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Platforms

Pay comes from each platform's own job board or its own published bands, and anything repeated from somewhere else names the source and says how much weight it deserves. Every review lists what it could not stand up.

What each platform's listings pay
micro1$70/hrMiddle half $40 to $105 an hour, full spread $6 to $400, across 313 priced listings.
Mercor$80/hrMiddle half $60 to $100 an hour, full spread $13 to $270, across 381 priced listings.
Handshake AIup to $80/hrMedian published ceiling $80 an hour. No bottom of the range is published.Ceilings only — a maximum is published, a bottom is not.
Ethos$70/hrMiddle half $70 to $75 an hour, full spread $70 to $80, across 3 priced listings.
Turing—No rate published
DataAnnotation—No rate published
$0$50$100$150+
Full spreadMiddle halfMedian listing

Advertised rates read from each platform's own listings, September 13, 2026. Handshake AI publishes a maximum rather than a range, so only the median ceiling is plotted. Turing and DataAnnotation publish no hourly rate, so there is nothing to average.

Compare at a glance

6 platforms, only the dimensions where they differ. Board figures read September 13, 2026.

PlatformPublished payApplicationAvailabilityWhere the rate comes from
micro1$70/hr medianmiddle half $40–$105Interview / vetted (per platform)GlobalPlatform-published
Mercor$80/hr medianmiddle half $60–$100Interview / vettedGlobalPlatform-published
Handshake AIup to $80/hr medianceilings run $25–$300Interview / vetted (per platform)GlobalPlatform-published
Ethos$70/hr medianmiddle half $70–$75Interview / vettedNot published by the platformPlatform-published
TuringNo rate publishedInterview / vettedGlobalNo rate published
DataAnnotationNo rate publishedInterview / vetted (per platform)Not published by the platformNo rate published
Verified first-handPlatform-publishedWorker reportsUnverified claimNo mark: the platform publishes nothing to source.
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