Askable: pay, who can join and open jobs

Australian user-research platform run by Askable Pty Limited with a panel of about 900,000 participants, paying for video interviews, recorded tasks and surveys for product teams. Its Askable Labs division records verified professionals (doctors, engineers, lawyers, finance and design experts) doing real work for frontier AI labs and advertises $95 to $480 per hour per session, paid within 14 days. Regular panel studies show the reward before you apply (site says up to $100 per hour) and pay by PayPal or gift card after each study.

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Who can join Askable

Hires in: Worldwide. Panel available in almost every country; Labs seats are location-specific (many hybrid or on-site in cities in Europe, US, Asia-Pacific; 16 of 55 remote). Source

How you get paid: PayPal, Gift card (after each completed study (panel); within 14 days of session (Labs)). Source

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.

Scale AI Human Frontier Collective$300–$300
Respondent.io$80–$200
10x Team$25–$375
Stellar AI$25–$200
mpathic$30–$200
Workbolt$20–$250
Workada$17–$130
Rex.Zone$15–$150
RealTrainAI$48–$140
Afterquery$20–$200
Mercor$30–$350
Sovrano AI$35–$125
Ethos$35–$350
Aura One$6–$500
Micro1$15–$150
Mindrift$35–$100
Invisible$5–$150
Alignerr$10–$400
TransPerfect$29–$58
Anyone AI$7–$150
Pasiflora AI$11–$40
Appen$24–$100
xAI$35–$35
BrainTrust$5–$150
Lionbridge AI$20–$35
SuperAnnotate$5–$33
HumanSignal$13–$80
LXT$20–$25
Lifted (Upwork)$10–$110
Welocalize$5–$105
CloudFactory$17.5–$25
Volga Partners$5–$60
RWS$5–$36
Turing$15–$150
Claru$5–$100
TELUS$11–$14

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How to get accepted at Askable

Application steps, the assessment and tips from people who got in.

Application steps

Sign up at my.askable.com/signup (name, email, phone, gender, languages, country, birth month/year)
Answer screener questions for each study in your feed; the reward is shown before applying
Get selected by the researcher, accept study terms (NDA/consent) and complete the session
For Askable Labs, apply to a specific expert seat with a short note; identity and credentials are verified
Get paid via PayPal or gift card once marked complete (Labs: within 14 days)

The assessment

Per-study screener questionnaires; Labs seats require identity triple-verification and credential checks for the stated seniority.

Requirements

13+ (parental consent under 18), one account per person, webcam/mic for video sessions; Labs needs real professional credentials matching the seat.

Tips to get accepted

Answer screeners honestly; false information leads to account suspension and withheld rewards
Keep your profile and demographics updated to match more studies
Link PayPal for near-instant cash rewards
For Labs seats check whether the seat is remote or on-site before applying