Ways to earn

Platforms you can sign up for and offers that pay, with typical pay, who can join and what to watch for. Facts are checked against each platform's own pages and dated.

14 listed

AI training work

Outlier

Remote freelance contributors write prompts, build grading rubrics, and rate or rank AI model responses on projects matched to their expertise. Work is paid per task-hour at a project rate shown before you start, settled weekly.

Typical pay
$15–$150/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Unpaid assessment first
  • Watch for scam look-alikes
  • Earnings not guaranteed

AI training work

DataAnnotation

Contractors evaluate chatbot responses, compare AI outputs, write and review code, or do domain-specific STEM/professional work to train AI models. Work is paid hourly by project track, and earnings are withdrawn to PayPal.

Typical pay
$20–$150/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Unpaid assessment first
  • Watch for scam look-alikes
  • Earnings not guaranteed

AI training work

Alignerr

Alignerr (Labelbox) contracts experts and generalists to rate AI outputs, annotate documents and evaluate code remotely. Work is paid hourly per project, with rates shown on each job listing and payouts made weekly.

Typical pay
$40–$150/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Unpaid assessment first
  • Earnings not guaranteed
  • Watch for scam look-alikes

AI training work

Mercor

Mercor is a talent marketplace that matches professionals (doctors, lawyers, engineers, consultants) to hourly AI-training and evaluation contracts for AI labs. Contractors track hours and are paid weekly in USD.

Typical pay
$30–$150/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Unpaid assessment first
  • Earnings not guaranteed

AI training work

Handshake AI (Fellowship / MOVE)

Handshake AI's fellowship (including the MOVE 'Model Validation Experts' track for master's/PhD holders) pays students and degree holders to evaluate and improve AI models in their discipline. Work is remote, part-time and paid hourly at a rate shown before you commit to a project.

Typical pay
$30–$125/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Earnings not guaranteed

AI training work

Invisible Technologies (Meridial)

Invisible Technologies recruits freelance AI trainers through Meridial, its expert contractor marketplace, for projects writing, evaluating and correcting AI model output. Each project states its scope and rate in a Statement of Work, and contractors are typically paid hourly about twice a month.

Typical pay
$6–$150/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Unpaid assessment first
  • Earnings not guaranteed

AI training work

TELUS Digital AI Community

TELUS Digital (formerly TELUS International AI) hires part-time remote contractors for its AI Community to rate search results, ads and AI responses, review content and collect data. Pay is hourly or task-based by program, with estimated earnings listed on each posting.

Typical pay
$11–$40/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Unpaid assessment first
  • Earnings not guaranteed
  • Watch for scam look-alikes

AI training work

Appen (CrowdGen)

Appen recruits contributors through CrowdGen for projects such as search evaluation, data annotation, and expert AI evaluation. Pay is set per project and location, and contributors log hours or tasks and are paid monthly.

Typical pay
$5–$100/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Unpaid assessment first
  • Earnings not guaranteed
  • Watch for scam look-alikes

AI training work

Toloka (Mindrift)

Toloka runs Mindrift, a project-based platform where domain experts write prompts, evaluate AI outputs and improve responses; the legacy Toloka microtask app pays small amounts per task. Mindrift pays per completed task with the amount disclosed beforehand, processed bi-weekly.

Typical pay
$15–$100/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Unpaid assessment first
  • Earnings not guaranteed

AI training work

micro1

micro1 recruits contractors for AI-training, evaluation and engineering projects after an AI-led interview with its recruiter agent 'Zara'. Pay is hourly on approved tracked hours or per task, depending on the project.

Typical pay
$10–$200/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Unpaid assessment first
  • Earnings not guaranteed

AI training work

Turing

Turing hires software developers, data scientists and domain experts as contractors to generate training data, evaluate and improve LLMs for frontier AI labs, alongside traditional engineering roles. Contractors are paid an hourly or monthly contract rate in USD.

Typical pay
$10–$100/hour
Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Unpaid assessment first
  • Earnings not guaranteed

Freelance marketplaces

Upwork

You build a profile and bid on client projects (hourly or fixed-price) using paid "Connects", or get invited to jobs. Clients pay through Upwork, which deducts a freelancer service fee before you withdraw.

Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Earnings not guaranteed
  • Watch for scam look-alikes

Freelance marketplaces

Fiverr

You list fixed-price service packages ("gigs") that buyers order directly. Fiverr keeps 20% of each order, and the rest clears to your balance for withdrawal.

Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Earnings not guaranteed
  • Watch for scam look-alikes

Freelance marketplaces

Wyzant

You list yourself as a tutor for online or in-person lessons and set your own hourly rate. Wyzant keeps a 25% platform fee and pays you the rest by direct deposit twice a month.

Age
18+
  • Taxable income
  • Work comes and goes
  • Earnings not guaranteed

Pay ranges come from the platforms' own pages and reputable reviews, and vary by project, location and skill. Some links are referral links and are labelled where they appear; they never change what we list or the order we list it in.