Chemistry work for AI
AI Training Jobs for Chemists
Measured from 50 distinct advertised rates, across 9 platforms. 11 of the 76 open roles here state no hourly rate; 15 advertise only a maximum ("up to $X/hr"), which is excluded.
AI labs pay chemists by the hour to write chemistry problems a model gets wrong, check its mechanisms, calculations and synthesis routes, and write the answer a careful chemist would give. 76 roles for chemists are open right now on 13 platforms, including Anyone AI, Alignerr and SuperAnnotate (SME). Every role is checked against its platform's job board daily.
Live roles for chemists
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Biochemists
1 openBiochemistry and molecular biology: grade a model's answers on enzymes, pathways and lab methods, and write the explanation a biochemist would sign off on.
Biochemistry & Life Sciences Domain Expert (opens the job details)
Mercor · Domain Experts · Bay Area, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$65–$105/hr
Chemistry experts
4 openWrite chemistry problems with verified answers and grade a model's reasoning, from reactions and mechanisms to lab safety. Many are posted per country, and several ask for a master's or PhD.
Chemistry Expert (opens the job details)
Handshake AI · Math & STEM · Remote· 1mo agoDetails
up to $85/hrChemistry Expert (opens the job details)
Handshake AI · Math & STEM · Remote· 8mo agoDetails
up to $75/hr
Chemistry Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) (opens the job details)
SuperAnnotate (SME) · Domain Experts · Remote· 4mo agoDetails
up to $75/hr
Chemistry Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project (opens the job details)
Invisible · Domain Experts · Remote· 1y+ agoDetails
$65/hr
Before you apply
This is training and evaluation work for AI models, not lab work: you never handle chemicals. If you work at a company or a university, check its policy on outside work first, and never bring proprietary formulations or unpublished results into a task. A legitimate platform never charges you to apply.
Pay by specialty
Each specialty's typical pay is measured over its own open roles the way every band on this site is (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each advertised range) to the 90th-percentile advertised ceiling), and shown only where at least three distinct rates are posted.
What the roles ask for
Read from the requirements of 48 of the 76 open roles for chemists: the lines each role's pop-up lists from its posting. A role counts once, at the lowest degree it accepts.
- Ask for coding (Python, SQL and the like)22
- Name years of experience12
- Ask where you live or may work5
- Ask for a professional license1
The roles that name experience ask for a median of 3 years.
What platforms pay to find you
Turing, micro1 and AfterQuery post a flat referral bonus on 7 of the 76 open roles for chemists: what the platform pays whoever refers the person it accepts, a measure of how hard these people are to find. The platform pays it, and it never comes out of your pay.
Who hires chemists for AI work
How each platform checks you
The platforms hiring chemists now, in the words of each one's onboarding guide, with the source of every line. The full steps are on each platform's page.
- Assessment
- Interview (format not published), then project onboarding. How to apply
- Interview
- Interview
- Assessment
- Role assessments and the Zara AI interview. How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- Once you are matched to a project: a driver's license, state ID, work permit or permanent residence card from an accepted country, photographed live through Persona, plus a recent selfie. Source
- Assessment
- SME Careers AI interview, plus a qualification exam and recruiter interview on some roles. How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- A valid government-issued photo ID and a selfie for Deel's identity check, with the name on the ID exactly matching your account. Source
- Assessment
- Meridial Assessment (role-specific logic/reasoning evaluation). How to apply
- Interview
- Interview
- Assessment
- AI Video Interview (plus role-specific Form assessments). How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Assessment
- Project assessment (per project, after an invitation). How to apply
- Interview
- None published
- Identity check
- A government photo ID (driver's license, state ID, passport or green card) and a phone or tablet with a camera for the Persona ID and selfie check. Source
- Assessment
- Role-specific Turing vetting (proctored tests, AI interview, human interviews). How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- A valid, unexpired, physical government photo ID: a passport or driver's license (Nigerian users may also use a physical NIN card). Source
- Credentials
- It describes three stages: screening and matching on your profile (skills, domain, credentials, availability), automated testing (coding challenges in 18-plus languages, RLHF and SFT-style task evaluations, and an adaptive AI interviewer), and expert human review with deep-dive interviews for complex or high-stakes roles. Source
- Assessment
- AfterQuery pool skills assessment (plus an interview step). How to apply
- Interview
- Video interview
- Identity check
- For verification and payouts: a government-issued photo ID, a device with a camera for a selfie, a phone that can receive a text code, a bank account in your own legal name in the same country you select in Stripe, and your SSN if you are in the US. Source
- Credentials
- AfterQuery says it welcomes 'experts with advanced degrees, significant industry experience, or demonstrated expertise in their field,' and that every expert goes through a verification process that includes credential checks and expertise validation. Source
- Assessment
- REX Entry Exam, then position-specific exams. How to apply
- Interview
- None published
- Identity check
- A valid, unexpired government ID and a selfie for Persona identity verification, which also checks that you are in an eligible region. Source
- Assessment
- Per-opportunity screening (often a short AI voice interview), plus an optional onboarding interview. How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- A government-issued photo ID before your first cash-out. Source
- Assessment
- The Zara AI interview (plus a role-specific skill check). How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- Valid government-issued photo ID (passport or driver's license) for identity verification, matching the legal name on your application. Source
- Assessment
- AI interview (switched on per job by the employer). How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
- Identity check
- For jobs that require it: a government ID for an identity check through Didit (or Stripe Identity if Didit is unavailable), which may also ask for a selfie. Source
- Assessment
- Role-specific Sovrano screening (AI interview, expert survey, qualification exam or work sample). How to apply
- Interview
- AI interview (recorded, scored by AI)
Where these roles are posted
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Roles posted for one country
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Frequently asked questions
How much do AI training jobs for chemists pay?
Across the 50 distinct hourly rates posted for roles for chemists right now, typical pay runs from $40 to $105 an hour, with a median of $45. The highest posted rate is $150 an hour, at RemoExperts. 11 of the 76 open roles for chemists state no hourly rate, so check each listing.
Do I need a PhD in chemistry?
Not for every role. The chemistry expert roles usually ask for a degree in chemistry and a subject test; the research and specialist roles ask for a master's or PhD; computational roles add Python. Each listing states the degree, the field and the countries it accepts. Of the 48 open roles for chemists whose requirements we read, 7 ask for a PhD, 24 a master's, 13 a bachelor's or a degree and 4 name no degree.
What does a chemist do in AI training?
You write chemistry problems with an answer you have verified, grade a model's step-by-step reasoning on reactions, mechanisms and calculations, and correct it the way you would a student's work. Some projects review lab procedures for safety, or the code a model writes for computational chemistry. It is remote, hourly contract work.
How do platforms check chemists?
Most platforms start with an assessment in your field before any paid work, and each listing says what it asks for. Of the platforms hiring chemists now, Alignerr, SuperAnnotate (SME), Mercor, Turing and Terac run an AI interview (a recorded interview scored by AI) for many roles. Alignerr, SuperAnnotate (SME), Handshake AI, Turing and AfterQuery check a government photo ID, usually with a selfie, before you are paid. Turing and AfterQuery say they check credentials such as degrees. The section on how each platform checks you quotes each guide with its source.
Are these jobs legitimate?
They are posted by established AI data platforms (Anyone AI, Alignerr, SuperAnnotate (SME) and Invisible among them), and each platform's page here covers whether it is legit, how it vets people and how it pays. A legitimate platform never charges you to apply or to get work.
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