Chemistry Expert AI Jobs: Pay and Live Openings
Every figure on this page is read from 18 live listings on this board, 7 of which publish a rate. Updated 29 September 2026. See the full pay dataset.
Chemistry PhDs are being hired to evaluate AI output on reactions, materials and lab reasoning, without leaving the bench.
What these roles pay
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Median advertised rate | $80/hr |
| Range across listings | $60 to $150/hr |
| Listings with a published rate | 7 of 18 |
Who is hiring
- Mercor: 7 live roles
- micro1: 6 live roles
- Turing: 4 live roles
- Handshake: 1 live role
Where you can work from
These listings are open to applicants in 60 countries. The most represented are United States, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana. Check your own country with the eligibility checker.
What the work actually involves
Taken from the live listings themselves:
- About the work Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry and chemical safety experts to red-team frontier AI models.
- The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request, answering legitimate questions fully while refusing genuinely dangerous ones.
- About Mercor’s talent network Join our Chemist Expert Network to connect with leading AI labs and companies seeking your expertise.
- This is an open application for future contract opportunities that match your background and interests.
Typical responsibilities
Pulled from the live listings in this category:
- Produce authoritative, accurate, and well-explained responses to advanced chemistry queries aimed at AI model improvement, emphasizing clarity and depth rather than rubric-based scoring.
- Review and evaluate chemistry data, questions, and solutions to guarantee scientific accuracy, completeness, and current best-practice alignment.
- Develop comprehensive explanations and justifications across a wide array of chemical concepts, spanning foundational and specialized areas of chemistry.
- Collaborate with annotation leads and project managers to refine requirements and uphold high standards for response quality.
- Create exemplary “golden responses” that set benchmarks for future model outputs, ensuring consistency and reliability in training data.
- Document context and rationale behind answers to assist model interpretability and future annotation efforts.
What employers ask for
- Doctoral students and graduates (including those currently enrolled in a PhD program or in postdoctoral positions) in Chemistry or closely related fields.
- PhD in Chemistry or a closely related scientific field with robust expertise in both foundational and advanced topics.
- Proven ability to communicate intricate chemistry concepts with precision in both written and verbal forms.
- Experience in developing, reviewing, or publishing scientific, technical, or educational chemistry materials (such as research articles, curricula, industry reports, or peer reviews).
- Familiarity with multiple sub-disciplines within chemistry (organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, materials science, etc.) and the ability to adapt explanations for diverse audiences.
- Exceptional attention to detail with a commitment to scientific accuracy and methodological rigor.
How the pay is spread
Half of the listings with a published rate fall between $70 and $85 an hour. The bottom of the range is $60 and the top is $150. Rate depends far more on credentials and specialism than on which platform you use.
Which platform to start with
Mercor currently lists the most roles in this category (7 of 18). Platforms differ mainly in eligibility and how they screen, not in the kind of work. See which platforms hire in your country before you spend time on applications.
How to apply
Applications are completed on the hiring platform, not on this site. Most of these platforms screen with a short qualification step before routing you to paid work, so a complete profile matters more than a long cover letter. Applying is free and none of these platforms charge a fee to start.
Live chemistry expert ai jobs roles
- Analytical Chemist via Mercor
- Chemist Talent Network via Mercor · $60-$80/hr
- Chemistry Expert via Mercor · $65-$105/hr
- Chemistry Expert (PhD/Master's) via Turing
- Chemistry Expert via Turing
- Chemistry PhD Coding Experts via Mercor · $70/hr
- Forensic / Toxicological Chemist via Mercor
- Chemistry Expert via Handshake · $150/hr
- Chemistry Expert (PhD) via micro1 · $80-$90/hr
- Chemistry Expert via micro1
- Chemistry Professor/Researcher (PhD) via micro1
- Chemistry Specialist via micro1 · $70-$90/hr
- Computational Chemistry Expert (PhD) via micro1
- Medicinal Chemistry Expert via micro1 · $60-$80/hr
- Scientific Coding - Chemistry and Python via Turing
- Specialty Materials Chemist, Pyrotechnics or Propulsion via Mercor
- Synthetic / Process Chemist via Mercor
- Turing Stem Chemistry via Turing