Remote AI training jobs in the United States

598 open roles accept applicants living in the United States, based on the countries each platform publishes. The work is remote, and pay is published by the platform, usually in US dollars.

598
open jobs
45
posted this week
$70/hr
median published rate
$400/hr
highest published rate
7
platforms hiring

Pay figures cover the 546 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: micro1
  • Location: 58 countries

This role consists of contributing to the training of next-generation AI systems by performing precise and repetitive manipulation tasks with handheld devices. You will execute real-world actions such as grasping objects or opening containers according to detailed protocols, generating high-quality data to teach robots dexterity. No prior AI experience is required; your expertise in your field and your ability to meticulously follow instructions are essential.

Posted September 22, 2026

OpenRecently verified$10-20/hr

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: micro1
  • Location: 58 countries

This role involves deploying and operating cutting-edge robots in a real commercial environment, ensuring their optimal performance and identifying malfunctions. The ideal candidate has mechanical aptitude, strong attention to detail, and hands-on experience in robotics or technical equipment maintenance.

Posted September 22, 2026

OpenRecently verified$10-20/hr

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States
  • Level: Intermediate

Create evaluation scenarios based on real-world building and construction industry cases. You design each task using authentic plans, documents and site photos, then write the reference response (coordination comments, marked-up plans, answers to requests for information). A second architecture expert validates your work before it goes live.

Posted September 15, 2026

OpenRecently verified$45-60/hr

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States
  • Level: Intermediate

You will create assessment exercises for the construction and real estate sector by writing tasks based on real plans, maps and site documents, then proposing the structured deliverables you would produce in practice: plan review comments, survey exception schedules or measured surveys. Each task will be validated by a reviewer from your discipline before distribution. This role suits experienced civil engineers, surveyors or geospatial analysts, accustomed to examining and approving technical field documentation according to American standards and practices.

Posted September 15, 2026

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

This role consists of evaluating and rating AI model responses to electrical engineering problems by applying your technical expertise and professional standards. You will participate in specific projects that require either writing problem statements with their reference solutions or verifying the technical relevance of AI-generated designs. This work is intended for experienced electrical engineers in design, testing, or systems who are able to communicate their technical reasoning clearly.

Posted September 15, 2026

OpenRecently verified$70-120/hr

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

Mercor is looking for experienced engineers to evaluate and rate technical solutions proposed by AI models in your area of expertise. You will critique the quality of analyses and designs generated, identifying gaps between theory and practical feasibility. This role is open on a continuous basis for engineers interested in AI evaluation and training work.

Posted September 15, 2026

OpenRecently verified$60-125/hr

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States
  • Level: Intermediate

You design assessment exercises to train and test AI models specialized in fire safety and occupant protection. Starting from real plans, documents and site photos, you create realistic tasks (evacuation analyses, correction lists, control decisions) and validate the answers with an expert peer before distribution.

Posted September 15, 2026

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

Mercor is looking for mechanical engineers to evaluate and train AI models in technical judgment. The job involves writing design problems, scoring analyses proposed by models, and identifying gaps between theoretical calculations and practical reality. This role suits engineers with hands-on experience in mechanical design or analysis who can clearly communicate their reasoning.

Posted September 15, 2026

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

You will contribute to evaluating AI models as an expert in explosives and energetic materials. Your role involves writing sharp technical questions in your field, evaluating model responses against a safety policy, and documenting correct answers with technical justification. This work requires the ability to distinguish legitimate professional questions from suspicious requests that could serve malicious purposes.

Posted September 14, 2026

OpenRecently verified$65-75/hr

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

You will contribute to evaluating frontier AI models as a nuclear fuel cycle expert. Your role will consist of writing nuanced technical questions and judging whether the model's answers comply with a safety policy, distinguishing between legitimate requests and potentially dangerous queries. This work requires a deep understanding of the parameters that differentiate a civilian application from a diversion for proliferation purposes.

Posted September 14, 2026

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

You are an engineer specialized in propulsion and pyrotechnic systems. You will write calibrated technical questions to test an AI model's ability to distinguish legitimate requests from bypass attempts, then evaluate its responses and document the technical reasoning that justifies each judgment.

Posted September 14, 2026

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: micro1
  • Location: 58 countries

This robotics training role consists of operating a robotic arm manipulator (UMI gripper) in a laboratory to perform repetitive manipulation tasks for the training of robotic AI models. You must execute detailed instructions with precision, document results, and report any anomalies encountered. No prior AI experience is required, but excellent manual dexterity, reliability, and strong concentration skills are essential.

Posted September 14, 2026

OpenRecently verified$30/hr

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

You put your expertise in mechanical design and technical drawing at the service of an annotation and evaluation job. You work directly in AutoCAD Mechanical on Windows to capture and document industrial drawing processes according to engineering standards. This role is for mechanical designers, drafters and manufacturing engineers with hands-on experience with this software.

Posted September 13, 2026

OpenRecently verified$45-55/hr

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

This role consists of using Inventor Professional to perform mechanical design tasks and 3D modeling. You must have the software installed on your own Windows computer and be capable of capturing high-resolution screenshots to document your work.

Posted September 13, 2026

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

You will use SolidWorks Premium to carry out mechanical design and 3D modeling tasks while capturing annotated data. This role is intended for engineers or designers with real-world experience using this software on Windows and who have appropriate computer hardware.

Posted September 13, 2026

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

You document the practical use of Vivado, AMD/Xilinx's FPGA and SoC design tool, by capturing high-resolution screenshots of your work on Windows. This role is aimed at digital design engineers and RTL verification specialists who already have the application installed and high-performance display hardware.

Posted September 13, 2026

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: micro1
  • Location: 58 countries

You are an expert in aerospace and mechanical design and you master CAD tools: this role invites you to contribute to training an artificial intelligence by analyzing complex assemblies and writing precise technical questions about their characteristics. Your expertise in aerospace or mechanical engineering, applied to understanding FreeCAD files, will enable AI models to learn to reason about real engineering problems.

Posted September 11, 2026

OpenRecently verified$40-80/hr

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: micro1
  • Location: 58 countries

This role involves creating technical question-answer sets based on complex CAD assemblies in FreeCAD to train AI models. You will analyze detailed mechanical designs and write high-quality educational content demonstrating your expertise in mechanical engineering, aerospace, or industrial design.

Posted September 11, 2026

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: micro1
  • Location: 58 countries

You will analyze complex CAD assemblies in FreeCAD format to design precise technical questions for AI model training. This role requires your expertise in mechanical engineering, aerospace, or industrial design to identify key features and technical nuances of multi-part assemblies.

Posted September 11, 2026

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  • Engineering
  • Platform: micro1
  • Location: 58 countries

This job involves analyzing complex mechanical assemblies provided in FreeCAD files and writing series of technical question-answer sets to train next-generation AI systems. You must possess solid expertise in mechanical CAD and engineering, with the ability to precisely document design intentions and technical functionalities.

Posted September 11, 2026

OpenRecently verified$40-80/hr

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Questions about AI training jobs in the United States

How many AI training jobs in the United States are open right now?

598 AI training jobs in the United States are open on SideHustler today. 45 were posted in the last 7 days. Listings are rechecked against the official postings: the latest check on this list was on October 8, 2026.

How much do AI training jobs in the United States pay?

Among the 546 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $6 to $400 per hour, with a median of $70. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.

Which platforms offer AI training jobs in the United States?

Mercor (284), micro1 (276), Mindrift (15), Terac (11), Handshake AI (7), xAI (4) and Turing (1). You apply on the platform itself, which handles screening, contracts and payment.

What skills do AI training jobs in the United States ask for most?

The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are AI Evaluation, Data Annotation, Content Annotation, Multilingual Expertise, Language Evaluation. Each listing states its own requirements.

How do you know a job accepts applicants from the United States?

Each job listed here comes from a posting where the platform publishes the countries it accepts, and United States is among them. 616 other open jobs do not publish their eligible countries: they are in the full catalog but not on this page.

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