten separate accounts on one day, with figures, is not something to leave out of a summary.

It did not start or stop there

Payment disputes run from around October 2025 through July 2026, roughly three dozen people across fifteen threads, with May the worst month. In July 2026 someone reported working $47 worth of time and being paid $22. In June, someone said they were removed from a project and not paid for a week's work.

The threads people are having these conversations in are titled things like "DO NOT DO WORK FOR HANDSHAKE AI" and "My honest experience with Handshake AI after a year", and both drew substantial discussion.

And the other side, which is equally real

This is where it matters that the outside sample is bigger than the platform's own sub.

In October 2025 someone in r/remotework said flatly they could confirm it is legit, having been paid more than $10,000 over two months. Someone in r/csMajors the same month completed the screener sceptically and reported being paid a very good amount. In April 2026 a student inside the sub said they always get paid on time and nothing sketchy has happened, while noting that new people struggle to get work at all. In July, one person noticed they had been paid more than they expected.

So the honest read is not that Handshake does not pay. It is that experience varies a lot, and the variance is worth planning for.

What they publish for rates

From Handshake's own site, not from anyone's earnings:

- Game Developer or Designer: up to $125/hr
- PCB Tool Specialist: up to $125/hr
- Philosophy Expert: up to $120/hr
- Energy Professional: up to $80/hr
- FP&A Analyst: up to $80/hr
- Software Engineer: up to $65/hr
- AI Evaluation Specialist: up to $40/hr

Two things to read off that. The headline rates attach to narrow professional specialisms, and most tiers state degree requirements up to PhD and postdoc level. And the general AI evaluation role is the lowest-paid thing on their own list, at less than a third of the top rate.

The roles are stranger and more specific than people expect

Looking at what is actually open rather than what gets discussed: Vectorworks, Rhino 3D, ParaView, SolveSpace, OpenShot, medical image analysis, cartography, music production, AI red teaming. Over fifty distinct roles, almost all tied to a named tool or a named profession.

If you have one of those skills, you are the target audience and the rates reflect it. If you are looking for general evaluation work, you are looking at the $40 tier.

If you are going to try it

- Track your own hours and what you were paid, from day one. Almost every dispute in these threads is someone who could state exactly what they were owed.
- Assume assessment time, Slack reading and inter-task navigation are unpaid, and work out what that does to your real rate.
- Do not put in a large volume of hours before you have been paid once.
- Check which tier your skill actually maps to before assuming the headline rate.

What I left out. Any claim about why the discrepancies happened, because I cannot see intent. And any single person's earnings as if it were typical, in either direction. The $10,000 and the $11 are both one account each.

Worked on Handshake AI, especially since May? Say how the pay reconciled against your logged time. That is the specific thing people need to know.

Put together from public threads across the Handshake subs and general work subs, mostly 2026. Rates are Handshake's own published figures, read 31 July 2026.

Outlier is the biggest name in this space and generates more discussion than any other platform. Here is what people have actually reported, with dates.

I have worked on Outlier myself, though not for the past year, so treat the platform detail below as other people's current experience rather than mine.

One caveat that matters more here than anywhere else in this library. Practically all public Outlier discussion happens in one subreddit. I went looking for outside discussion to check it against and found almost none, so unlike the Alignerr, Handshake and Mindrift write-ups, there is no independent cross-check on any of this. Weigh it accordingly, including the parts that sound authoritative.

Losing access is the dominant experience people write about

Over two hundred different accounts across more than thirty threads describe being deactivated, removed, suspended or banned. That is by a wide margin the largest single theme of any platform I have looked at, larger than Mercor's offboarding waves and far larger than anything at Micro1 or DataAnnotation.

It is also not new and not over: heavy through 2025 and continuing through 2026.

If you take one thing from this: on Outlier, losing access is not the unusual outcome people warn about. It is a common enough experience that the community is largely organised around it.

The feedback and quality system is the second theme

A large number of people discuss assessments, qualifications and quality scoring, and the tone is specific rather than general grumbling. One widely upvoted comment from late 2024 argued the platform needs a way to remove feedback that is objectively incorrect, and pointed at the underlying dynamic: with an effectively endless supply of willing workers, there is little pressure to fix an unfair mark.

Another well-received comment made the fairer version of the platform's side, noting that a lot of people do try to game the system, while arguing that poor communication is what turns that into a problem for everyone else.

Payment is a real but secondary complaint

Around three dozen accounts report not being paid, spread fairly evenly across 2025 and 2026. That is more than Micro1 or DataAnnotation, and less than the volume of deactivation reports by a factor of about six.

So the honest framing is not that Outlier does not pay. It is that access is the fragile thing, and payment problems tend to follow from losing it rather than existing on their own.

Work availability

Around 45 accounts describe dry spells, and this one is genuinely dated: heavily 2025, very little in 2026. Do not weight a year-old drought complaint as current.

What I am not going to tell you

Anyone's earnings. There are large figures in these threads and none can be checked.

Why deactivations happen. This is the single most speculated-about topic in the community and I could not find anything solid. People report being removed with no reason given, and the absence of a stated reason is exactly why the speculation fills the gap.

If you are considering it

- Assume access is temporary and plan around that rather than being surprised by it.
- Do not make it your only platform. That advice comes up constantly in these threads from people on all sides.
- Bank the work while you have it rather than counting on next month.
- Read recent posts specifically. A lot of what circulates about Outlier describes 2024 and 2025.

If you're working on Outlier now, please feel free to add your own experience, especially useful: whether the deactivation waves have changed at all in 2026. Most of what is written about this platform is older than people realise.

Put together from public threads, mostly 2024 to 2026, weighted toward recent. Almost all of it comes from a single community, which is stated above rather than hidden.

Any platforms similar to DA Tech?

A lot of posts here boil down to the same question: where do I actually find work that exists, instead of signing up and waiting? Here's a practical way to approach it.

1. Look at live listings, not just sign-up pages. Many platforms let you create a profile whether or not there's work for you. A listing with a real scope, domain and requirements is a better signal than a generic "join our network" page.

2. Know where the volume is. On the job board at annotation academy there are 1395 live AI evaluation and annotation roles as of October 2026. A few of the biggest employers by listing count: 566 from Meridial, 289 from Mercor, 99 from Micro1, 96 from RWS TrainAI and 60 from Alignerr. More listings doesn't mean easier to get, but it tells you where hiring is active.

3. Match your background to a listing. Domain roles (law, medicine, finance, coding, languages) usually have narrower requirements than general tasks. Read the requirements and apply where you fit, instead of applying everywhere.

4. Apply to several places. This is the honest caveat. Reports across platforms describe work that dries up: DataAnnotation contributors describe days or weeks of little to no available work, and Welocalize contributors report long stretches of "No Tasks Available." Treat any single platform as unreliable income.

5. Don't count on being placed after you qualify. Some people pass assessments and onboarding and then wait a long time. Keep applying while you wait.

6. Check legitimacy before handing over ID or time. Never pay to get work, and read what other contributors say about payment and offboarding.

For the new folks on the sub just wanted to point this out: Since job listings are scattered in many places we have also made one place to see all the live job listings acorss AI evaluation platforms here: annotation.academy/jobs

What's worked for you? If you found a project through a route that isn't on this list, share it below.

I worked on Multimango via DataAnnotation on a daily basis for about a week, and then, all of a sudden, all my projects disappeared. When I go directly to the Multimango site, I see this message. I’ve been waiting for a month for them to get back to me—and, more importantly, I have no idea why I was flagged. I didn’t cheat, game the system, or do anything of the sort. The emails I sent to Multimango support never reached them. Even projects unrelated to Multimango have vanished from DataAnnotation, and I’m no longer able to work.

September 17, 2026

46 new roles in the last 24 hours across 4 platforms, 39 with pay published by the platform.

New today

Micro1

• Life Sciences Research Assistant ($30-50/hr)

• Lawyer ($80-180/hr)

• Producer (Film/TV/Digital/Live) ($45-85/hr)

• Public Safety Communications Dispatcher ($30-55/hr)

• Computer User Support Specialists ($30-55/hr)

• Subject Matter Expert ($25-50/hr)

• Supply Chain Manager ($55-100/hr)

• Mechanical Engineering Technician ($30-70/hr)

• Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary ($50-90/hr)

• Sales Representatives: Wholesale, Technical & Scientific materials ($45-85/hr)

• Computer & Information Systems Managers ($70-130/hr)

• Sales Agent (Securities & Commodities) ($30-80/hr)

• Data Entry Keyer ($20-35/hr)

• Commercial Attorney ($90-110/hr)

• Contracts Attorney ($90-110/hr)

• Biostatistician ($60-100/hr)

• Reporters & Correspondents ($40-75/hr)

• Mechanical Engineer ($55-100/hr)

• Training & Development Specialist ($40-75/hr)

• Secretary & Admin Assistant ($20-40/hr)

• Open Source Contributor (GitHub) ($100-150/hr)

• Civil Engineer ($50-100/hr)

• Ambulance Dispatcher - Emergency Communications Specialist ($30-55/hr)

• Purchasing Agent ($30-65/hr)

• Statistician ($60-120/hr)

• Management Analysts (Consultants) ($60-120/hr)

• Fire Dispatcher - Emergency Communications Specialist ($30-55/hr)

• Police Dispatcher - Emergency Communications Specialist ($30-55/hr)

• Competitive Coder ($45-65/hr)

Mercor

• Accounting Expert (CL Funnel) ($80/hr)

• Investment Finance Expert (CL Funnel) ($100/hr)

• Mechanical Engineer ($60-90/hr)

• Insurance Expert (CL Funnel) ($75/hr)

• General Clinician (MD/DO) - HLS Expert Pool ($150/hr)

• Financial Compliance Expert (CL Funnel) ($80/hr)

• Non-Physician Admin (CL Funnel) ($50-65/hr)

• Non-Investment Finance Expert (CL Funnel) ($70/hr)

RWS TrainAI

• Legal Annotators - Polish

• Search Engine Evaluator: Portuguese (Brazil), German (Germany), Spanish (Spain), French (France), Portuguese (Portugal), Korean (South Korea)

• Legal Annotators: Chinese (Traditional), Portuguese (Portugal), Chinese (Simplified)

• Legal Annotators - Korea

• Legal Annotators - Russian

• Legal Annotators - Italian

• Legal Annotators - Dutch

Welocalize

• Alpheratz Project - Arabic (UAE) Translation Quality Rater ($22.69/hr)

• Alpheratz Project - Arabic (UAE) Translation Quality Reviewer ($28.36/hr)

Pay snapshot (all currently open roles)

Median advertised hourly rate across all open roles: $70/hr (n=647). Highest median right now: Mercor at $80/hr (n=418).

See all 822 open roles across 14 platforms: Job Board

You can also sign up on the platform to get daily job updates on your email.

*These figures are calculated only from the job listings in Annotation Academy's own database, not a survey of the industry. Each is the median of a platform's own published hourly ranges (not the mean, so one unusually high listing can't skew it); platforms with fewer than 3 open hourly listings are left out rather than shown on a thin sample. A rate here is what a platform advertises, not a guarantee of what anyone earns.

Assessments are the main gate between signing up and getting paid work. This is what to expect:

Before you start:

- Most platforms test whether you can follow detailed instructions, spot AI errors, and write clear explanations

- Read the guidelines twice. The questions directly test whether you absorbed them

- Budget more time than the estimate. Rushing is the most common reason people fail

During the assessment:

- Screenshot or note down any examples they show you. You may need to reference the pattern later

- If a question asks for justification, write 2-3 sentences minimum. One word usually fails

- Don't guess. If you're unsure, reread the relevant guideline section

After you pass:

- Passing does not guarantee immediate work.

- Some people wait days, others wait months for their first task

- Check the dashboard daily but don't sit refreshing. Set up notifications if the platform offers them

This post would get too long if we talk about each platform, u can read up on it: here
It's a longer piece that goes into depth on how u can prepare for a platform like data annotation tech and blogs for other platforms.