A side hustle for doctors and health professionals: paid AI training work

You do not need to start a business or learn a new trade. AI labs need clinicians to review what models say about symptoms, treatments and safety, and to flag answers that would be wrong or dangerous in practice. 93 such roles are open today.

93
open jobs
14
posted this week
$83/hr
median published rate
$380/hr
highest published rate
7
platforms hiring

Pay figures cover the 81 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.

What the work looks like

Real roles open today, one per platform, with the pay each platform publishes.

  • Health & Medicine
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: United States

This short-term remote project asks practicing oncologists to test how frontier AI models reason through real-world cases, with a focus on clinical trial design, patient eligibility and treatment decisions. Contributors write challenging scenarios, judge model answers against current standard-of-care guidelines, and flag errors or unsafe advice. It suits clinicians with fellowship training and hands-on clinical trial experience who want to apply their expertise to AI research.

Posted October 8, 2026

OpenRecently verified$380/hr

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  • Health & Medicine
  • Platform: Terac
  • Location: United States

This paid study asks practicing dermatologists to judge how well AI diagnostic tools perform on skin images and clinical records. Participants review de-identified cases and check the automated findings against established reference standards. It suits clinicians who routinely diagnose skin conditions and can assess how reliable generated diagnoses are.

Posted September 10, 2026

  • Health & Medicine
  • Platform: micro1
  • Location: 58 countries

This job offers you the opportunity as a pharmaceutical expert to evaluate and create high-quality pharmaceutical content and data for a technology project. You will leverage your professional expertise to examine the scientific and clinical accuracy of information related to medications, clinical research, and product safety.

Posted September 30, 2026

OpenRecently verified$80-285/hr

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All 93 Health & Medicine jobs

What it pays

Among the 81 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, the median published rate is $83 per hour, and half of them fall between $65 and $150. Published rates run from $20 to $380 per hour. These are the rates platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.

Health & Medicine pay rates by platform and by expertise

What the listings ask for

  • 17 of the 93 listings state a minimum experience. Among them, the median requirement is 3 years.
  • 62 state a degree, licence or certification. The most frequent: PhD in psychology (9); Valid medical license (9); MD (5); MD, MBBS or equivalent with completed psychiatry residency (5); DO (3).
  • The others publish no such requirement. Each listing states its own, and the platform decides who it takes.

How to start

  1. Browse the open Health & Medicine jobs and read what each one asks for.
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  3. Apply on the platform through the official posting. The platform handles screening, contracts and payment.

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FAQ

Questions from doctors and health professionals

How many Health & Medicine AI training jobs are open right now?

93 Health & Medicine AI training jobs are open on SideHustler today. 14 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 Health & Medicine AI training jobs pay?

Among the 81 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $20 to $380 per hour, with a median of $83. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.

Which platforms offer Health & Medicine AI training jobs?

micro1 (34), Mercor (30), Alignerr (13), DataAnnotation (8), Vetto (5), Mindrift (2) and Terac (1). You apply on the platform itself, which handles screening, contracts and payment.

What skills do Health & Medicine AI training jobs ask for most?

The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are AI Evaluation, Clinical Evaluation, Clinical Documentation, Psychiatry & Psychology, Clinical Research. Each listing states its own requirements.

Can doctors and health professionals do this alongside a full-time job?

It depends on your employer and on the project. Check your employment contract first, in particular any confidentiality, exclusivity or outside-activity clause, and the rules of your profession if it is regulated. Hours are set by each project and are not guaranteed.

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.