Methodology

The point of this site is a single honest answer to “what does AI work actually pay?” — so the rules below are strict, and they apply to every number on every page.

Where jobs come from

Every listing is read from a platform's own public job feed or careers board (the same data their own sites render), on a schedule of every few hours. Every job links to its original posting. We never invent listings, and we never copy full descriptions — you always apply at the source.

How pay is labeled

• Verified rate — a concrete rate or range read from the platform's own feed (e.g. $90/hr, $30–55/hr). This is what the default sort ranks by.
• “Up to” ceiling — an advertised maximum, not typical pay. Always shown in amber with the word “up to”, and excluded from the verified-pay sort and medians.
• Per-task / per-project — never silently converted into an hourly rate. A $350 task is shown as a $350 task.
• Not published — the platform shows no rate. We say so instead of guessing.

Typical pay & benchmarks — distinct advertised rates

All benchmark figures (homepage, pay index, platform rankings) are computed on distinct advertised rates: one observation per unique platform + rate combination. A platform re-posting one pay band across 300 country variants contributes one vote, not 300 — so no single boilerplate string can dominate a percentile. We use the midpoints of ranges (a “$6–$65/hr” band counts as $35.50, not $6), report the 25th–75th percentile plus the median, always publish both the distinct-rate count and the raw listing count, and never show a benchmark with fewer than 5 distinct rates behind it. “Up to” ceilings and per-task pay are never included in any benchmark.

Freshness

Every job carries a “seen live” timestamp — the last time it appeared in its platform's feed. Jobs that disappear from their source are automatically closed and drop out of the directory instead of rotting in it.

Duplicates

Listings are fingerprinted per platform and posting; re-posts update the existing record rather than creating copies. Some platforms legitimately post one role per country — those stay separate because eligibility and apply links differ.

Platforms without feeds

Some major platforms (Outlier, DataAnnotation, Clickworker, Prolific…) don't publish readable job feeds. They get honest profile pages — including waitlists, invite-only status and known worker complaints — instead of fake “live” listings.

Money

Some outbound links are referral links; they are labeled wherever they appear and never affect ranking, sorting or inclusion. Full policy on the disclosure page.