Federal Regulatory Policy Analyst
You will help create realistic federal regulatory assignments and review work for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with real government processes. The work uses your knowledge of rulemaking, public comments, agency responses, and regulatory policy.
- Field
- Law
- Where
- United States
- Commitment
- part time
- Posted
- 7 days ago
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How this pay compares
At $60/hr (the midpoint of $50 to $70), this role pays more than 7% of the 157 open law roles with a listed pay range, below the median of $115.
Among platforms with 10 or more priced law roles, micro1 has the highest median ($135/hr across 54 roles) and Mercor the lowest ($110/hr across 15).
OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one 7 days ago.
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
Per week, before tax
$900
Per month, if the work is steady
$3,900
- Tax
- Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $986 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 law 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 | 54 | $135/hr | Domain Researcher, Legal$400k-800k/yr |
| OpenTrain AIthis role | 79 | $120/hr | Civil Rights Attorney for Legal AI Evaluation$140-400/hr |
| Mercor | 15 | $110/hr | US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation$180/hr |
| Alignerr | 9 | $43/hr | Legal Expert: AI Legal Reasoning Review$75-95/hr |
| Handshake AI | 3 | up to $110/hr3 priced | Legal ProfessionalsUp to $150/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 help create realistic federal regulatory assignments and review work for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with real government processes. The work uses your knowledge of rulemaking, public comments, agency responses, and regulatory policy.
You will apply careful regulatory analysis to drafting, comment review, classification, summarization, and evaluation tasks.
- Create scenario-based assignments based on federal rulemaking processes.
- Review submissions for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to policy standards.
- Summarize public comments on proposed regulations and group them by theme and substance.
- Draft clear agency responses to substantive comments using evidence and applicable regulations.
- Recommend whether public proposals should be adopted or rejected through reasoned analysis.
- Help ensure deliverables reflect federal drafting, comment review, and response-to-comment work.
What it pays and takes
This is part-time contractor work for an AI training project. No prior AI experience is required, but you must bring substantial federal regulatory policy expertise and strong attention to detail.
- Pay: $50 to $70 per hour.
- Work arrangement: Part-time contract work.
- Location: Open to candidates in the United States.
- Language: Fluent English.
- Experience: Current or former federal regulatory analyst, policy specialist, or attorney-advisor experience, including OPM GS-0301, GS-0905, or equivalent experience.
- Strong understanding of federal rulemaking and public comment analysis.
- Hands-on experience drafting notices, proposed or final rules, or agency responses to petitions and public input.
- Strong written and verbal communication with close attention to regulatory detail.
- Professional experience developing federal regulatory policy in the United States.
- Helpful background: Federal Register, regulations.gov, or OMB regulatory review experience.
- Legal analysis, administrative law, regulatory compliance, or a law degree is helpful but not required.
How it works
You apply here in about two minutes and finish on the hiring platform. The next step is a short AI interview (technical roles include a coding challenge). Passing it is how you qualify for paid tasks, so take it soon after you are invited.
The hiring platform's application for this job asks for your resume, your LinkedIn profile, your phone number, your location and answers to 3 screening questions.
About AI training work
AI training is the human work behind systems that learn from examples, including writing, reviewing, summarizing, and rating content. People with specialized experience are paid to help make those examples accurate and useful.
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- 2
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Funded milestones
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First payment
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Full OpenTrain AI profile: watch-outs and the public record →Pay history
OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $50-70/hr since Nov 4, 2026 with no change.
Across OpenTrain AI's law roles, the median listed pay was $120/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (60 roles) and is $120/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (79 roles).
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