Appen: pay, who can join and open jobs
One of the longest-running AI data annotation companies, providing a wide range of remote AI training, language, and data labeling projects. Appen offers both entry-level crowdwork tasks and more specialized projects, making it a common starting point for people entering the AI training space.
Who Appen is hiring right now
Who can join Appen: Contributors in 200+ countries; projects are geo-filtered.
19 of 57 jobs don't name a country and are shown as “Worldwide (presumed)”. A job can be open in several countries, so shares can add up to more than 100%.
Hourly pay by platform: lowest, median and highest
Based on open jobs with hourly pay listed on aitrainer.jobs. The bar runs from the lowest to the highest rate; the dot is the median.
- Mindrift$35–$240
- Stellar AI$25–$200
- Rex.Zone$20–$150
- Micro1$15–$150
- RealTrainAI$48–$140
- Afterquery$20–$200
- Mercor$16–$250
- Ethos$35–$350
- Aura One$6–$500
- Invisible$5–$150
- Alignerr$10–$400
- TransPerfect$29–$58
- Appen$24–$100
- xAI$35–$35
- BrainTrust$5–$150
- SuperAnnotate$5–$33
- HumanSignal$6.5–$80
- LXT$20–$25
- Welocalize$5–$105
- RWS$6–$36
- Turing$15–$30
- Claru$5–$100
- TELUS$11–$14
Latest Appen jobs
Transcription Specialist -- VietnameseAnyAI Trainers - Domain Experts – Transcription /Independent Contractor - Project Based /Remote
Transcription Specialist -- ArabicAnyAI Trainers - Domain Experts – Transcription /Independent Contractor - Project Based /Remote
Transcription Specialist -- AmharicAnyAI Trainers - Domain Experts – Transcription /Independent Contractor - Project Based /Remote
Mobile Device Data Collection - Spanish (Spain)SpainAI Trainers - Domain Experts – Data Collection /Independent Contractor - Project Based /Remote
Mobile Device Data Collection - Spanish (Argentina)ArgentinaAI Trainers - Domain Experts – Data Collection /Independent Contractor - Project Based /Remote
Mobile Device Data Collection - Russian (Armenia, Georgia and Kazakhstan)AnyAI Trainers - Domain Experts – Data Collection /Independent Contractor - Project Based /Remote
About Appen
Appen is one of the oldest AI training-data companies. Through its CrowdGen platform it offers short tasks and longer projects: search relevance, social media evaluation, transcription, audio and image collection, and linguistic work.
It operates in many countries and languages, so it often has openings where other platforms do not. Some projects are ongoing part-time roles, while others are one-off data collection tasks.
Tips before you apply
- Complete your profile and language details — most work is invitation-based.
- Pay rates vary by country; check the project page before committing time.
Official site: www.appen.com