Overview · Gig work
AI training contracts for licensed professionals
Apply to expert pools on Mercor, where AI labs pay practising lawyers, physicians, finance professionals and PhDs to write gold-standard answers, grading rubrics and evaluations of model output. Work is remote independent-contractor work paid weekly via Stripe or Wise; projects can be extended or ended early, and some roles require a minimum of 20 hours a week.
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- How it works
- Apply to expert pools on Mercor, where AI labs pay practising lawyers, physicians, finance professionals and PhDs to write gold-standard answers, grading rubrics and evaluations of model output. Work is remote independent-contractor work paid weekly via Stripe or Wise; projects can be extended or ended early, and some roles require a minimum of 20 hours a week.
- Tools
- Mercor, Stripe or Wise payouts. Tool links
- Startup costs
- $0 (needs real credentials, e.g. a J.D., MD or PhD)
- Reported earnings
- Mercor lists legal roles at $55–$150+/hour and clinician roles at $120–$150/hour (oncologists $350–$450/hour), and shows a $107/hour average contracted rate (Mercor experts page, checked 20 Oct 2026; it showed $111 earlier in October). Total income depends on how many project hours you are matched to.Rates and the average are from Mercor's own job listings.Entry last updated · What the labels mean
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