Updated November 2026 · ranked by pay
Best AI training jobs for ML engineers. 14 open AI & Machine Learning roles helping AI labs improve their models.
- Open roles
- 14
- Top hourly rate
- $140/hr
- Median top rate
- $120/hr
- High demand
- 11
As of November 2026, there are 14 open AI training jobs for ML engineers listed on micro1. Top-of-range pay runs from $36 to $140/hr, with a median of $120/hr. The best-paying role right now is Machine Learning Engineer at up to $140/hr. All of these roles are remote, and 11 are marked high demand. The work is flexible hourly contracting: you use your professional expertise to write, review and grade the examples AI models learn from. Listings are refreshed daily from micro1, so closed roles drop off within a day.
All 14 roles, ranked by pay
- 01Apply
$80–$140/hr
hourly pay
- 02Apply
$60–$120/hr
hourly pay
- 03Apply
$60–$120/hr
hourly pay
- 04Apply
$60–$120/hr
hourly pay
- 05High demand50 openings
Competitive Data Scientist (Kaggle)
ML Engineering · Data Science · Mathematics
Apply$60–$120/hr
hourly pay
- 06Apply
$14–$36/hr
hourly pay
- 07
Director of Talent Automations
Workflow automation · Process improvement · LLMs
Apply$120k–$160k/yr
annual pay
- 08Apply
$150k–$250k/yr
annual pay
- 09Apply
$130k–$160k/yr
annual pay
- 10Apply
$180k–$250k/yr
annual pay
- 11High demand
Member of Technical Staff, Frontier AI
Research Signal Judgment · ML-Oriented Data Design · Ops-to-Research Translation
Apply$240k–$350k/yr
annual pay
- 12High demand
Member of Technical Staff, Enterprise AI
Research Signal Judgment · ML-Oriented Data Design · Ops-to-Research Translation
Apply$200k–$250k/yr
annual pay
- 13High demand
Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineering
Reinforcement Learning · ML-Oriented Data Design · RL Environments
Apply$200k–$300k/yr
annual pay
- 14Apply
$200k–$260k/yr
annual pay
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FAQ
How much do AI training jobs for ML engineers pay?
- Across 14 open AI & Machine Learning roles, top-of-range pay runs from $36 to $140/hr, with a median of $120/hr.
What does an AI training job for ML engineers involve?
- You use your professional expertise to write, review and grade the examples AI models learn from: checking reasoning, correcting answers and flagging errors a non-expert would miss.