AlignerrVoice & audio
ATC Transcription - English
up to $30/hr
What you'll do
- Transcribe ATC communications audio recordings accurately according to provided guidelines and formatting standards.
- Review and edit transcripts for accuracy, grammar, and consistency.
- Evaluate real tower-to-pilot ATC transcriptions for correctness, punctuation, and readability.
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- Audios include heavy accents, background noise, and fast-paced aviation phraseology, so operational familiarity is essential.
- Provide constructive feedback to improve tower-to-pilot audio quality.
Candidate background
You’re a great fit if
- You have experience as an aviation professional, pilot, flight instructor, or ATC operator with strong experience in ATC communications.
- You have xperience in transcription, editing, proofreading, or similar language-focused fields (Required).
- You have access to reliable audio playback equipment and a quiet workspace (Required).
- You have a strong ability to produce accurate, detailed, and consistent transcriptions.
- You have excellent attention to detail when reviewing spelling, grammar, and formatting.
- You have an interest in AI, natural language processing, and speech-to-text technology.
- Bonus: Experience with data labeling, linguistic annotation, RLHF, or other AI training projects.
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Alignerr's words
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ATC Transciption - English (Contract)
Labelbox • Remote (United States preferred) Shape the data that powers frontier AI
Quick facts - Engagement | Hourly, at‑will contractor - Schedule | Fully remote & asynchronous (min. 15 hrs/week) - Pay Range (US) | $20 – $30 per hour - Start Date | Rolling — staffed as projects launch
What you’ll do - Transcribe ATC communications audio recordings accurately according to provided guidelines and formatting standards. - Review and edit transcripts for accuracy, grammar, and consistency. - Evaluate real tower-to-pilot ATC transcriptions for correctness, punctuation, and readability. - Audios include heavy accents, background noise, and fast-paced aviation phraseology, so operational familiarity is essential. - Provide constructive feedback to improve tower-to-pilot audio quality.
You’re a great fit if - You have experience as an aviation professional, pilot, flight instructor, or ATC operator with strong experience in ATC communications. - You have xperience in transcription, editing, proofreading, or similar language-focused fields (Required). - You have access to reliable audio playback equipment and a quiet workspace (Required). - You have a strong ability to produce accurate, detailed, and consistent transcriptions. - You have excellent attention to detail when reviewing spelling, grammar, and formatting. - You have an interest in AI, natural language processing, and speech-to-text technology. - Bonus: Experience with data labeling, linguistic annotation, RLHF, or other AI training projects.
About the role - Flexible workload — work from anywhere, on your own schedule - High impact — your craft directly improves models used by top AI labs & Fortune 500 teams - Clear ownership — know exactly what success looks like and have autonomy to deliver - Growth potential — consistent high performers spearhead new programs and mentor incoming SMEs
Interview process - Complete a screening with Zara, our AI interviewer in English, to learn more about your background and experience.
About Labelbox Labelbox builds the data engine that accelerates breakthrough AI. Our platform, expert services, and marketplace let teams iterate on data as nimbly as they iterate on code, enabling safer, smarter models in production. We’re backed by SoftBank, Andreessen Horowitz, B Capital, Gradient Ventures, Databricks Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins, and trusted by leading research labs and enterprises worldwide.
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Working with AlignerrPay, getting started and work, from Alignerr's own pages
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- Getting paid
- Billed weekly, Monday to Sunday, with approved work paid by the following Friday, according to Labelbox's help center. Payment goes through Stripe Connect or PayPal depending on your location, with one provider per country. intercom.help/labelbox/en/articles/13600616-alignerr-paym..., alignerr.com/process
- Before your first paid task
- Sign up, apply, verify your identity, set up billing and onboard. Some jobs add a Zara AI interview or domain assessments. alignerr.com/process
- How much work
- Time to your first project depends on demand and your skills, and there is no minimum number of hours. alignerr.com/faqs
- Contract
- Independent contractor, under terms with ALIGNERR LLC. alignerr.com/faqs, alignerr.com/privacy
Read on the pages linked above on 24 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
How does the pay compare?Across Voice & audio roles, not this role alone
From our own daily reads of every open listing on the platforms we follow, not from Alignerr's posting. How we count.
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 $20 to $50 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $30. This role's top rate, $30, is in the middle half. Of the 92 distinct rates we count, 43 are lower and 41 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr (this platform) | 137 | $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 27 Aug 2026, and still on Alignerr's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by Alignerr
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- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- e804e491-ef3e-41df-83f0-1ebe70eefdec
Pay as the source states it: “$20-30/hr”.
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