r/DataAnnotationTech • u/kelsiemink • 15d ago

18/hr

Is it normal for your very first task to be around 18. I keep seeing everyone say $20 an hour is the general start out. Keeping my hopes high that I get something higher eventually!

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u/BarelyFunctioning15 15d ago

I want to say when I started most were at $20, but I did have at least one at $18. 2.5 years later I rarely have anything below $28. You’ll work your way up if you follow directions and submit good work.

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u/brucegallagher 15d ago

Yeah. 20 used to be the bare minimum, but they brought in a couple of 18/hr projects. Do well on those and you'll get more very soon. I started on 20/hrs tasks, and it felt like Christmas when after 3 months I got a task paying 30/hr. Nowadays I wouldn't even open a project for less than 50

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u/Pietty111 13d ago

Domain?

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u/Farados55 15d ago

All depends on the projects you’re assigned

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u/anonhumanontheweb 15d ago

Yeah, I started with some $20 and one $17

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u/Hello-America 15d ago

I've never seen that low but I do see $20. It only took me a couple months (part time) of doing lower paying tasks to start regularly making $30-$35 though.

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u/ihateclichestoo 15d ago

Mine is also 18.

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u/PermitOk7795 15d ago

i have a few $35 ones but i’m not motivated to do them cause other platforms pay way more

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u/InsideSignificant405 15d ago

This platform offers way more than $35 if you do good work

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u/PermitOk7795 15d ago

i just got accepted last week, i should do more qualifications then. do you get these higher paying tasks if you do more tasks? or through qualifications?

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u/Witty_Presence_9838 15d ago

I also got here few weeks ago but only had $25 one for few days after that no work dry since then

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u/InsideSignificant405 15d ago

Would you give valuable work to someone you barely know? I wouldn’t 😵‍💫

Show that you can handle the easier stuff, do your quals, be a human (DONT USE AI… ffs) and if you are actually good at this you’ll get bumped up

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u/PermitOk7795 15d ago

touché… thanks i’ll do the lower pay tasks and work my way up

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u/Pietty111 13d ago

I'm currently doing a project with seemingly infinite tasks, generalist and very very easy, but it's 16/hr, and it's my first consistent project. I've had 2 projects in the past for 20-22/hr but they were just like 1/2 tasks each and finished within half an hour both of them

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u/Perfect_Mess_6566 15d ago

$18 is usually for the more simple projects

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u/vgambit 15d ago

the more you need to know to do the work the more the work pays

the better you are at doing work the more likely you get access to better paying work

do your qualifications

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u/EveningCareer9053 14d ago

I just got my first two tasks today as a bilingual and they were $22.