How pay is set

AI training jobs pay per hour: which platforms pay that way

Updated 2026-10-08

Whether a platform pays by the hour or by the task changes what its published figure means.

Paid by the hour

7 of the 9 platforms read describe hourly pay. Outlier's FAQ says earnings are based on the hours contributed each week; Alignerr's and DataAnnotation's home pages, Handshake's MOVE Program FAQ and Mercor's postings on its own jobs site state hourly rates.

Paid per task or session

Clickworker's site says its people are paid per task, and OneForma's home page describes session-based pay, each session running a few minutes. Neither page we read gives an hourly figure, and the board does not work one out.

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Questions, answered directly

Does Clickworker pay by the hour?

No. Clickworker's home page says its workers are paid per task directly by Clickworker, and gives no hourly figure.

Sources

This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:

What AI training platforms pay per hour: 7 of 9 AI training platforms whose own pages we read pay by the hour, each rate quoted from the platform's page, read 8 October 2026.
The median published figure in the AI Trainer Pay Terms is 6 GBP across 1 source's own page in GBP (range 6 to 6 GBP; 2 sources publish a figure), read 7 November 2026.

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