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Mercor review 2026: pay, how to get in, and is it legit?
Legit, paysDon't plan your rent around it: work is irregular.
Mercor is a hiring marketplace that screens professionals with an AI video interview and places them on hourly contracts training and evaluating models for AI labs. The typical top rate on its live listings is $90/hr; the platform says $20–200/hr. It's legit and suits doctors, lawyers and finance pros, as well as software engineers.
Is Mercor hiring right now?
Yes. Rubric lists 364 open Mercor jobs, newest posted Nov 5, 2026. For India: 4 open roles name India; none are open worldwide; 211 more don't name a country.
Mercor hires in India, but most Mercor roles name specific countries, so filter the job list by your country.
Newest Mercor jobs
Filter Mercor jobs by country, field or pay$70–120/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced generative AI models.
Score 66/100: pay 27.4/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years of shipped presentation, editorial or document design for agency, studio, consultancy or commercial clients, for example a consultancy visual graphics or design studio…
- Expert command of PowerPoint and browser-based slide tools, including master slides, custom templates and chart tooling such as think-cell, with Keynote a plus.
- Expert command of Adobe InDesign for multi-page documents: master pages, paragraph and character styles, grids and baseline alignment, long-document features, and packaging files…
$70–120/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced generative AI models.
Score 66/100: pay 27.4/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years of shipped commercial music or audio post work for agencies, brands, broadcasters or production companies, at a music house, audio post studio, production music library,…
- Composer and producer credits on broadcast or digital spots, with multi-stem arrangement, alt mixes and cutdowns (:60, :30, :15, :06) delivered to picture.
- Mix and master credits on spots delivered to broadcast loudness specs such as ATSC A/85 (-24 LKFS, -2 dBTP) and EBU R128 (-23 LUFS, -1 dBTP), with the ability to explain the…
$70–120/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced generative AI models.
Score 66/100: pay 27.4/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years of shipped motion design work for agencies, motion studios, post houses, broadcast design teams or in-house brand teams, for example Buck, Giant Ant, Oddfellows, The…
- Expert After Effects skills including expressions, kinetic typography, 2.5D parallax and tracked composites, with Cinema 4D or Blender for 3D elements.
- js, TouchDesigner or Houdini, or FFmpeg-scripted rendering, where your code produced or drove a delivered video, overlay or graphics package.
$70–120/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced generative AI models.
Score 54/100: pay 16/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years of shipped 3D work at a game studio, animation or VFX studio, product-visualization or e-commerce 3D team, or creative agency (for example Riot, Ubisoft, Epic, Blizzard,…
- Daily, production-level Blender, with Maya, 3ds Max, ZBrush, Substance Painter or Houdini as secondary tools; you can open a stranger's .blend and diagnose it quickly.
- Python scripting in Blender (bpy): you have written scripts or add-ons that batch, validate, rig, export or otherwise automate production work, and can share them.
$70–120/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced generative AI models.
Score 66/100: pay 27.4/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years of shipped commercial or agency editing work at an editorial house, post house, agency in-house studio, production company or brand studio (for example Rock Paper…
- Expert, daily use of Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, with working knowledge of Avid Media Composer and After Effects for conforms, temp comps and handoffs.
- drp, AAF, XML and EDL, ProRes and DNxHR masters, and project handoffs to colour, VFX and audio.
$70–120/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced generative AI models.
Score 66/100: pay 27.4/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years of shipped professional work as an architect, architectural designer, interior designer or ArchViz artist at an architecture or interiors firm, a visualization studio or…
- Authorship of full drawing sets: plans, sections, elevations, reflected ceiling plans and details at working scales (1:20, 1:50, 1/4"=1'-0"), produced in AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp…
- Professional-grade rendering of interiors and exteriors, including twilight and daylight scenes, with V-Ray, Corona, Blender Cycles, Enscape, Lumion, Twinmotion, D5 or Unreal…
$70–120/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced generative AI models.
Score 54/100: pay 16/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years of shipped commercial brand and advertising design work as an art director or senior designer at a creative agency, brand consultancy, packaging studio or in-house brand…
- Hands-on daily fluency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Figma, with InDesign for layout and print, and the ability to build final files yourself rather than only direct others.
- Delivered brand identity systems: wordmark or logo, typographic system, colour, iconography and guidelines, rolled out across real touchpoints.
Apply on Mercor for Brand & Advertising Art Director (AI Evaluation) on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
$90/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Mercor is seeking senior civil engineering professionals to review evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in large-scale infrastructure and construction contexts.
Score 59/100: pay 20.6/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years working as a civil engineer or engineering lead
Apply on Mercor for Civil Engineer Reviewer on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
$90/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Mercor is seeking senior mechanical engineering professionals to review evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in Fortune 500 enterprise product design and manufacturing contexts.
Score 59/100: pay 20.6/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years working as a mechanical engineer or engineering lead at a Fortune 500 or major industrial, automotive, aerospace, or manufacturing company (GE, Boeing, Caterpillar,…
Apply on Mercor for Mechanical Engineer Reviewer on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
$90/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Mercor is seeking senior electrical engineering professionals to review evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in Fortune 500 enterprise electrical systems and product design contexts.
Score 59/100: pay 20.6/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years working as an electrical engineer or engineering lead at a Fortune 500 or major technology, industrial, or energy company (Intel, Texas Instruments, GE, Siemens, Tesla,…
Apply on Mercor for Electrical Engineer Reviewer on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
$80/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Mercor is seeking senior civil engineering professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in large-scale infrastructure and construction contexts.
Score 57/100: pay 18.3/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years working as a civil engineer or engineering lead
Apply on Mercor for Civil Engineering Writer on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
$80/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Mercor is seeking senior mechanical engineering professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in Fortune 500 enterprise product design and manufacturing contexts.
Score 57/100: pay 18.3/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years working as a mechanical engineer or engineering lead at a Fortune 500 or major industrial, automotive, aerospace, or manufacturing company (GE, Boeing, Caterpillar,…
Apply on Mercor for Mechanical Engineering Writer on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
$80/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Mercor is seeking senior electrical engineering professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in Fortune 500 enterprise electrical systems and product design contexts.
Score 57/100: pay 18.3/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years working as an electrical engineer or engineering lead at a Fortune 500 or major technology, industrial, or energy company (Intel, Texas Instruments, GE, Siemens, Tesla,…
Apply on Mercor for Electrical Engineering Writer on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
$10/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
We're recruiting native Colombian Spanish speakers for immediate customer experience (CX) agent testing.
Score 37/100: pay 2.3/40, recency 18.6/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 2/10. How we score
What they ask for
- Native or fluent Colombian Spanish speaker
Apply on Mercor for Colombian Spanish expert on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
$70–90/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Mercor is seeking experienced network engineers to build and validate technical tasks for AI systems working with enterprise, data-center, and service-provider networks.
Score 57/100: pay 20.6/40, recency 17.1/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years of professional network engineering experience, with direct ownership of enterprise, data-center, cloud, or service-provider networks.
$70–90/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Mercor is seeking experienced electrical engineers to build and validate technical tasks for AI systems working with circuits, power electronics, control systems, and electrical infrastructure.
Score 57/100: pay 20.6/40, recency 17.1/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years of professional electrical engineering experience, with direct ownership of circuit designs, power systems, controls, or product validation.
- Recent hands-on experience with relevant tools such as KiCad, Altium, Cadence, SPICE/ngspice, MATLAB/Simulink, or equivalent engineering software.
- Ability to write, inspect, and debug Python or comparable scripts for simulation automation, data analysis, and numerical checks.
$70–90/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Mercor is seeking experienced mechanical engineers to build and validate technical tasks for AI systems working on product design, engineering analysis, and simulation.
Score 57/100: pay 20.6/40, recency 17.1/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- 5+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience, with direct ownership of product designs, engineering analysis, manufacturing processes, or validation.
- Recent hands-on depth in one or more relevant CAD, FEA, CFD, or thermal-analysis workflows. Expertise across all specialties or all named packages is not required.
- Ability to automate analysis or inspect results using Python, MATLAB, shell scripts, or comparable tools, with coding-agent assistance where useful.
$65/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
We're looking for senior concierges, lifestyle managers and luxury travel advisors who recommend places to high-net-worth clients for a living.
Score 52/100: pay 14.9/40, recency 17.1/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- Experience as a hotel concierge, lifestyle manager, private concierge or luxury travel advisor
- Strong, current knowledge of the restaurants, hotels and experiences in the cities you know best
- Based in the US
Apply on Mercor for Lifestyle & Travel Concierge Expert on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
$70 one-time
Apply for Loan Underwriter / Loan Officer – Paid Research Survey (US) on Mercor (opens in a new tab)Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Mercor is recruiting US-based loan underwriters and loan officers for an academic research study run by researchers at Stanford University .
Score 43/100: pay 8/40, recency 15.7/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
$150/hr
Expert level: most of these want a degree, a licence or years of work in the field.
The job
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced Large Language Models.
Score 68/100: pay 34.3/40, recency 14.3/20, payouts 11.3/15, steady work 2.5/10, who can apply 6/10. How we score
What they ask for
- Maintainer (named in MAINTAINERS or CODEOWNERS, or 10+ PR reviews in the last 12 months) or core contributor (3+ substantive merged PRs in the last 12 months) of a widely used…
Live numbers from Rubric's job list, refreshed Nov 6, 2026. Year-old posts are listed on the jobs page but not counted.
How much does Mercor pay?
Across 320 current Mercor listings that show an hourly rate, the typical top rate is $90/hr (half offer that or more). The middle half top out between $55/hr and $120/hr; the lowest top rate on a listing is $10/hr and the highest is $450/hr.
| Typical top rate | $90/hr |
|---|---|
| Middle half of top rates | $55/hr to $120/hr |
| Lowest top rate | $10/hr |
| Highest top rate | $450/hr |
| Platform saysSome live listings fall outside it. | $20–200/hr |
What could you make a month on Mercor?
At $90/hr, the typical top rate. Change it to the rate on your listing or offer. Paid hours depend on how much work the project has.
Pay by kind of work
| Work | Open roles | Typical top rate |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine | 53 | $160/hr |
| Law | 17 | $120/hr |
| Video | 6 | $110/hr |
| Finance | 32 | $105/hr |
| Science | 34 | $100/hr |
| Writing | 10 | $98/hr |
| Coding | 35 | $93/hr |
| STEM | 47 | $83/hr |
| Math | 3 | $80/hr |
| Images | 8 | $73/hr |
| Generalist | 67 | $52/hr |
| Audio | 35 | $50/hr |
| Languages | 17 | $50/hr |
Only kinds of work with 3 or more priced listings are shown.
How Mercor scores
Checked
- Payadvertised range
- $20–200/hrLive listings pay up to $450/hr
- Most listings sit around $50–100/hr; healthcare, legal and finance roles pay the most, language and generalist roles the least.
- Getting in
- Some screening
- ~30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview. Resume showing real experience in your field.
- Steady work
- Work is patchy
- Projects can pause or end with little notice.
- Payout record
- Pays on time
- Weekly, every Wednesday payouts via Stripe (Wise in a few countries).
Ratings come from the platform's own terms, worker reports on Reddit and the sources at the end of this page. How we grade.
How do you get accepted on Mercor?
Plan for ~30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview. Here's the process, in order:
- Create a profile and upload your resume
- Apply to a listed role
- Take the recorded AI video interview (practice round available)
- Complete any role-specific assessment and the ID check
- Accept the offer and sign the contract
What you need before you start
- Resume showing real experience in your field
- Webcam with your full face visible for the AI interview
- Government ID
How and when does Mercor pay you?
Mercor pays weekly, every Wednesday via Stripe (Wise in a few countries). Workers generally report payments arriving on time.
- Schedule
- Weekly, every Wednesday
- Method
- Stripe (Wise in a few countries)
- Payout record
- Pays on time
Is Mercor legit?
Mercor is a real platform that pays, and it's worth applying to for doctors, lawyers and finance pros, software engineers, or grad degree holders. Don't plan your rent around it: work is irregular. Read the red flags below before you sign anything.
Red flags (2)
- Red flagLong waits with no offer after passing the interview
- Red flagProjects ending abruptly with little warning
Good
- Some of the highest hourly rates in the industry for experts
- Weekly Stripe payouts with free standard transfers
- One interview is reused across many roles
Watch out for
- Passing the interview does not mean you get a project
- Projects can pause or end with little notice
- Hourly work is time-tracked with monitoring software
Who it suits
- Doctors, lawyers and finance pros
- Software engineers
- Grad degree holders
Not for
- Anyone who needs guaranteed hours every week
- Anyone looking for a salaried job with benefits: this is contract work
For recent worker reports, read r/MercorAI. Sort by new; people post payout problems there first.
Mercor FAQ
Can you work on Mercor from India?
Yes. Hires in many countries and runs its pay week on India Standard Time; Mercor keeps a list of locations it cannot onboard, and some projects are US-only.
Is Mercor hiring right now?
Yes. Rubric lists 364 open Mercor jobs, newest posted Nov 5, 2026. For India: 4 open roles name India; none are open worldwide; 211 more don't name a country.
Does Mercor have a referral program?
You earn 20% of what your referral is paid, capped at 4x the hourly rate of their first accepted hourly offer. Mercor bans spam-like, misleading or unsolicited outreach and can withhold fees for violations.
The Apply link on this page is our referral link. It costs you nothing and doesn't change your pay. Disclosure.
How long does it take to apply to Mercor?
About 30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview.
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Sources
- talent.docs.mercor.com/policies/referral-terms-and-conditions.md
- aitrainer.work/guides/mercor-review
- herohunt.ai/blog/mercor-2026-how-it-works-pay-alternatives
- glassdoor.com.au/Reviews/Employee-Review-Mercor-E9031572-RVW103395792.htm
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Where Mercor's top rates sit
320 priced listings open now, by the top of each range.