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AI training jobs by profession

AI training jobs pay professionals to review, write and grade the kind of work AI models attempt in their field: legal analysis, clinical notes, code, financial models, translations. On micro1's public list, rates and requirements change a lot by profession, from law and science roles near the top to language and generalist roles near the bottom.

This guide goes field by field. For each one: what the work looks like, how many micro1 roles were open, the median hourly rate micro1 lists, and what the listings usually ask for. All figures come from this site's copy of micro1's public job list on 9 October 2026 (306 open roles). The "median rate" is the median of the top of each listed hourly range. These are rates listed by micro1, not earnings, and micro1 decides who is selected and for how much work.

If you are new to the idea, start with what AI training work is. To see every role and filter by field, browse all 306 open roles.

What the work has in common

  • Contract and remote. Most listings describe the role as a remote contractor position.
  • Your field knowledge matters more than AI skills. About 189 of 306 listings say no prior AI experience is required.
  • Typical tasks: writing realistic problems, reviewing AI answers, grading them against criteria, and explaining what is wrong.
  • An AI interview first. micro1's documentation says its AI recruiter, Zara, interviews every applicant, the session lasts 20 to 40 minutes, and human recruiters review the results to match candidates to roles. See the micro1 AI interview guide.

AI training jobs for lawyers

Open roles: 40 (39 list an hourly rate). Median listed rate: $140 per hour.

Law is one of the largest fields on the list. Titles include litigation attorney, corporate attorney, contracts counsel, compliance attorney and paralegal.

What the work involves

  • Simulated legal tasks: issue spotting, legal research, drafting motions and briefs.
  • Contract redlining and simulated negotiations.
  • Reviewing AI answers to legal scenarios and writing grading criteria.

What listings ask for

  • A law degree and practice experience, often a stated number of years.
  • Many roles refer to US law, and several ask for a US licence. Check the location line of each listing before applying.
  • Strong legal writing.

AI training jobs for doctors and nurses

Open roles: 16 in Health and medicine. Median listed rate: $95 per hour.

Titles include hospitalist, family medicine and primary care physicians, registered nurse, medical coder and medical writer. One registered nurse listing shows $60 to $70 per hour; a family medicine physician listing shows $100 to $120. Both are for the US only.

What the work involves

  • Reviewing medical records and clinical notes for accuracy and completeness.
  • Checking whether claims are supported by the record.
  • Evaluating AI outputs for clinical accuracy and safety.

What listings ask for

  • An MD or DO, often board certification, or nursing registration for nurse roles.
  • Recent clinical experience (one hospitalist listing asks for inpatient work within the last two years).
  • Comfort with documentation; chart review or coding experience is listed as a plus.

Psychiatrists and psychologists: most of these roles sit under Science and research, below.

AI training jobs for scientists, psychologists and psychiatrists

Open roles: 25 in Science and research. Median listed rate: $200 per hour, the highest of any field.

Read that number carefully. Most open roles in this field were bilingual psychologists (PhD) and psychiatrists, in languages such as Cantonese, Vietnamese, Russian, Japanese, Indonesian and Tagalog. The rest include physics PhD and postdoc roles and medical communications.

What the work involves

  • Writing and assessing case studies and scenarios in two languages.
  • Evaluating AI content for accuracy, ethics and good practice.
  • For physics roles, writing and checking hard technical problems.

What listings ask for

  • A PhD for psychologist and physics roles; a medical qualification for psychiatrists.
  • Native or near-native fluency in English and in the named language.

AI training jobs for software developers

Open roles: 35 (33 list an hourly rate). Median listed rate: $100 per hour.

Titles include backend, full-stack and mobile engineers, QA engineers, game developers and competitive coders.

What the work involves

  • Building challenging coding tasks for AI models, with a reproducible setup and a reference solution.
  • Fixing bugs, adding features and refactoring in real repositories.
  • Testing applications and documenting issues.

What listings ask for

  • Professional experience in the named stack. Python comes up in about half of these listings.
  • Many listings give a weekly time estimate, often about 15 hours a week.

AI training jobs for engineers

Open roles: 10 in Engineering. Median listed rate: $115 per hour.

These are hands-on technical roles: quality and source inspection, NDT inspection, metallurgy and welding, CFD, machining, aviation maintenance and simulation. More CAD and mechanical design roles appear under "Other" on the list.

  • The work: reviewing drawings, specifications and inspection data, and giving real-world feedback.
  • Listings ask for: senior, documented experience in the trade; almost all mention years of experience, and several say US-based candidates are preferred.

AI training jobs for finance professionals

Open roles: 18 (17 list an hourly rate). Median listed rate: $110 per hour.

Titles include equity research analyst, investment banking associate, private equity and venture capital associate, accountant (CPA/CA) and personal finance expert. One equity research listing shows $175 to $300 per hour.

  • The work: analysing earnings and company models, writing research summaries, testing AI tools for finance, and in some roles taking part in expert interviews.
  • Listings ask for: recent hands-on experience in the specific role; accounting roles name CPA or CA credentials.

AI training jobs for linguists, translators and voice talent

Open roles: 33 in Languages and audio. Median listed rate: $40 per hour.

Titles include transcription experts (Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swiss German and more), bilingual experts, language evaluators and voice actors.

  • The work: transcribing audio, judging whether speech sounds natural, and recording scripts.
  • Listings ask for: native-level fluency (almost every listing says this), attention to detail, and for voice roles a good recording setup. One voice role asks for 20+ hours a week.

AI training jobs for generalists

Open roles: 14. Median listed rate: $35 per hour.

This group mixes writers, video editors, VFX artists, image annotators, English teachers, assistant evaluators and paid photo contributors. Several roles review video of robotic arms or label images.

  • The work: labelling and grading data by following detailed guidelines.
  • Listings ask for: careful, consistent work. Two photo contributor listings state a fixed amount per approved task instead of an hourly rate.

How to use this

  1. Pick your field on the list of open roles and read the location line: some roles are limited to one country.
  2. Apply only where you meet the stated requirements; the interview tests the skills in the listing.
  3. Prepare with the interview guide.
  4. For rates across all fields, see micro1 pay rates. For invoices and taxes, see payments and taxes.

You can also open micro1's full job board. This site is an independent list and is not micro1.

Sources

Updated 9 October 2026.

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