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Medical AI Response Evaluation Expert (Physicians)

You will create challenging medical tasks and evaluate AI-generated responses across real clinical workflows. Your work will help assess whether responses are accurate, safe, and consistent with current medical practice.

Field
Medicine & health
Where
United States
Commitment
part time
Hours
up to 20/week
Asks for
MD / licensed physician
Posted
6 days ago

Pay data for your profession: Physician 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 $180/hr, this role pays more than 82% of the 190 open medicine & health roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $96.

Open medicine & health roles that ask for an MD / licensed physician have a median of $170/hr (77 roles).

Among platforms with 10 or more priced medicine & health roles, Mercor has the highest median ($150/hr across 37 roles) and Alignerr the lowest ($55/hr across 25).

OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one 6 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

Rate

$180/hr

Per week, before tax

$3,600

Per month, if the work is steady

$15,600

Tax
Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $3,944 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 medicine & health roles on each platform

The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.

PlatformOpenMedianBest-paid open role
Mercor40$150/hrCardiologist$350/hr
micro126$98/hrDomain Researcher, Medical$400k-800k/yr
OpenTrain AIthis role103$98/hrAnesthesiologists for AI Model Evaluation$300/hr
Alignerr25$55/hrClinical Business Intelligence Manager$40-80/hr
Handshake AI22up to $180/hrAnesthesiologists AI TrainerUp to $300/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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The work

You will create challenging medical tasks and evaluate AI-generated responses across real clinical workflows. Your work will help assess whether responses are accurate, safe, and consistent with current medical practice.

You will explain clinical reasoning clearly while protecting patient confidentiality. The work may cover diagnosis, differential reasoning, imaging and test interpretation, treatment planning, and procedural decisions.

  • Create expert-level medical tasks based on clinical decisions and workflows.
  • Review AI responses for clinical accuracy, patient safety, and alignment with medical guidelines.
  • Write clear, structured feedback that helps improve AI model performance.
  • Apply physician-level judgment across relevant medical specialties and care settings.

What it pays and takes

This is ongoing, project-based contract work that can be completed alongside a current role. The work is remote and flexible, with no set schedule or minimum hour requirement stated in the role description.

  • Pay: Up to $180 per hour.
  • Time: 20 or more hours per week.
  • Location: Open to candidates in the United States.
  • Education: Completed MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree.
  • Training: Current or completed residency or fellowship, or board certification or eligibility, in a relevant specialty.
  • Medical knowledge: Working knowledge of at least one area such as emergency medicine, critical care, neurology, cardiology, oncology, infectious disease, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, or surgery.
  • Skills: Strong written communication, careful attention to detail, and the ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous setting.
  • Privacy: Do not share patient health information or identifiable patient data.

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 systems that generate and understand content. Contributors create examples, review model responses, and provide feedback so AI systems become more accurate and safer, while people with specialized knowledge help evaluate difficult medical questions.

From applying to your first payment on OpenTrain AI

  1. 1

    Create a profile

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  2. 2

    Apply

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  3. 3

    Funded milestones

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  4. 4

    First payment

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Pay history

OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $180/hr since Nov 6, 2026 with no change.

OpenTrain AI listed this title before: $100/hr, Oct 25, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026.

Across OpenTrain AI's medicine & health roles, the median listed pay was $85/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (41 roles) and is $98/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (102 roles).

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