How to get paid to train AI in the UK

“Get paid to train AI” is a common search for remote, often part-time work that helps improve AI models. On this site it means the same as an AI training, data annotation, evaluator, rater or AI tutor job: you write prompts, score or compare model answers, or review language, media or search results, and the platform pays you according to the posting. It is not a salaried job teaching other people how to use AI, which is what many “AI trainer” vacancies on general job boards are.

What you can be paid, according to the listings

We currently list 48 roles across Handshake AI, Mercor, Outlier, TELUS Digital, micro1. Hourly roles listed on this site, in US dollars, range from $14 to $170 an hour on the posting, depending on the field and the expertise asked for. Some listings pay per task. TELUS Digital’s UK Personalized Internet Assessor page states £0.22 per task and estimates about £13.20 an hour; its Online Data Analyst page estimates about £12.84 an hour. Those hourly figures are the platform’s estimates, not ours. “Up to” rates are ceilings. Rates can vary by project, location and assessment, and we never convert US dollars into a UK salary.

Pay is only earned if you are accepted, a project has work for you, and your tasks meet the quality bar. Nothing on this site is a promise of weekly income or an offer of employment.

How payment is described on the platforms

Mercor’s public pages we have read say hired contractors are paid weekly via Stripe or Wise; Outlier describes weekly pay via ACH, PayPal or AirTM; Handshake AI’s help centre says payouts are typically made weekly via Stripe; TELUS Digital’s UK listings we read did not always state a payout method on the public page. Confirm the current method and schedule on the platform when you apply.

How to get started

1. Be clear about the work: you are helping to train or evaluate a model, usually as a contractor, often from home. Read what the work is like.
2. Pick a platform that actually accepts UK applicants for the role you want. Start with the open roles table or the platform notes.
3. Apply on the official site. Typical steps are a profile, a CV, an identity check and an assessment. Do not pay anyone to “get you in”.
4. If you are placed on a project, complete the paid work to the standard asked for. Hours are not guaranteed.
5. If you are engaged as a contractor in the UK, register and report your income as self-employed if that is your situation. Official guidance is linked below.

A longer walkthrough of assessments, waitlists and eligibility is in how to get into AI training work in the UK. For hours, see remote part-time AI jobs; for working from home, see work from home AI jobs in the UK.

Tax if you work as a contractor in the UK

These platforms generally engage people as contractors or freelancers, not as employees. If that is how you are engaged while living in the UK, you are usually treated as self-employed. That typically means registering for Self Assessment with HMRC and paying your own Income Tax and National Insurance. This site cannot give tax advice. Official guidance is on GOV.UK:

• Working for yourself
• Set up as self-employed
• Self Assessment tax returns
• National Insurance

The examples below are current listings from more than one platform, so you can see advertised pay next to the role. Apply buttons marked “Ad” are referral links; your own pay is unchanged if you use one.