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AI Training Jobs for Scientists

, AITraining.jobs lists 259 open roles for scientists on , including RemoExperts, Aligned Labs and Alignerr; their typical pay runs $40 to $125 an hour, with a median of $40, and the highest advertised rate is $400 an hour at micro1.

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$40–$125/hrtypical paylive median $40/hrup to $400/hr at micro1

Measured from 192 distinct advertised rates, across 18 platforms. 20 of the 259 open roles here state no hourly rate; 44 advertise only a maximum ("up to $X/hr"), which is excluded.

AI labs pay scientists by the hour to write research-level problems a model gets wrong, grade its reasoning and write the answer an expert in the field would give. Mathematicians and PhDs in any field have their own pages. Every role is checked against its platform's job board every hour.

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Updated 12 Nov 2026, 03:07 UTC

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Who hires scientists for AI work

PlatformRoles for scientistsPay stated
RemoExperts logoRemoExperts5$50–$150/hr
Aligned Labs logoAligned Labs4$60–$120/hr
Alignerr logoAlignerr31$20–$120/hr
Handshake AI logoHandshake AI17up to $150/hr
DataAnnotation logoDataAnnotation5$40–$125/hr
micro1 logomicro114$40–$400/hr
Mercor logoMercor6$65–$140/hr
Weekday logoWeekday6$16–$40/hr
Vetto logoVetto1Not stated
Rise Data Labs logoRise Data Labs8$20–$60/hr
Prolific logoProlific6$40–$90/hr
xAI (SpaceXAI) logoxAI (SpaceXAI)1$45–$75/hr
Braintrust logoBraintrust1$40–$90/hr
TELUS Digital AI logoTELUS Digital AI5$1–$65/hr
Invisible logoInvisible14$6–$65/hr
OpenTrain AI logoOpenTrain AI1$15–$60/hr
RealTrainAI logoRealTrainAI1Not stated
Sovrano AI logoSovrano AI8$35–$125/hr
Anyone AI logoAnyone AI71$30–$150/hr
Turing logoTuring14Not stated
Claru logoClaru1$55–$100/hr
AfterQuery logoAfterQuery15$50–$175/hr
SuperAnnotate (SME) logoSuperAnnotate (SME)24up to $110/hr

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Frequently asked questions

Are there AI training jobs for scientists?

Yes: the roles here are for physicists and astronomers, chemists and biochemists, biologists and life scientists and earth and environmental scientists. RemoExperts, Aligned Labs, Alignerr, Handshake AI and DataAnnotation have the most open now. Each discipline also has a page of its own.

How much do AI training jobs for scientists pay?

Across the 192 distinct hourly rates posted for scientists right now, typical pay runs from $40 to $125 an hour, with a median of $40. The highest posted rate is $400 an hour, at micro1.

Do I need a PhD?

Not always: many roles take a master's or a PhD in progress, and the best-paid ask for a completed doctorate in a named field. Each listing states the degree, the field and the countries it accepts.

Are these jobs legitimate?

They are posted by AI data platforms on their own job boards, and each platform's page here says whether it is legit and how it pays. A legitimate platform never charges you to apply.

Each discipline's own page

AI training jobs for physicists

Research physicists, astronomers and physics experts.

AI training jobs for chemists

Synthetic, analytical, computational chemists and biochemists.

AI training jobs for biologists

Bioinformatics, molecular biology, neuroscience and life sciences.

AI training jobs for environmental scientists

Environmental, earth, climate and agricultural scientists.