Is micro1 legit?
Expert projects in STEM, medicine, finance and languages, many at $60-150/hr, after a 20-40 minute AI interview.
Our verdict
Yes, it's legit
Yes. micro1 is a real AI recruiting company that pays twice a month on a published payroll schedule. Passing its AI interview certifies you but doesn't guarantee a project.
- Run by a real companymicro1, an AI recruiting and human-data company. It certifies experts with an AI interview, then matches them to lab projects.
- Pay process publishedYes, on its own site (linked below)
- Public listings with payYes: 24 live roles tracked here
- Charges workers anythingNo. Real micro1 work never costs you money
Who runs it
micro1, an AI recruiting and human-data company. It certifies experts with an AI interview, then matches them to lab projects.
How and when it pays
Semi-monthly. Work from the 1st to the 15th is paid around the 20th, and work from the 16th to month-end around the 5th of the next month (Pacific time).
Source: micro1 payroll policy
How hiring works
Sign up, take the AI interview (20-40 minutes), and some roles add a short skills assessment. Certified experts are matched to projects as they open.
What to watch out for
- Certification does not guarantee a project. Matching depends on what clients need that week.
- Fake micro1 recruiters exist. Real applications run through micro1.ai domains.
Sources: micro1 referral program FAQ
The only real addresses
Real micro1 links use micro1.ai, refer.micro1.ai, jobs.micro1.ai, library.micro1.ai, payroll.micro1.ai, talent.micro1.ai. A message pointing anywhere else, or asking you to pay anything, is not micro1. Check a message.
What workers report
Live micro1 roles
- New
Strategic Project Lead, Coding/SWE
Software & coding · Remote
$300k-500k/yr - New
Bilingual Mental Health Expert
Mental health · Remote
$100-200/hr - New
Enterprise Client Partner, Enterprise AI
Generalist · Remote
$220k-400k/yr - New
Investment Banking Associate
Finance & accounting · Remote
$120-150/hr - New
CAD Expert
Engineering · Remote
$80-150/hr - NewMD / licensed physician
US-Licensed Physician
Medicine & health · Remote
$80-125/hr - NewPhDMaster's
Aerodynamics Expert (MSc. or PhD)
Physics · Remote
$80-120/hr - New
QA Engineer
Software & coding · Remote
$63-120/hr - NewPhDMaster's
Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD)
Engineering · Remote
$60-120/hr - NewPhDMaster's
Mechanical Engineering Expert (MSc. or PhD)
Engineering · Remote
$60-120/hr - NewPhDMaster's
ML Engineer (MSc. or PhD)
Machine learning · Remote
$60-120/hr - New
PhysioNet Competitor (Biomedical Signal Processing & ML)
Medicine & health · Remote
$60-120/hr - New
Puzzle Solver (Coding)
Software & coding · Remote
$60-120/hr - NewPhDMaster's
STEM Expert (MSc./PhD)
General STEM · Remote
$60-120/hr - New
Japanese Language Expert
Languages & translation · Japanese · Remote
$65-98/hr - New
Korean Language Expert
Languages & translation · Korean · Remote
$65-98/hr - NewPhD
Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD)
Medicine & health · Remote
$45-90/hr - NewPhD
Computational Chemistry, Structural Biology & Drug Discovery Scientist (PhD)
Chemistry · Remote
$45-90/hr - NewPhD
Life Sciences Research Scientist (PhD): Wet Lab & Computational Biology
Biology & life sciences · Remote
$45-90/hr - NewPhD
STEM Expert – Biology & Bioinformatics (PhD)
Biology & life sciences · Remote
$45-90/hr - NewPhD
STEM Expert – Chemistry & Computational Chemistry (PhD)
Chemistry · Remote
$45-90/hr - New
App Security Expert
Cybersecurity · Remote
$40-80/hr - New
English Voice Recording
Voice & audio · Remote
$20-70/hr - New
AI Product Evaluator
Generalist · Remote
$14-36/hr
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