PATHWAY 02 // INDIVIDUAL SPECIALIST EARNINGS
Earn $65–$185+/hr Training Frontier AI Models as a Verified Specialist
Hold a Computer Science/STEM degree, 5+ years of production SWE experience, an MD, or a JD? Skip low-paying crowd micro-task sites and register for vetted high-rate specialist cohorts.
Active Specialist Credential Cohorts & Compensation Bands
Credentialed subject-matter experts are matched to vetted independent AI labs operating proctored SFT, preference ranking, evaluation holdout, and domain audit cohorts.
| Credential Tier | Technical Scope | Typical Compensation Band |
|---|---|---|
| Senior & Staff Software Engineers (Python, Rust, C++, TS, Go) | Repository pull-request authoring, bug localization, and Docker test verification | $65 – $145 / hr (or $100–$300/bounty) |
| STEM PhDs, Postdocs & Olympiad Medalists | Graduate math proofs, physics, chemistry, biology, and formal reasoning critiques | $80 – $175 / hr |
| Physicians (MD/DO), Attorneys (JD) & Investment Bankers | Clinical case grading, M&A contract analysis, and LBO financial modeling rubrics | $115 – $200+ / hr |
How Senior Specialists Maintain Consistent $3,000–$6,000+/Week Runs
Because individual frontier model sprints last 3 to 10 weeks, experienced contributors maintain verified profiles across two independent platforms simultaneously (for example, Mercor + Surge AI or Datacurve + micro1) so project transitions never create unpaid downtime.
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