Entry, mid, and expert hourly ranges across all 22 platforms — with contract type, payment cadence, and live work availability.
Top 12 platforms by expert-tier ceiling. All values are USD per hour estimates.
Live salary intelligence cards.
1099 Contractor
Junior domain contributors
Mid-career specialists
PhD / senior engineers, top tier up to $200
Selective: paid calibration required. Surge work during model launches.
Global Contractor
Junior engineers
Mid-level full-stack / ML
Senior / staff engineers
Vetted long-term engineering placements with US clients.
1099 Contractor
Generalist annotators
Subject experts
Frontier reasoning specialists
Tied to Labelbox. Project supply is bursty.
1099 Contractor
Domain contributors
Specialists
Senior experts
Selective expert network for advanced reasoning.
1099 Contractor
Generalist Outlier tasks
SWE & STEM contributors
Specialized reasoning / advanced code
Pay varies by project tier. High-volume coding tasks dominate.
1099 Contractor
RLHF reviewers
Domain experts
Senior specialists
Application-only. Selective tasking once approved.
1099 Contractor
General writing / reading tasks
Advanced math / coding tracks
PhD STEM, niche languages
Pay surfaced per-project in the dashboard. Rates rise with rubric streaks.
Global Contractor
Advanced AI trainers
Specialists & team leads
Senior operators / engineers
Structured cohorts. Promotion path to ops leadership.
1099 Contractor
Standard annotation projects
Code & writing projects
Specialized math / advanced reasoning
US-only for many projects. Onboarding requires writing screen.
Freelance Project
Linguistic QA
Translators & reviewers
Senior linguists, post-editors
Per-word pricing common. Long-running enterprise localization.
1099 Contractor
Search/ads raters
Linguists, AI trainers
Senior reviewers
Steady part-time roles. Locale-specific demand.
W2 / Employee
Content moderation, support
Team leads / QA
Ops managers / trainers
Full BPO benefits. Site-based and remote.
1099 Contractor
Internet assessors
Language specialists
Senior linguists
Now part of TELUS Digital. Stable part-time.
Freelance Project
Crowd tasks
Expert tracks
AI Tutor / coding experts
Global crowd + premium expert program. Wide rate spread.
W2 / Employee
Search/social media evaluation
Language & locale specialists
Linguists, AI trainers
Part-time long-term roles. Rate set by country of residence.
1099 Contractor
Image/text micro-tasks
Categorized projects
Bootcamp graduates / advanced tracks
Entry-level gateway. Scale AI subsidiary.
Freelance Project
Micro-projects
Specialist annotators
Voice & linguistics SMEs
Pactera EDGE brand. Project supply varies weekly.
1099 Contractor
Search evaluation, micro-tasks
Linguists, transcribers
Project leads & QA
Rates strictly country-based. Slow payment cycle.
Freelance Project
Micro-tasks, UHRS gateway
Writing & translation
AI training projects
Per-task pricing dominates. Hourly equivalent varies wildly.
W2 / Employee
Annotation associates
Senior annotators
Project leads
Ethical-AI focus. Hubs in Kenya, Uganda, India.
W2 / Employee
Cloud workers
Team leaders
Senior reviewers
Hubs in Kenya, Nepal. Structured progression.
Freelance Project
Hive Micro tasks
Advanced tasks
Specialized review
Pure micro-task model. Pay per item completed.
Estimates synthesized from public listings, contributor reports, and platform documentation. Rates vary by country, project, and rubric performance.