Is Mercor legit?

Short answer: Mercor publishes its contract listings publicly, with an hourly rate on each one. The listings say experts are engaged as independent contractors and paid weekly via Stripe or Wise.

Across 271 live Mercor listings with hourly pay (as of October 16, 2026), published rates start from $0/hr, with a median starting rate of $60/hr and a top of $450/hr.

Key facts

Topic	Fact	Source
What it is	Mercor says it partners with AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise.	work.mercor.com
Work status	Listings state you are engaged as an independent contractor, fully remote, on your own schedule; projects can be extended, shortened or ended early.	work.mercor.com
Payment	Listings state payments are weekly via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.	work.mercor.com
Visa note	Listings state Mercor cannot support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.	work.mercor.com
Live pay data	Every Mercor listing on this board shows the rate range published on the original posting. See the pay pages below.	This site

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Mercor pay rates by field

Current Mercor roles (308)

Electrical Engineer $80–$120/hr

MercorSoftware & DataUnited States · full-time · posted 2026-10-15

Pediatrician (MD) $150/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-15

Executive Communicator $70–$75/hr

MercorWriting & CreativeRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-15

Content Designer $75/hr

MercorWriting & CreativeRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-15

News & Copy Editor $70–$75/hr

MercorWriting & CreativeRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-15

Technical Writer $80–$85/hr

MercorWriting & CreativeRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-15

Pediatric Emergency / Urgent Care Physician (MD) $150/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Legal Expert — Civil Litigator (Deposition Transcript Review) $120/hr

MercorLawUnited States (remote) · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Human Resources Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) $60/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

STEM Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) $50/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Medical Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) $120/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Legal Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) $85/hr

MercorLawRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Consulting Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) $60/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Finance Expert, Mandarin Chinese (mainland China) $65/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Human Resources Expert, German (Germany) $65/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

STEM Expert, German (Germany) $50/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Medical Expert, German (Germany) $120/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Legal Expert, German (Germany) $95/hr

MercorLawRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Consulting Expert, German (Germany) $65/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Finance Expert, German (Germany) $75/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Human Resources Expert, Spanish (Spain) $60/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

STEM Expert, Spanish (Spain) $50/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Medical Expert, Spanish (Spain) $120/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Legal Expert, Spanish (Spain) $85/hr

MercorLawRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Consulting Expert, Spanish (Spain) $60/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Finance Expert, Spanish (Spain) $65/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-14

Program Lead $45–$70/hr

MercorSoftware & DataUnited States · full-time · posted 2026-10-13

English AI Safety Specialist $40–$45/hr

MercorGeneralistRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-13

Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) – Brazilian Portuguese $20–$30/hr

MercorSoftware & DataRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-13

BioInformatics Experts $90–$110/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-12

Atomistic Materials Modeling Expert $84/hr

MercorSoftware & DataRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-11

Inorganic Chemistry & Synthesis Expert $84/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-11

Cardiologist – Clinical Consultant (ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis) $120–$150/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote (US) · part-time · posted 2026-10-09

Cardiology NP / PA / RN – ATTR Clinical Consultant $80–$120/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote (US) · part-time · posted 2026-10-08

Video Editing Professional $50/hr

MercorWriting & CreativeRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-08

Oncologist $350–$450/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-08

General Physician $150/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-08

Builders & Developers: Share Your AI Coding Sessions $200/per-task

MercorSoftware & DataRemote · task-based · posted 2026-10-07

Infrastructure / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) $200/hr

MercorSoftware & DataRemote · part-time · posted 2026-10-07

Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers $70–$110/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-06

Administrative Services Managers $70–$110/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-06

Private Detectives and Investigators $70–$110/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-10-06

Database Systems Evaluation Expert $2200/per-task

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · task-based · posted 2026-10-06

Behavioral Health Expert, AI Safety and Model Evaluation $45–$70/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthUnited States · part-time · posted 2026-10-02

Lean Engineer, Formal Mathematics (Lean 4, Mathlib, Theorem Proving) $90–$110/hr

MercorSoftware & DataRemote · part-time · posted 2026-09-30

Clinical Mental Health Expert — AI Conversation Evaluation $100/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote · hourly · posted 2026-09-30

Pharmacist / Pharmacy Technician — Medication Pronunciation Reviewer $70/hr

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote · hourly · posted 2026-09-30

Urologists & Medical Oncologists (Prostate Cancer) – Paid Research Study $175/one-time

MercorMedicine & HealthRemote (United States) · task-based · posted 2026-09-29

Senior Economics Research Expert $150–$200/hr

MercorFinance & BusinessRemote · hourly · posted 2026-09-28

Systems & Integration Engineering Experts $100–$120/hr

MercorSoftware & DataRemote · part-time · posted 2026-09-26

Software & Firmware Engineering Experts $100–$120/hr

MercorSoftware & DataRemote · part-time · posted 2026-09-26

Mechanical Engineering Experts $100–$120/hr

MercorSoftware & DataRemote · part-time · posted 2026-09-26

Electrical & Hardware Engineering Experts $100–$120/hr

MercorSoftware & DataRemote · part-time · posted 2026-09-26

Senior Product Designer, UI/UX $80–$110/hr

MercorWriting & CreativeUnited States · full-time · posted 2026-09-25

Stochastic Biophysics Physicist (PhD) $80–$110/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-09-25

Fluid Dynamics and Convection Stability Physicist (PhD) $80–$110/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-09-25

Mathematical Physicist (PhD) $80–$110/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-09-25

Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics Physicist (PhD) $80–$110/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-09-25

Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics Physicist (PhD) $80–$110/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-09-25

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physicist (PhD) $80–$110/hr

MercorMath & ScienceRemote · hourly · posted 2026-09-25

See all 308 Mercor roles →