Which pays more, Babel Audio or Mercor?

Babel Audio advertises more: a median top rate of $110/hr against $100/hr at Mercor. These are the rates in open listings (43 on Babel Audio, 262 on Mercor), not earnings; each platform sets individual pay after you apply.

Which has more open roles, Babel Audio or Mercor?

Mercor has more open roles: 297 against 43 on Babel Audio. Counts are refreshed daily from each platform's public listings.

How is applying to Babel Audio different from Mercor?

Mercor: Expect an AI-led interview of 45–90 minutes, the longest of the major platforms. Most applicants are rejected; if you pass, work comes in intensive 2–8 week engagements.

Babel Audio vs Mercor

Two AI-training platforms side by side, from the roles they have open today and what we know about how each hires and pays. Numbers refresh daily.

Babel Audio advertises more: a median top rate of $110/hr against $100/hr at Mercor.
Mercor has more open roles: 297 against 43 on Babel Audio.
Babel Audio is open to more places: 100% of its roles name no country restriction, against 65%.

Side by side

	Babel Audio	Mercor
Open roles	43	297
Median top rate	$110/hr	$100/hr
Middle half of rates	$110/hr – $150/hr	$65/hr – $120/hr
Highest advertised	$150/hr	$450/hr
Open worldwide	100% of roles	65% of roles
Hires most for	Languages & translation, Design & creative	Science & research, Software engineering, Medicine & healthcare
Kinds of work	—	—
After you apply	—	Expect an AI-led interview of 45–90 minutes, the longest of the major platforms. Most applicants are rejected; if you pass, work comes in intensive 2–8 week engagements.
How it pays	—	Weekly via Stripe

Rates are what open listings advertise (median of the top of each range), not earnings. How we measure pay

Babel Audio

Multilingual voice acting and audio AI-training gigs.

Babel Audio jobs and pay →Read our review

Mercor

Frontier-lab SME placement at the highest pay tier in the market ($80–$200+/hr).

Mercor jobs and pay →Read our review