Data Labeling Jobs: Remote Data Annotation Work

Remote data annotation jobs from the marketplaces AI labs hire through: image, video, audio and text labeling, plus medical annotation for clinicians. Highest published hourly rate first, refreshed daily.

48 open data labeling listings live right now, paying up to $150 an hour.

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What a data annotator does now

Data labeling jobs pay you to add human judgment to the data an AI model learns from. A data annotator tags what happens in a video clip, marks every personal name in a support ticket, notes the instruments in a recording, or scores which of two chatbot answers is better. The model copies the pattern in those labels, so reviewers grade you on consistency first and speed second.

The job has changed. Much of the work on this page starts from labels a model already made. micro1’s imagery analysts correct the bounding boxes a model drew on drone images. Video annotators check the AI’s description of each clip. Audiobook reviewers log every word a synthetic voice got wrong. You are the second opinion the lab trusts more than its own model.

Pay depends on the marketplace more than the task. The same kind of video labeling can pay a few dollars an hour on one marketplace and many times that on another, so compare the range on each card and read the pay table below. A wide range is the band a project pays within, not your starting rate.

Data labeling jobs: pay by type of data

Published hourly rates for each section below, computed from the open listings. Terac’s studies publish no rate on the listing, so they count as listings but not toward a range.

Type of dataOpen listingsPublished hourly rate
Image and video13$8 to $150
Text12$25 to $120
Audio13$15 to $120
Medical and expert10$20 to $60

Image Annotation and Video Labeling Jobs

Image annotation teaches computer vision models what is in a picture. The classic task is drawing a bounding box around each object and naming it. On micro1’s imagery project you refine boxes a model drew on drone and maritime sensor images and add the objects it missed, paid per image you submit.

Video work adds time and film grammar. Alignerr’s video annotators cut clips into shots and scenes and tag camera angle, shot size and movement, with no film background required. Image and scene description specialists write the detailed captions a model learns to see from. micro1’s video annotators review short clips, check the AI’s description of each, and flag what it got wrong.

13 open image and video annotation listings right now, published at $8 to $150 an hour.

Text Annotation Jobs

Text annotation is most of what AI training marketplaces call generalist work. You read a chatbot’s answer, rank it against another, score it on a rubric and explain the score. DataAnnotation’s Generalist listing asks for careful reading and clear written English, says no degree is required, and pays for its practice project.

Other text work is classic labeling. Mercor’s anonymization project has writers mark every piece of personal information in business documents, from CRM exports to chat logs, and group the mentions of each person. Reviewers check that work before it ships, and Mercor says it promotes its reviewers from its strongest writers.

12 open text annotation listings right now, published at $25 to $120 an hour.

Audio Annotation Jobs

Audio annotation asks for a good ear. Music and sound annotators note which instruments play, the tempo and key, and the timestamp of every siren or round of applause in a field recording. Audiobook reviewers listen to AI narration in their native language and mark the exact span of each skipped or mispronounced word.

Some audio work is transcript work. Alignerr’s healthcare call labelers read transcripts of AI phone calls in Central American Spanish and judge how the AI handled each patient, and some of those listings name a city, such as Houston or Los Angeles. Straight transcription has a page of its own, linked below.

13 open audio annotation listings right now, published at $15 to $120 an hour.

Medical and Expert Data Annotation Jobs

Expert annotation pays you for a background the generalist roles do not need. Alignerr’s EHR annotators label diagnoses, procedures and medications in real patient records, and the listing asks for a background in nursing, medical coding or clinical informatics but no annotation experience. Terac’s radiology studies pay radiologists and residents to read de-identified scans for AI benchmarks.

Outside medicine, Terac pays transaction finance professionals to rank and annotate AI financial outputs, and micro1 wants a senior specialist to check the labels on batches of annotated parts images. These roles want real time in the field, and the tag on each card says so where the listing states it.

10 open medical and expert annotation listings right now, published at $20 to $60 an hour.

What the work looks like

Expect contract work. You are an independent contractor, paid by the hour, by the task or by the image, and a project pauses when the lab has enough data. Most listings let you set your own hours, and Alignerr’s often state a range such as 10 to 40 hours a week.

Every marketplace screens with a test, not a résumé. You label sample items against the project guideline, and you are graded on how closely you followed it. The guideline is long and the test checks rules stated once, so read it twice. Quality scores follow you after you pass: they decide whether you get more tasks, and who gets promoted to reviewer.

Alignerr, which posts many of these listings, is the contributor side of Labelbox, a data labeling software company. No marketplace in this feed charges you to apply. An offer that asks you to pay for training or a labeling kit first is not one of them.

Further reading

Where these listings come from

Six marketplaces publish this work openly. Every listing above links to the one that posted it, and each has its own page here covering pay, screening and who gets hired.

MercorOutlierDataAnnotationAlignerrmicro1Terac

Data labeling AI training jobs, answered

What is a data annotator?

A data annotator labels data so an AI model can learn from it: tags on images and video, notes on audio, ratings and corrections on text. Titles vary by marketplace. Data labeling specialist, annotation specialist, generalist, QA labeler and AI data quality analyst all name the same core job: apply a written guideline to each item, the same way every time.

How much do data labeling jobs pay?

Each card shows the listing’s published range, and the pay table on this page sums them up by type of data. Ranges are wide because some marketplaces publish one band across many projects. Plan on the lower end at first. Marketplaces offer their better-paid projects to annotators with a strong quality record.

Can I get a data annotation job with no experience?

Yes, for many of them. The tag on each card shows when a listing says it needs no experience, no degree, or some experience. Alignerr’s image, video and data labeling roles ask for no prior experience in the work. Medical annotation is the exception: those roles want a clinical background.

Are data annotation jobs remote?

Nearly all of them. You work from home in a browser-based labeling tool on your own schedule. A few projects limit where you live: micro1’s imagery project is for US-based contractors and prefers US citizens, and some of Alignerr’s audio roles name a city. Each card shows where a listing is open.

Is DataAnnotation the same thing as data annotation jobs?

No. DataAnnotation is one marketplace, named after the work. Its Generalist listing is on this page alongside listings from Alignerr, micro1, Mercor and Terac. DataAnnotation gates its work behind one Starter Assessment, so treat that first test as the interview.

What equipment do data labelers need?

A computer and a reliable connection cover most of it, since the marketplace provides the labeling tool. Audio work needs good headphones and a quiet room. A few listings ask for more: Mercor’s generalist benchmark project requires a Mac.

Is data labeling a good way into AI work?

It is the most common one. Annotators with strong quality scores get invited to review other people’s work and onto better-paid projects, and DataAnnotation says many contributors start as generalists and move into coding or domain work. A profession in medicine, law or finance still unlocks the top rates, which is what the field pages in this directory are for.

Other places that hire data labelers

These platforms hire annotators too, but post no listings this feed reads. Most pay per task rather than per hour.

  • TELUS Digital AI Community. Part-time search rating, data collection and annotation projects, after a qualification exam.
  • Appen. Crowd projects in search evaluation, data collection and labeling, with pay set by project and country.
  • Toloka and Clickworker. Microtask platforms paid per task and open in most countries, usually the lowest-paid route on this list.
  • Amazon Mechanical Turk. The original microtask marketplace: short tasks from researchers and companies, paid per task.

The screen is where these roles are won

Every marketplace above screens with an interview or assessment in your own domain before assigning paid work. Run that interview with Skillora first and get feedback on how you explained your reasoning, not just on what you said.

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