{
 "name": "aitrainerpay.com AI Trainer Pay Terms",
 "title": "AI Trainer Pay Terms",
 "url": "https://aitrainerpay.com/datasets/ai-trainer-pay-terms/",
 "csv": "https://aitrainerpay.com/datasets/ai-trainer-pay-terms.csv",
 "markdown": "https://aitrainerpay.com/datasets/ai-trainer-pay-terms/index.md",
 "computed_at": "2026-11-07",
 "license": "https://aitrainerpay.com/terms",
 "headline": "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.",
 "quotes": [
  "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.",
  "Of 4 named sources read in full, 2 publish a figure and 2 do not, read 7 November 2026.",
  "AI Trainer Pay Terms, term published-minimum: median 6 GBP across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.",
  "AI Trainer Pay Terms, term pay-basis: median 90 USD across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.",
  "The median is unchanged since 31 October 2026 (was 6 GBP across 1)."
 ],
 "citation": "\"aitrainerpay.com AI Trainer Pay Terms\", updated 2026-11-07, https://aitrainerpay.com/datasets/ai-trainer-pay-terms/.",
 "changed_since": {
  "since": "2026-10-31",
  "previous_median": 6,
  "delta": 0,
  "direction": "unchanged",
  "sentence": "The median is unchanged since 31 October 2026 (was 6 GBP across 1)."
 },
 "national": {
  "unit": "GBP",
  "n": 1,
  "median": 6,
  "min": 6,
  "max": 6,
  "p25": 6,
  "p75": 6,
  "mean": 6,
  "units": {
   "GBP": 1,
   "USD": 1
  },
  "published_sources": 2,
  "named_sources": 5,
  "read_sources": 4,
  "not_published": 2,
  "published_share": 0.5
 },
 "by_axis": {
  "term": {
   "published-minimum": {
    "GBP": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 6,
     "min": 6,
     "max": 6,
     "p25": 6,
     "p75": 6,
     "mean": 6
    }
   },
   "pay-basis": {
    "USD": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 90,
     "min": 90,
     "max": 90,
     "p25": 90,
     "p75": 90,
     "mean": 90
    }
   }
  }
 },
 "rows": [
  {
   "source": "Prolific: underpaying studies",
   "url": "https://participant-help.prolific.com/en/articles/445043-underpaying-studies",
   "figure": "£6",
   "value": 6,
   "unit": "GBP",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "term": "published-minimum"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07",
   "quote": "Researchers must pay at least £6/$8 per hour—this is our absolute minimum reward rate.",
   "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site",
   "text_sha256": "1f4422dbe31f20b83b4b896e8a3bb6f611797711de8fd6c7b4ae1abc5e0bda3f"
  },
  {
   "source": "Mindrift: freelance AI developer work (how projects pay)",
   "url": "https://mindrift.ai/blog/freelance-ai-developer-work",
   "figure": "$90",
   "value": 90,
   "unit": "USD",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "term": "pay-basis"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06",
   "quote": "Rates on Mindrift reach $90/hr, you get to use your existing development skills, you don't need ML experience, and the platform handles project sourcing.",
   "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site",
   "text_sha256": "a6ca58731c6e733d3ceca79e30c6cf7f0f3c95076abb8df9304c0ccdf16c8515"
  }
 ],
 "not_published": [
  {
   "source": "Prolific: how much should you pay participants",
   "url": "https://www.prolific.com/resources/how-much-should-you-pay-research-participants",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Mercor: AI trainer salary (how pay works)",
   "url": "https://mercor.com/resources/experts/ai-trainer-salary-hourly-rates/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://participant-help.prolific.com/en/articles/445043-underpaying-studies",
   "label": "Prolific: underpaying studies",
   "license": "reproduced for comment; publisher's terms"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.prolific.com/resources/how-much-should-you-pay-research-participants",
   "label": "Prolific: how much should you pay participants",
   "license": "reproduced for comment; publisher's terms"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://mercor.com/resources/experts/ai-trainer-salary-hourly-rates/",
   "label": "Mercor: AI trainer salary (how pay works)",
   "license": "reproduced for comment; publisher's terms"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://mindrift.ai/blog/freelance-ai-developer-work",
   "label": "Mindrift: freelance AI developer work (how projects pay)",
   "license": "reproduced for comment; publisher's terms"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://outlier.ai/faq",
   "label": "outlier.ai",
   "license": "reproduced for comment; publisher's terms"
  }
 ],
 "methodology": "Every number traces to a quoted sentence on the publisher's page, captured on the date shown along with a hash of the page text. 2 of 4 readable sources publish a figure; 2 were read in full and publish nothing, so they are counted as silent; 1 could not be reached. The summary statistics use one value per source in GBP. 43 candidate sentence(s) were rejected in review, each for a recorded reason. What this dataset is chartered to add later, beyond the published figures shown: per platform: pay basis, published minimum, payout rail and cadence, entry test, referral bonus; across: share paying per task vs per hour, share with a published minimum",
 "embed": "<figure style=\"margin:0;padding:14px 18px;border:2px solid #1f2937;border-radius:2px;background:#ffffff;color:#111827;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;max-width:520px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:26px;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:-0.01em;color:#111827;background:#ffffff\">6 GBP</p><p style=\"margin:0 0 12px;font-size:13px;color:#374151;background:#ffffff\">median published figure, AI Trainer Pay Terms, across 1 source, read 7 November 2026</p><figcaption style=\"font-size:12px;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.04em;color:#4b5563;background:#ffffff\"><a href=\"https://aitrainerpay.com/datasets/ai-trainer-pay-terms/#median\" style=\"color:#b45309;background:#ffffff\">From aitrainerpay.com AI Trainer Pay Terms</a></figcaption></figure>"
}
