Mercor

Applied Economics & Finance Benchmark Specialist

Role Overview We are seeking expert economists and finance professionals to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core economics and finance domains, evaluate…

Field: Finance & accounting
Where: Remote
Commitment: hourly
Openings: 1
Posted: 2 months ago

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At $88/hr (the midpoint of $77 to $98), this role pays more than 52% of the 175 open finance & accounting roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $85.

Among platforms with 10 or more priced finance & accounting roles, micro1 has the highest median ($90/hr across 23 roles) and Alignerr the lowest ($73/hr across 35).

Mercor roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 39 days (136 roles). Mercor posted this one 89 days ago.

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What you would earn at this rate

Where in the listed range$88/hrHours a week15 hrs

Per week, before tax

$1,313

Per month, if the work is steady

$5,688

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Open finance & accounting 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
micro1	23	$90/hr	Domain Researcher, Finance$400k-800k/yr
OpenTrain AI	93	$90/hr	Finance Professional$245-280/hr
Mercorthis role	28	$90/hr	Pharma Commercial Forecasting Expert — Launch Curves$130-210/hr
Alignerr	35	$73/hr	Accounting Specialist — Excel Dataset Creation$40-150/hr
Handshake AI	26	up to $83/hr	Investment BankersUp to $175/hr

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Role Overview

We are seeking expert economists and finance professionals to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core economics and finance domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

You will be assigned one of two task types:

Question Authoring — Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review.
Question Verification — Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made.

Economics & Finance Domains Covered

Algorithmic Trading & Market Microstructure, Macroprudential Policy, Behavioral Finance & Experimental Economics, Urban Economics, Tokenomics & Decentralized Finance.

Key Responsibilities

Author original economics and finance questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall
Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined — all necessary information must be in the problem statement
Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above)
Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers
Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format
Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories)
For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made

Ideal Qualifications

PhD or doctoral candidate in Economics, Finance, or a closely related field
Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain
Strong command of graduate-level economic theory, quantitative methods, and financial modeling
Experience with academic research, CFA/CPA certification, or financial industry expertise is a strong plus
Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely

More About the Opportunity

Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week
Asynchronous, fully remote work

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Pay history

Mercor has listed this role at $77-98/hr since Nov 10, 2026 with no change.

Across Mercor's finance & accounting roles, the median listed pay was $85/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (24 roles) and is $90/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (25 roles).

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