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Updated Oct 28, 2026

Mercor

Credentialed experts — MDs, JDs, PhDs, senior engineers, finance professionals. Mercor is a San Francisco company founded in 2023 that places experts on AI training projects for the large labs. It is venture-backed and was reported to be valued in the billions during 2025.

Mercor at a glance

Best forCredentialed experts — MDs, JDs, PhDs, senior engineers, finance professionals
ScreeningRecorded AI interview, 15–30 minutes, after a CV upload
PaymentPer project cadence, typically every two weeks
CountriesGlobal, though the highest-rate listings are often US-locked
Reported pay$60–$250/hr
The catchThe hardest screen of any of them, and being accepted does not mean work is waiting.

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From our daily tracking

Where Mercor is hiring right now

We check Mercor's public listings every day. Today there are 315 open roles, 39 of them first seen in the last seven days.

What Mercor does well

  • Highest rates in the market for credentialed specialists
  • The largest volume of expert listings, refreshed constantly
  • Pay is stated openly on every listing
  • Verifies credentials, so you compete against a smaller pool

Where it falls short

  • The interview filters out a lot of qualified people
  • Long waits between acceptance and a project in your specialty
  • Uses time-tracking software on some projects

Who should skip Mercor
You have no professional credential, degree or senior experience to point to. The interview is built to find specialists, and generalists do better elsewhere.

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