How to join DataAnnotation
One general sign-up; you choose a Starter Assessment during sign-up and are told by email within a few days if you are approved. Source
Pay: On request; deposits arrive within a few days of requesting them, through PayPal.
Highest-paying right now
112 open roles re‑checked hourly
Software EngineerDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $150/hr
Data ScientistDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $150/hr
Frontend EngineerDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $150/hr
DevOps EngineerDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours·Law
Up to $150/hr
Backend EngineerDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $150/hr
Machine Learning EngineerDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $150/hr
Full Stack EngineerDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $150/hr
Finance ExpertDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
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Tax AccountantDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Corporate AccountantDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Legal ExpertDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours·Law
Up to $125/hr
AttorneyDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours·Law
Up to $125/hr
ParalegalDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Health/Medical ExpertDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours·RN
Up to $125/hr
RadiologistDataAnnotation·6 countries·Flexible hours·MD·RN
Up to $125/hr
PhysicianDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours·MD·RN
Up to $125/hr
NurseDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours·RN
Up to $125/hr
Quantitative AnalystDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Portfolio ManagerDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Healthcare Operations ManagerDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Cybersecurity ExpertDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
DesignerDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
ChemistDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
PhysicistDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Healthcare Compliance SpecialistDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
MathematicianDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
AccountantDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours·CPA
Up to $125/hr
BiologistDataAnnotation·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Experimental BiologistDataAnnotation·5 countries·Flexible hours·PhD·Law
Up to $125/hr
Drug Discovery ScientistDataAnnotation·5 countries·Flexible hours·PhD·Law
Up to $125/hr
Computational BiologistDataAnnotation·5 countries·Flexible hours·PhD·Law
Up to $125/hr
Mechanical EngineerDataAnnotation·6 countries·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Mechanical Design EngineerDataAnnotation·6 countries·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Validation EngineerDataAnnotation·6 countries·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Automation TechnicianDataAnnotation·6 countries·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Mechanical DesignerDataAnnotation·6 countries·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Senior Mechanical Design EngineerDataAnnotation·6 countries·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Electrical EngineerDataAnnotation·6 countries·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Embedded Systems DeveloperDataAnnotation·6 countries·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
Hardware EngineerDataAnnotation·6 countries·Flexible hours
Up to $125/hr
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DataAnnotation at a glance
From DataAnnotation's own pages, checked 20 October 2026. Each line links to where DataAnnotation says it.
- Run by
- Surge Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (named as the Company in the DataAnnotation Terms of Use) Source
- Screening
- Starter Assessment (about an hour; specialised ones 1-2 hours; can only be taken once), Identity verification through Persona Source
- How you get paid
- On request; deposits arrive within a few days of requesting them. Through PayPal Source
- Worker status
- Independent contractor, not engaged on a full-time or exclusive basis Source
- Who can join
- Must be at least 18 years old. The Terms of Use do not publish a list of eligible countries. Source
- ID check
- Physical, unexpired government-issued photo ID (front and back) plus a selfie, verified through Persona Source
- Confidentiality
- Project data and work product must be kept in strict confidence under the Terms of Use Source
- Tax forms
- IRS Form W-9 or W-8 must be provided on request; you pay your own income and self-employment taxes Source
- Rejected work
- Work the company judges not satisfactorily completed is not paid Source
- Minimum hours
- No minimum hours or daily login requirements Source
- Official sites
- dataannotation.tech, app.dataannotation.tech. Offers that reach you on WhatsApp or Telegram, ask you for a fee, or ask for your bank PIN or passwords don't come from DataAnnotation. How to spot a fake job
- DataAnnotation's own warning
- DataAnnotation says it never asks applicants or workers for money, only requests financial details inside the logged-in platform, and that you should apply only through its official sign-up flow.
Browse all 112 open DataAnnotation roles as a list
- AccountantUp to $125/hr
- ActuaryUp to $125/hr
- Application Security EngineerUp to $125/hr
- Arabic SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- AttorneyUp to $125/hr
- AuditorUp to $125/hr
- Automation TechnicianUp to $125/hr
- Backend EngineerUp to $150/hr
- Bengali SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- BiologistUp to $125/hr
- CardiologistUp to $125/hr
- Catalan SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- ChemistUp to $125/hr
- Chinese SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Clinical Documentation SpecialistUp to $125/hr
- Compliance OfficerUp to $125/hr
- Computational BiologistUp to $125/hr
- Contract Manager
- Corporate AccountantUp to $125/hr
- Corporate AttorneyUp to $125/hr
- Credit AnalystUp to $125/hr
- Croatian SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Cybersecurity ExpertUp to $125/hr
- Czech Specialist
- Danish SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Data ScientistUp to $150/hr
- DesignerUp to $125/hr
- DevOps EngineerUp to $150/hr
- Drug Discovery ScientistUp to $125/hr
- Dutch SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Electrical EngineerUp to $125/hr
- Electronics EngineerUp to $125/hr
- Embedded Systems DeveloperUp to $125/hr
- Equity Research AnalystUp to $125/hr
- Experimental BiologistUp to $125/hr
- Finance ExpertUp to $125/hr
- Financial Reporting ManagerUp to $125/hr
- Finnish SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- FP&A AnalystUp to $125/hr
- French SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Frontend EngineerUp to $150/hr
- Full Stack EngineerUp to $150/hr
- GeneralistUp to $50/hr
- German SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Gujarati SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Hardware EngineerUp to $125/hr
- Health/Medical ExpertUp to $125/hr
- Healthcare Compliance SpecialistUp to $125/hr
- Healthcare Operations ManagerUp to $125/hr
- Hebrew SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Hindi SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Icelandic SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Incident ResponderUp to $125/hr
- Indonesian SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Insurance UnderwriterUp to $125/hr
- Investment BankerUp to $125/hr
- IP AttorneyUp to $125/hr
- Italian SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Japanese SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Kannada SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Korean SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Legal ExpertUp to $125/hr
- Litigation AttorneyUp to $125/hr
- Machine Learning EngineerUp to $150/hr
- Malay SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Malayalam SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Managed Care AnalystUp to $125/hr
- Management ConsultantUp to $125/hr
- Marathi SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- MathematicianUp to $125/hr
- Mechanical Design EngineerUp to $125/hr
- Mechanical DesignerUp to $125/hr
- Mechanical EngineerUp to $125/hr
- Medical CoderUp to $125/hr
- Norwegian SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- NurseUp to $125/hr
- Odia SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- ParalegalUp to $125/hr
- Penetration TesterUp to $125/hr
- PhysicianUp to $125/hr
- PhysicistUp to $125/hr
- Polish SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Portfolio ManagerUp to $125/hr
- Portuguese SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Private Equity AssociateUp to $125/hr
- Public AccountantUp to $125/hr
- Punjabi SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Quantitative AnalystUp to $125/hr
- RadiologistUp to $125/hr
- Registered NurseUp to $125/hr
- Revenue Cycle SpecialistUp to $125/hr
- Romanian SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Russian SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Senior Mechanical Design EngineerUp to $125/hr
- Slovak SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Software EngineerUp to $150/hr
- Spanish SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Swedish SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Tagalog Specialist
- Tamil SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Tax AccountantUp to $125/hr
- Telugu SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Thai SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- TraderUp to $125/hr
- Treasury AnalystUp to $125/hr
- Turkish SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Ukrainian SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Urdu SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Validation EngineerUp to $125/hr
- Venture CapitalistUp to $125/hr
- Vietnamese SpecialistUp to $40/hr
- Wealth ManagerUp to $125/hr
DataAnnotation: common questions
How much does DataAnnotation pay?
DataAnnotation mostly posts its pay as a ceiling rather than a rate: from up to $40/hr to up to $150/hr as of 20 October 2026. What you earn depends on the project and your assessment, so treat the top figure as a maximum, not a typical rate.
What kind of work does DataAnnotation offer?
Mostly language and translation work, AI evaluation and rating work and finance and accounting work. DataAnnotation currently has 112 open roles listed on aitrainers.jobs.
Who can work for DataAnnotation?
The countries its roles accept most often are Australia, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Each job page shows exactly where that role is open.
How does DataAnnotation pay you?
On request; deposits arrive within a few days of requesting them. DataAnnotation pays through PayPal. That's from DataAnnotation's own help pages, checked 20 October 2026. Check that it can pay you where you live before you start.
Is DataAnnotation legit?
DataAnnotation is run by Surge Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (named as the Company in the DataAnnotation Terms of Use), according to its own terms. Every DataAnnotation listing here comes from its own public job board, and its official sites are dataannotation.tech and app.dataannotation.tech. It pays contractors through PayPal. Real platforms never ask you to pay to apply. Treat any offer that comes by WhatsApp or Telegram, or asks for a fee or your bank details, as a scam.