What it means
Writing the questions or instructions a model is trained or tested on. Good prompts are realistic, specific and hard enough to show where the model fails; many projects want prompts from your own field.
Used in: Writing roles and expert roles in most fields.
In open roles right now
590 of the open roles we list mention “prompt writing” in the title or description, on 23 platforms (as of 23 October 2026). Of those that state an hourly rate (55 distinct postings), the median is $35/hr, and the middle half pay $35 to $60.
Most of them on: Invisible (344), Welo Data (108), Turing (30), Mercor (24), Alignerr (20), G2i (17), and 17 more.