Math Expert AI Jobs: What the Listings Actually Pay
Every figure on this page is read from 13 live listings on this board, 8 of which publish a rate. Updated 05 September 2026. See the full pay dataset.
Mathematicians are among the most in demand AI training contributors, because model reasoning fails in ways only a specialist spots.
What these roles pay
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Median advertised rate | $77/hr |
| Range across listings | $60 to $160/hr |
| Listings with a published rate | 8 of 13 |
Who is hiring
- Mercor: 4 live roles
- Turing: 4 live roles
- micro1: 4 live roles
- Handshake: 1 live role
Where you can work from
These listings are open to applicants in 58 countries. The most represented are United States, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan. Check your own country with the eligibility checker.
What the work actually involves
Taken from the live listings themselves:
- Role Overview We are seeking expert mathematicians to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative.
- You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core mathematics domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.
- Computational Statistics and Applied Mathematics Expert About the Project We're building a large-scale benchmark to test how well advanced AI systems can solve hard scientific and engineering problems.
- You'll design original, graduate-level problems based on real scientific workflows, test them against cutting-edge AI models, and fine-tune them until the difficulty is just right.
Typical responsibilities
Pulled from the live listings in this category:
- Author original math questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall
- Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined, all necessary information must be in the problem statement
- Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above)
- Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers
- Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format
- Supply 1, 5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories)
What employers ask for
- PhD or doctoral candidate in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a closely related field
- Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain
- Strong command of graduate-level mathematical concepts and formal proof writing
- Experience with rigorous academic problem design or mathematical competition writing is a strong plus
- Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely
- Graduate-level training in statistics, applied mathematics, a relevant STEM field, or equivalent research experience
How the pay is spread
Half of the listings with a published rate fall between $75 and $85 an hour. The bottom of the range is $60 and the top is $160. 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 (4 of 13). 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 math expert ai jobs roles
- Applied Mathematics Benchmark Specialist via Mercor · $61-$77/hr
- Computational Statistics and Applied Mathematics Expert (R, Python, and Matlab/Scilab) via Mercor · $70-$90/hr
- Math Expert via Handshake · $75/hr
- Math Expert USA via Turing
- Mathematician Talent Network via Mercor · $60-$80/hr
- Mathematics Expert (Master’s/Ph.D.) via Turing
- Math Expert (PhD) via micro1 · $80-$90/hr
- Mathematics Expert via micro1
- Mathematics Expert via micro1 · $80-$90/hr
- Physics Expert (High Energy / Mathematical Physics) via micro1 · $80-$160/hr
- Research Analyst - Advanced Math via Turing
- STEM Expert (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology) via Mercor · $75/hr
- Turing Stem Mathematics via Turing