Linguistics Expert for AI Model Evaluation (English)
Create language-analysis tests and assess how accurately AI models reason about linguistic data.
- Field
- Languages & translation
- Where
- United States, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia +89 more
- Commitment
- part time
- Hours
- up to 20/week
- Asks for
- PhD
- Posted
- 5 days ago
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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 $75/hr (the midpoint of $50 to $100), this role pays more than 94% of the 205 open languages & translation roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $30.
Among platforms with 10 or more priced languages & translation roles, Mercor has the highest median ($50/hr across 40 roles) and Alignerr the lowest ($25/hr across 26).
OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one 5 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
$1,500
Per month, if the work is steady
$6,500
- Tax
- Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $1,643 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 languages & translation 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 | 9 | $150/hr | Bilingual Cantonese Psychiatrist$100-200/hr |
| Mercor | 40 | $50/hr | Fab Safety and Emergency Response Expert (Japanese)$85/hr |
| OpenTrain AIthis role | 129 | $30/hr | Bilingual Medical Doctor (Japanese)$125/hr |
| Alignerr | 26 | $25/hr | French Workspace Evaluator – Gmail & Google AI Review$15-35/hr |
| Handshake AI | 16 | up to $30/hr | Linguistics ExpertUp to $80/hr |
“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.
All 222 open languages & translation roles →The full listing
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The work
Create language-analysis tests and assess how accurately AI models reason about linguistic data.
- Write scenarios testing syntactic ambiguity, semantic entailment, and phonological patterns.
- Prepare reference analyses that explain the evidence, generalizations, exceptions, and reasoning behind each judgment.
- Rate model responses for analytical accuracy and appropriate handling of linguistic data.
- Flag responses that misparse a sentence or misidentify the linguistic phenomenon.
What it pays and takes
- Pay: $50 to $100 per hour, paid weekly via Stripe.
- Schedule: Ongoing, asynchronous work requiring at least 20 hours per week, with flexibility to scale your workload.
- Location: Remote; applicants must be based in an eligible country listed for the role.
- Work type: Part-time contractor work.
- Requirements: Strong written English and depth in a linguistics area such as syntax, semantics, phonology, morphology, sociolinguistics, or psycholinguistics.
- You should be able to explain linguistic judgments clearly and identify what evidence could disprove an analysis.
- Helpful background: PhD-level training, peer-reviewed publications, computational linguistics or corpus methods, or fieldwork and documentation of understudied languages.
How it works
Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site.
About AI training work
AI training uses examples and judgments prepared by people to help build and evaluate AI systems. Linguistics expertise helps make those evaluations precise and explains where a model’s reasoning succeeds or fails.
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 $50-100/hr since Nov 6, 2026 with no change.
Across OpenTrain AI's languages & translation roles, the median listed pay was $26/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (107 roles) and is $30/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (129 roles).
What workers report about OpenTrain AI
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