Is Mercor legit?

The biggest expert-data marketplace: doctors, lawyers, bankers, engineers and PhDs, hired after an AI interview.

Our verdict

Yes, it's legit

Yes. Mercor is a real San Francisco company that pays contractors weekly, mostly through Stripe, and publishes its payment process. The real risks are projects that end suddenly and fake recruiters using its name.

Run by a real companyMercor, a San Francisco company that sells expert human data to AI labs.
Pay process publishedYes, on its own site (linked below)
Public listings with payYes: 300 live roles tracked here
Charges workers anythingNo. Real Mercor work never costs you money

Who runs it

Mercor, a San Francisco company that sells expert human data to AI labs.

How and when it pays

Weekly. Payouts for the prior work week are processed by Wednesday, mostly through Stripe (Wise where Stripe isn't offered). Stripe holds a first payout for 7 days, and banks can take 3 to 7 business days after a payout shows as paid.

Source: Mercor talent docs: payments

How hiring works

You apply to a specific listing, upload a resume, then do a short AI interview. Some roles add a paid assessment or work trial.

What to watch out for

Projects can end suddenly. Reddit and LinkedIn threads describe contracts closing after a handful of tasks.
Recruiters impersonate Mercor. Real Mercor work starts on work.mercor.com, never in a WhatsApp or Telegram chat.

Sources: r/mercor_ai: 'Mercor is legit but tough', LinkedIn warning on Mercor and micro1 impersonation

The only real addresses

Real Mercor links use mercor.com, work.mercor.com, talent.docs.mercor.com. A message pointing anywhere else, or asking you to pay anything, is not Mercor. Check a message.

What workers report

Live Mercor roles

Top payany

PhD roles300 roles

Disclosure: Mercor and micro1 pay us a referral bonus if someone we send gets hired. Neither program's rules deduct it from your pay, and roles are ranked by pay, never by bonus. How we make money

Is Mercor legit?

Yes, it's legit

Who runs it

How and when it pays

How hiring works

What to watch out for

The only real addresses

What workers report

Live Mercor roles

Oncologist

Cybersecurity Research Expert – Offensive Security & Vulnerability Research

Central Bank Expert — Non-G7 Policy Communication

Company Analysis Expert — Event Propagation

Equity Research Expert — Single-Name Analyst Publications

Physician Talent Network

Machine Learning Engineer Talent Network

Disease-Area Clinician — Trial Endpoints & Prescribing

Pharma Commercial Forecasting Expert — Launch Curves

Infrastructure / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Legacy Codebase Migration Expert

Payer & Market Access Expert — Gross-to-Net & Formulary Strategy

Senior Economics Research Expert

Biotech Investment Analyst — Drug Asset & Company Assessment

Local Political Expert (Iowa) — Elections Forecasting & Political Risk

Local Political Expert (Maine) — Elections Forecasting & Political Risk

Compensation & Equity Expert (Total Rewards)

Multilingual Primary Care Physician (MD) — Clinical Documentation & AI Evaluation

Finance Expert

Financial Analyst Talent Network

Medical Expert

Epidemiologist — Patient Population Sizing

Cybersecurity Practitioner: Paid Expert Interviews (SOC, Incident Response, Detection, AppSec)

Multilingual Inpatient Hospitalist (MD) — Clinical Documentation & AI Evaluation

General Clinician (MD/DO) - HLS Expert Pool

General Physician

Pediatric Emergency / Urgent Care Physician (MD)

Pediatrician (MD)

Cardiologist – Clinical Consultant (ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis)

Clinicians

Medical Expert (M.D./D.O.)

Private Equity & Venture Capital - Finance Domain Expert

Data Scientist Talent Network

Investment Banking & M&A - Finance Domain Expert

Legal Expert (J.D./LL.B.)

Management Consultant Talent Network

Partner & General Counsel - Legal Domain Expert

Backend Engineer Talent Network

DevOps / Platform Engineer Talent Network

Frontend Engineer Talent Network