Mercor is a San Francisco company that hires professionals as contractors to train and evaluate AI models, with the most open roles of any platform we track. Fields range from law, medicine and finance to software engineering, STEM and languages, and most listings state an hourly rate. Applicants do one AI interview and a one-time Persona ID check, and pay lands every Wednesday via Stripe or Wise.
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About Mercor
Business Model
Contractor marketplace for AI training and evaluation
How to Get Started
- 1 Create a profile and upload a resume
- 2 Complete an AI interview
- 3 Verify your identity once through Persona
- 4 Apply to open roles and wait for a client match
Payment Speed
Weekly, every Wednesday (Stripe or Wise)
Pros
- ✓ Paid every Wednesday for the previous work week
- ✓ Homepage states an average contracted rate of $109/hr
- ✓ Stripe Instant Payout moves funds to your bank in about 30 minutes for a 1% fee
- ✓ Payouts in 130+ countries via Stripe, plus Brazil, UAE, Nepal and Turkey via Wise
Before you apply
- • Payout: Weekly, every Wednesday (Stripe or Wise)
- • Open to: 130+ countries via Stripe, plus Brazil, UAE, Nepal and Turkey via Wise; about 100 countries excluded
- • 98% of 143 tracked listings require an interview
- • 4% of 554 tracked listings ask for 35+ hours a week
- • Typical contract in Business: 3 weeks (n=31)
Mercor by the numbers
Based on 1404 live listings and structural analysis of 1490 active postings.
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Mercor questions, answered from the data
- How much does Mercor pay?
- Middle half $50 to $100/hr, from 1,361 distinct listed hourly rates across 1,402 open roles. Updated October 4, 2026. Rates are what the listings state, not what every worker earns.
- How does Mercor pay out?
- Payout schedule on Mercor: Weekly, every Wednesday (Stripe or Wise). Every Wednesday for the previous work week, through Stripe or Wise. Stripe Instant Payout can move funds to your bank in about 30 minutes for a 1% fee. The payout account must be in your own legal name.
- How do I get accepted on Mercor?
- 1) Create a profile and upload a resume. 2) Complete an AI interview. 3) Verify your identity once through Persona. 4) Apply to open roles and wait for a client match. 98% of 143 tracked listings require an interview. Create a Mercor profile, upload your resume and complete the AI interview. After a one-time Persona identity check you can apply to open roles, and Mercor matches you when a client needs your background. Time to a first match depends on demand in your field.
- Is Mercor legit?
- Mercor currently lists 1,404 open roles on its own board, which we read daily. Workers have left 1 approved review of Mercor on aitrainer.work; read them at aitrainer.work/platforms/mercor/reviews before you apply, and apply only through Mercor's own site.