Data report · observed 2026-10-25
Which AI-work listings tell you what they pay?
This audit checks every open listing in AIPayList and keeps four answers separate: a concrete hourly figure, only a ceiling, another numeric pay unit, or no numeric pay. It measures disclosure in public job feeds, not platform quality, worker earnings or the offer any applicant will receive.
- 64.5%
- publish a concrete hourly figure
- 1,147
- publish only a listed ceiling
- 138
- publish task, project or salary pay
- 211
- publish no numeric pay
n=4,218 open listings · published numeric pay in 95% · values refreshed with the source feeds
By platform
| Platform | Open | Concrete hourly | Ceiling | Other pay | No numeric pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignerr | 629 | 629(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AfterQuery | 228 | 228(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10x Team | 126 | 126(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claru | 40 | 40(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grayder | 14 | 14(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| xAI Specialist AI Tutors | 11 | 11(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meridial (Invisible) | 769 | 760(98.8%) | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| RWS TrainAI | 71 | 70(98.6%) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| micro1 | 374 | 366(97.9%) | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Rise Data Labs | 88 | 86(97.7%) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Innodata | 22 | 21(95.5%) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lionbridge | 45 | 40(88.9%) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mercor | 278 | 247(88.8%) | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| Braintrust | 26 | 16(61.5%) | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Terac | 72 | 27(37.5%) | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Turing | 226 | 20(8.8%) | 5 | 14 | 187 |
| Vetto | 14 | 1(7.1%) | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Babel Audio | 43 | 3(7%) | 20 | 17 | 3 |
| SME Careers | 760 | 0(0%) | 760 | 0 | 0 |
| Handshake AI | 235 | 0(0%) | 235 | 0 | 0 |
| DataAnnotation | 112 | 0(0%) | 112 | 0 | 0 |
| TransPerfect DataForce | 15 | 0(0%) | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| iMerit Scholarssmall sample | 8 | 8(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Workadasmall sample | 5 | 5(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pasiflora AIsmall sample | 3 | 3(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sovrano AIsmall sample | 3 | 1(33.3%) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Outlier (Scale AI)small sample | 1 | 0(0%) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Platforms with fewer than 10 open listings are marked as small samples. Their counts remain visible, but they should not be treated as a stable platform comparison.
How each listing is classified
- Concrete hourly: a fixed hourly rate or range without an "up to" label.
- Ceiling: a listed maximum. A ceiling is not counted as concrete hourly pay.
- Other pay: a numeric task, project or salary figure, kept in its original unit.
- No numeric pay: the public listing gives no usable amount.
A transparent listing can still lead to a poor offer, short project or no work. A listing without a public rate can still be worthwhile. Use this report to see what is disclosed before applying, then judge the actual terms. Browse the live pay index, inspect the relevant platform page, or get matching role alerts.