Mercor

Loan Underwriter / Loan Officer — Paid Research Survey (US)

Mercor is recruiting US-based loan underwriters and loan officers for an academic research study run by researchers at Stanford University. This is a survey study, not data labeling or annotation: you'll share your professional judgment and experience through online surveys. Who…

Field: Finance & accounting
Where: United States
Commitment: task based
Openings: 30
Posted: 7 days ago

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How this pay compares

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 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.

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

“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 full listing

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Mercor is recruiting US-based loan underwriters and loan officers for an academic research study run by researchers at Stanford University.

This is a survey study, not data labeling or annotation: you'll share your professional judgment and experience through online surveys.

Who can take part

You are based in the United States
You work (or have recently worked) as a loan underwriter or loan officer
You have at least 3–4 years of experience in lending — more experience is a plus

What you'll be asked to do

Complete 1–2 online surveys, each about one hour long
Answer questions drawing on your professional experience with loans

Engagement details

Format: Online surveys
Time commitment: About 1 hour per survey (1–2 surveys in total)
Compensation: $70 per completed survey, paid once on completion
Start: A small pilot group goes first, followed by a larger study

Why participate

Contribute to Stanford research using your lending expertise
Short and fully remote

From applying to your first payment on Mercor

1
Apply to this listing
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2
AI interview
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Work
Hourly work is counted in weeks that run Saturday to Friday.
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First payment
Mercor pays each Wednesday around noon Pacific through Stripe (or Wise). Stripe holds a first payout for 7 days, and standard transfers take up to 5 business days to reach your bank.

Sources: Mercor talent docs: AI interview, Mercor talent docs: payments

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Pay history

Mercor has listed this role at $70 one-time since Nov 4, 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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