AI Evaluation for Masters/PhD Students in All Disciplines
You will support AI evaluation research by reviewing content through the standards and technical language of your academic discipline. Your work may include written, visual, diagrammatic, and other subject-specific material.
- Field
- Generalist
- Where
- United States, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia +89 more
- Hours
- up to 10/week
- Asks for
- PhD, Master's, MD / licensed physician
- Posted
- yesterday
Pay data for your profession: PhD AI trainer jobs
How this pay compares
The title points to rating and reviewing ai output: judging a model's answers or code against guidelines, such as which of two is better or whether one is correct and safe. What each kind of AI training work pays
At $100/hr, this role pays more than 84% of the 206 open generalist roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $60.
Open generalist roles that ask for a Master's have a median of $75/hr (15 roles).
Among platforms with 10 or more priced generalist roles, Alignerr has the highest median ($80/hr across 17 roles) and micro1 the lowest ($50/hr across 54).
OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one yesterday.
Computed from 2,746 open roles we track across Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI, Alignerr, Appen and OpenTrain AI, refreshed daily. Midpoints of listed ranges; “up to” ceilings are left out of medians.
What you would earn at this rate
Rate
$100/hr
Per week, before tax
$1,000
Per month, if the work is steady
$4,333
- Tax
- Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $1,096 a month for self-employment tax plus federal income tax at the 12% bracket (25%, before state tax). Outside the US, your own country's rules apply.
Assumes paid hours only; unpaid assessments, onboarding and gaps between projects lower the real figure. Full take-home calculator · Track what you actually earn
Open generalist roles on each platform
The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.
| Platform | Open | Median | Best-paid open role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alignerr | 17 | $80/hr | Frontier Data Lead – Client Success & AI Partnerships$85-120/hr |
| Mercor | 22 | $63/hr | Luxury Automotive Strategy Expert$300-350/hr |
| OpenTrain AIthis role | 115 | $61/hr | Contract Manager and Negotiator (English)$150/hr |
| micro1 | 60 | $50/hr | Member of Technical Staff, Enterprise AI$300k-700k/yr |
| Handshake AI | 24 | up to $88/hr | Intelligence Expert (Bachelor's, Master's and PhDs) - AI TrainerUp to $200/hr |
“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.
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The work
You will support AI evaluation research by reviewing content through the standards and technical language of your academic discipline. Your work may include written, visual, diagrammatic, and other subject-specific material.
You will make clear judgments about accuracy, depth, and quality, while identifying errors, unclear points, or gaps that a general reviewer may miss. Each project includes defined annotation and evaluation tasks to complete within its project window.
- Evaluate written content using the standards and technical vocabulary of your field.
- Write structured explanations that support your evaluation decisions.
- Review relevant visual and diagrammatic material, such as schematics, spectra, maps, clinical images, artworks, or data charts.
- Complete annotation and evaluation tasks within each project window.
What it pays and takes
This is remote, asynchronous, project-based contractor work. You can choose which projects to accept, and the expected commitment is up to 10 hours per week for each project window.
- $100 per hour.
- Remote and asynchronous, with up to 10 hours per week for each project window.
- Open to candidates in the project’s listed countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and Oceania.
- Strong written English and the ability to explain nuanced, subject-specific judgments clearly.
- Current enrollment in a Master's, PhD, MD, or MD/PhD program.
- Deep familiarity with the visual conventions and technical vocabulary of your academic discipline.
- Reliable internet access and the ability to work remotely.
- Helpful background includes visual or image-based research, annotation, data labeling, AI evaluation, multimodal systems, or quantitative methods.
- Experience with microscopy, imaging, diagrammatic modeling, CAD, GIS, spectroscopy, archival visual materials, large language models, or multimodal AI systems may be useful.
How it works
Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site.
About AI training work
AI training is the human work behind modern AI systems. People review examples, write and rate responses, assess accuracy, and label information so models can learn how to produce more useful results.
Experienced contributors are paid for applying subject knowledge that helps identify subtle errors and judge quality more accurately than a general reviewer.
From applying to your first payment on OpenTrain AI
- 1
Create a profile
Create a free OpenTrain profile with your domains, languages and hourly rate.
- 2
Apply
Apply to the listing. Some listings hire through OpenTrain; others send you to the hiring platform.
- 3
Funded milestones
The client funds each milestone before work starts.
- 4
First payment
OpenTrain pays out to your connected payout method when the client approves the milestone. It doesn't publish a fixed payout schedule.
Sources: OpenTrain: AI training careers, OpenTrain docs: invoicing and payouts
Full OpenTrain AI profile: watch-outs and the public record →Pay history
OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $100/hr since Nov 10, 2026 with no change.
Across OpenTrain AI's generalist roles, the median listed pay was $40/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (50 roles) and is $61/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (114 roles).
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