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.

581 to 598 of 598 jobs
  • Health & Medicine
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

Join a network of medical experts to collaborate with cutting-edge AI laboratories. This application opens access to flexible, project-based roles allowing you to contribute to the training and evaluation of AI models applied to medicine, based on your clinical expertise and availability.

Posted February 27, 2026

Talent poolRecently verified$110-250/hr

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  • Science & Research
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

Join a network of expert physicists to collaborate with leading AI laboratories on flexible assignments. You will contribute to the training and evaluation of AI models, design tasks based on real-world scenarios, and provide specialized feedback to advance AI research. This flexible approach allows you to work according to your availability, with typical commitments of 15 to 30 hours per week.

Posted February 27, 2026

Talent poolRecently verified$60-80/hr

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  • Generalist & Data Labeling
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: 5 countries

This is a participant role for people who own or administer a verified Google Business Profile and can share their experience to help build market insights. It is aimed at business owners in hospitality, food and beverage, retail, and professional services. No specialized technical background is needed, and newer listings can qualify if the owner engages with the profile consistently.

Posted February 26, 2026

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  • Software Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

You will build an AI-native platform that replaces manual operations with real-time dashboards and autonomous agent workflows. As a lead engineer, you will drive complete product development from foundations through integrations and pilot launch, delivering production features on frontend and backend.

Posted February 26, 2026

OpenRecently verified$70-110/hr

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  • Software Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

Join a network of backend engineering experts to collaborate with AI labs and cutting-edge companies on contract-based roles. You will contribute to training and evaluating AI models, creating tasks based on real-world scenarios, and providing specialized feedback to advance AI research.

Posted February 20, 2026

Talent poolRecently verified$70-150/hr

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  • Software Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

Join a network of DevOps and platform engineering experts to collaborate with leading AI labs and companies. You will contribute to the training and evaluation of AI models, creating tasks based on real-world scenarios and providing specialized feedback to advance cutting-edge AI research. The roles offer flexible scheduling with typical commitments of 15 to 30 hours per week.

Posted February 20, 2026

Talent poolRecently verified$70-150/hr

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  • Software Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

Join a network of frontend engineering experts to collaborate with AI laboratories and leading companies. You will participate in training and evaluating AI models, create tasks based on real-world scenarios, and provide specialized feedback to advance AI research. The roles vary in duration and scope, with typical commitments of 15 to 30 hours per week.

Posted February 20, 2026

Talent poolRecently verified$70-150/hr

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  • Software Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

Join a network of full-stack engineering experts to collaborate with leading AI laboratories and companies. You will be matched with varied roles consisting of training and evaluating AI models, designing tasks based on real-world scenarios, and providing specialized feedback to advance AI research. Typical engagements range from 15 to 30 hours per week.

Posted February 20, 2026

Talent poolRecently verified$70-150/hr

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  • Software Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States
  • Level: Expert

A senior-level role at a fundamental AI models laboratory: you will participate in enhancing the capabilities of a model on complex software engineering tasks. This role is suited for senior software engineers with solid experience from leading technology companies.

Posted July 19, 2025

OpenRecently verified$150-210/hr

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  • Languages, Translation & Voice
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States
  • Language: German

You will evaluate the quality of German texts generated by a large language model and curate high-level German linguistic data to improve its capabilities. This role is suited for experts with native or near-native fluency in German and professional experience in literary editing or linguistic annotation.

Posted June 18, 2025

OpenRecently verified$50/hr

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  • Software Engineering
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

You will build and refine evaluations to test the performance of frontier code models by transforming pull requests into engineering tasks. You will use a proprietary evaluation framework to validate how coding agents solve complex problems, identifying real weaknesses in their implementations. This role is for software engineers with solid fundamentals, capable of navigating substantial codebases and producing rigorous evaluations.

Posted June 2, 2025

OpenRecently verified$100-120/hr

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  • Languages, Translation & Voice
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

This role involves evaluating and improving the performance of a language model on English language tasks. You will annotate texts, edit content generated by AI, and provide detailed feedback to refine its understanding and generation capabilities. The ideal profile is a native or near-native English speaker with professional experience in editing, proofreading, linguistic annotation, or data evaluation for natural language processing.

Posted June 2, 2025

OpenRecently verified$50/hr

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  • Data & Machine Learning
  • Platform: Handshake AI
  • Location: United States

Test and evaluate Large Language Models through remote, part-time projects in collaboration with AI research labs. Apply your analytical skills and reasoning abilities to help improve AI model performance.

Posted March 10, 2025

  • Finance & Accounting
  • Platform: Handshake AI
  • Location: United States
  • Level: Intermediate

This position involves evaluating AI-generated content related to retail finance and financial planning practices. Professionals with hands-on FP&A experience will provide feedback to help AI systems better understand retail finance workflows, budget management, and performance analysis.

Posted March 10, 2025

  • Software Engineering
  • Platform: Handshake AI
  • Location: United States
  • Level: Entry level

A remote position for game developers and designers with experience in game engines and development tools to contribute to AI research projects. Participants will develop domain-specific prompts and evaluate large language model responses to improve how AI understands professional tasks in game development.

Posted March 10, 2025

OpenRecently verifiedUp to $125/hr
  • Data & Machine Learning
  • Platform: Handshake AI
  • Location: United States
  • Level: Entry level

Handshake AI seeks skilled PCB and EDA tool users to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback on electronics design tasks. Contributors will work flexibly on project-based contract work that involves assessing large language model responses related to PCB layout, schematic capture, and embedded hardware design.

Posted March 10, 2025

OpenRecently verifiedUp to $125/hr
  • Science & Research
  • Platform: Handshake AI
  • Location: United States

Philosophy PhDs evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback to improve AI's understanding of philosophy reasoning and theoretical analysis. This is flexible, remote, hourly contract work that can be combined with research, teaching, or other employment.

Posted March 10, 2025

OpenRecently verifiedUp to $120/hr
  • Software Engineering
  • Platform: Handshake AI
  • Location: United States
  • Level: Entry level

Experienced software engineers are needed to support AI research through flexible, part-time contract work. You will evaluate AI-generated content, create expert-level software engineering problems, and provide structured feedback to help AI models improve their reasoning about production systems and architecture.

Posted March 10, 2025

OpenRecently verifiedUp to $120/hr

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FAQ

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.

How do I apply?

Apply now opens the official posting on the platform, where you complete the application. You need no account on SideHustler. To see which roles fit your background first, add your resume and every open job is scored against your profile.