MercorVoice & audio
Pharmacist / Pharmacy Technician: Medication Pronunciation Reviewer
$70/hr
About this role, in Mercor's words
We are looking for experienced U.S.-based Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians to support an AI-focused healthcare project. This opportunity is ideal for pharmacy professionals with strong familiarity with prescription medications, generic and brand drug names, and standard U.S. medication terminology.
What you'll do
- Review short audio samples containing spoken medication names.
- Evaluate whether medication names are pronounced accurately and clearly.
- Score audio samples using a structured evaluation rubric.
- Identify pronunciation errors, ambiguities, or inconsistencies.
- Apply evaluation standards consistently across review tasks.
- Participate in an initial calibration exercise to align on scoring expectations.
- Complete additional review batches as project needs arise.
- Provide concise feedback where clarification or correction is required.
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Mercor's words
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We are looking for experienced U.S.-based Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians to support an AI-focused healthcare project. This opportunity is ideal for pharmacy professionals with strong familiarity with prescription medications, generic and brand drug names, and standard U.S. medication terminology.
What You’ll Do
• Review short audio samples containing spoken medication names.
• Evaluate whether medication names are pronounced accurately and clearly.
• Score audio samples using a structured evaluation rubric.
• Identify pronunciation errors, ambiguities, or inconsistencies.
• Apply evaluation standards consistently across review tasks.
• Participate in an initial calibration exercise to align on scoring expectations.
• Complete additional review batches as project needs arise.
• Provide concise feedback where clarification or correction is required.
Ideal Background
• Licensed Pharmacist (PharmD/RPh) or experienced Pharmacy Technician .
• Professional pharmacy experience in the United States .
• Strong familiarity with generic and brand-name medications commonly encountered in U.S. pharmacy practice.
• Comfortable recognising and assessing medication terminology when spoken aloud.
• High attention to detail and ability to distinguish subtle pronunciation differences.
• Able to follow detailed rubrics and apply scoring criteria consistently.
• Strong written and spoken U.S. English proficiency.
• Experience in retail, hospital, speciality, mail-order, or other pharmacy settings is welcome.
Preferred Qualifications
• Several years of hands-on pharmacy experience.
• Regular experience communicating medication names verbally with patients, pharmacists, physicians, or other healthcare professionals.
• Familiarity with a broad range of therapeutic areas and medication classes.
• Experience with quality assurance, annotation, clinical review, transcription review, or structured evaluation work is helpful but not required.
Why Join
• Apply your pharmacy expertise to the development and evaluation of advanced AI systems.
• Contribute specialised healthcare knowledge without providing direct patient care.
• Opportunity to participate in additional projects as new review work becomes available.
Working with MercorPay, getting started and work, from Mercor's own pages
What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.
- Getting paid
- Hourly work is paid every Wednesday for the previous week, through Stripe Connect or Wise, whichever Mercor assigns to your region. Stripe holds the first payout for 7 days. talent.docs.mercor.com/how-to/payments, talent.docs.mercor.com/policies/contracts
- Before your first paid task
- An AI interview of about 20 minutes, reused for other roles that need it, then any assessments the role asks for. Before logging hours: ID verification through Persona, a tax form, the contract documents, the Insightful time tracker, and a background check the onboarding guide says usually takes one to two weeks. talent.docs.mercor.com/support/ai-interview, talent.docs.mercor.com/how-to/apply, talent.docs.mercor.com/policies/contracts, talent.docs.mercor.com/how-to/id-verification, talent.docs.mercor.com/working/project-onboarding
- How much work
- Hearing back after the AI interview usually takes 2 to 4 weeks. When a project ends you are not moved to a new one automatically. talent.docs.mercor.com/support/ai-interview, talent.docs.mercor.com/support/project
- Contract
- Independent contractor with Mercor.io Corporation of San Francisco, which deducts no taxes. talent.docs.mercor.com/policies/taxes-work-authorization, talent.docs.mercor.com/support/legal
Read on the pages linked above on 23 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
Alex's experience on MercorA personal account, not a promise about your project
Alexruns this site and has worked on Mercor himself. Written 31 Aug 2026.
- Every interview I took used an AI interviewer. They always checked my microphone and camera and asked me to share my screen, and some included a timed exercise of around 25 minutes.
- Many later applications needed no new interview from me. With the required assessments complete and no other outstanding steps, applying could be close to one click.
- The application I checked did not ask for a rate. My offer matched my minimum in Work Preferences. That does not establish that Mercor always caps higher offers at your preference.
- Onboarding and setup came to about 4 hours, with more security and tool setup. Of the three platforms I worked on, it was the most complicated for me. That is an estimate from my projects, not a platform average.
- Mercor required the Insightful tracker on my project. I observed app and website usage monitoring, and I am unsure which screenshot settings applied, so check the configuration.
- I was paid for hours logged, once every 14 days, and I have not experienced late or incorrect payments. That was my arrangement. Mercor's current documentation describes weekly payout cycles, so check your own offer.
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What happens after you apply, first-handHow does the pay compare?Across Voice & audio roles, not this role alone
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Pay across the field: Voice & audio
Across 367 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 11 platforms, the middle half pays $19 to $50 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $30. This role's top rate, $70, is in the top quarter. Of the 91 distinct rates we count, 78 are lower and 12 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr | 138 | $20 to $280 · median $50 |
| Meridial (Invisible) | 51 | $20 to $65 · median $31 |
| AfterQuery | 49 | $30 to $135 · median $55 |
| micro1 | 41 | $12 to $100 · median $30 |
| Lionbridge | 39 | $10 to $45 · median $22 |
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This listing's history
- First seen here on 30 Sep 2026, and still on Mercor's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by Mercor
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- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- list_AAABoPCke-s0JMTy24RAioi9
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