Data annotators AI training pay: median $25/hr from 43 postings

Q: How much do data annotators earn training AI?

Across 43 distinct open postings for data annotators that state an hourly rate (3 November 2026), the median is $25/hr and the middle half pay $20–40/hr. One in ten pays $45/hr or more. That is below the median of $60/hr across all AI training roles.

Q: Is this pay before tax?

Yes. Platforms hire most AI trainers as independent contractors and pay the posted rate before tax, usually without holiday pay. How you are taxed depends on where you live.

What data annotators earn training AI: a median of $25/hr

From 43 distinct open postings with annotator, annotation or labelling in the title that state an hourly rate, across every platform we track. "Up to" ceilings and paid studies are left out.

Todas as vagas verificadas a cada hora

Pagamento por hora Os 10% mais bem pagos recebem $45+/h

$25

mínimo $16/h típico $20–40 $45+

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Spread of pay for data annotators

43 postings that state an hourly rate. The most common range is $20–30 (14, 33%). Dashed line: median $25.

Spread of pay for data annotators
Faixa	postings that state an hourly rate
<$10	3
$10–20	7
$20–30	14
$30–40	9
$40–50	6
$50–60	0
$60–70	0
$70–80	2
$80–90	2
$90–100	0
$100–110	0
$110–120	0
$120–130	0
$130–140	0
$140–150	0
$150–200	0
$200+	0

Best-paid open roles for data annotators

Principal Coding Annotator / LLM Evaluation EngineerBraintrust via Leading AI Lab·10 países·Meio período $75–90/h Video Annotation SpecialistAlignerr·15 países·Período integral $40–120/h Data Labeling SpecialistAlignerr·25 países·Horário flexível $40–120/h 3D Object Detection LabelerClaru·Local não informado $55–100/h Medical Image Segmentation AnnotatorClaru·Local não informado $55–100/h Math Reasoning RLHF AnnotatorClaru·Local não informado $35–55/h Video Annotation ReviewerClaru·Local não informado $35–55/h Senior Technical Documentation, Parts and Annotation Specialistmicro1·Local não informado $20–60/h Data Annotators: Paid Tasks for AI Model TrainingTerac·United States·Horário flexível $40/h Video Shot Annotation ArtistAlignerr·United States·Horário flexível $30–50/h

Data annotators jobs by country and language

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Pay for other job titles

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All 126 open roles for data annotators · Pay across all AI training work · What a rate comes to per month

Data annotators: AI training pay questions

How much do data annotators earn training AI?

Across 43 distinct open postings for data annotators that state an hourly rate (3 November 2026), the median is $25/hr and the middle half pay $20–40/hr. One in ten pays $45/hr or more. That is below the median of $60/hr across all AI training roles.

Is this pay before tax?

Yes. Platforms hire most AI trainers as independent contractors and pay the posted rate before tax, usually without holiday pay. How you are taxed depends on where you live.