# SME Careers: Coding pay

SME Careers's coding work advertises a median top rate of $45/hr (typical $30–$70/hr, highest $105/hr) across 11 distinct advertised rates in 127 live listings, as of 2026-10-13.

Relative to the platform overall: 10% below SME Careers's $50/hr median across all its work.


Country-specific roles: United States (11), India (8), Pakistan (7), Philippines (6), Vietnam (6).

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Source: AIPayList (https://aipaylist.com/platforms/sme-careers/coding)
Observed: 2026-10-13
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Reuse freely with a link to the source URL.
Method: rates are read from each platform's own public job feed. One vote per unique platform+rate band, counted at the top of the band (the most the role says it can pay). Per-task pay is never converted to hourly. No benchmark is published below 5 distinct advertised rates. Population: since 2026-08-26 a role must advertise at least $10/hr (or $10 per task) to be listed, so these figures describe listed roles rather than all AI work; lower-paid rating work exists and is not represented. Full rules: https://aipaylist.com/methodology