Which pays more, Mercor or Turing?

Mercor advertises more: a median top rate of $100/hr against $15/hr at Turing. These are the rates in open listings (262 on Mercor, 19 on Turing), not earnings; each platform sets individual pay after you apply.

Which has more open roles, Mercor or Turing?

Mercor has more open roles: 297 against 122 on Turing. Counts are refreshed daily from each platform's public listings.

How is applying to Mercor different from Turing?

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. Turing: Expect a coding screen as well as a conversational interview.

Mercor vs Turing

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.

Mercor advertises more: a median top rate of $100/hr against $15/hr at Turing.
Mercor has more open roles: 297 against 122 on Turing.
Turing is open to more places: 100% of its roles name no country restriction, against 65%.

Side by side

	Mercor	Turing
Open roles	297	122
Median top rate	$100/hr	$15/hr
Middle half of rates	$65/hr – $120/hr	$15/hr – $20/hr
Highest advertised	$450/hr	$200/hr
Open worldwide	65% of roles	100% of roles
Hires most for	Science & research, Software engineering, Medicine & healthcare	Software engineering, Miscellaneous, Science & research
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.	Expect a coding screen as well as a conversational interview.
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

Mercor

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

Mercor jobs and pay →Read our review

Turing

Engineering-heavy AI training — code generation and review for software engineers.

Turing jobs and pay →Read our review

Mercor vs Turing: questions

Which pays more, Mercor or Turing?: Mercor advertises more: a median top rate of $100/hr against $15/hr at Turing. These are the rates in open listings (262 on Mercor, 19 on Turing), not earnings; each platform sets individual pay after you apply.
Which has more open roles, Mercor or Turing?: Mercor has more open roles: 297 against 122 on Turing. Counts are refreshed daily from each platform's public listings.
How is applying to Mercor different from Turing?: 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. Turing: Expect a coding screen as well as a conversational interview.