Contracted AI: pay, who can join and open jobs
Mobile app from Contracted, Inc. (San Francisco) that pays people to film everyday tasks such as laundry, cleaning, cooking and trade work from a phone head mount, to train robots and AI. The official FAQ quotes $8 per hour of approved footage at home (up to $12.50 with streaks and bonus tasks, up to $20 for skilled trades), but one independent tester was offered only $2.60 to $3.50 per footage hour, and only approved footage counts. Approved earnings land in the app balance on a set schedule and can be cashed out with no minimum.
Who can join Contracted AI
Hires in: Varies by project. Country list is for the referral project (id 4, External Recording Residential) from the public interview API; homepage claims recorders in 132 countries and other projects may differ; free equipment only in some locations. Source
How you get paid: In-app cash out (reviewer reports Whop) (per session pay date shown in dashboard after approval; withdraw anytime · min no cash-out minimum (official FAQ) · reported by workers). 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
How to get accepted at Contracted AI
Contracted AI publishes little about its hiring process; this is what we could confirm from its own pages and from workers.
Application steps
- Open the referral link, choose I want to record, and answer a short AI interview (about 3 minutes) incl. willingness to film home chores
- Share location once so they can check head-mount shipping to your region
- Record a 20-30 second practice clip holding the phone at your forehead
- Install the iOS or Android app, order the head mount in the app and watch the tutorial
- Apply to projects in the app, record tasks, submit; approved footage hours are paid to the app balance
The assessment
AI interview with screening questions plus a 20-30 second practice POV clip; no resume. Official forum says approval in about two minutes, but one tester heard nothing for over two weeks.
Requirements
18+, supported country, recent phone (iPhone 12 or newer excl. SE/e models, Pixel 6+ excl. a/Fold, Galaxy S21+ excl. FE), space to film tasks safely, consent from anyone in frame.
Tips to get accepted
- Keep both hands and the task in frame the whole time, as off-frame footage loses value
- Remember pay is per hour of approved footage, not per hour worked; setup and rejected clips are unpaid
- Check the rate the app offers for your country before ordering equipment
- Keep private documents, screens and non-consenting people out of frame
How long it takes
Interview result said to be about two minutes, but reports of 2+ weeks with no reply; forum posts mention slow footage reviews and a new 30-day withdrawal window complaint.
Why people get rejected or stuck
- Footage not following project setup or quality guidelines (hands out of frame, poor light)
- Filming minors or people without consent
- Unsupported country or phone model
Sources: contracted.ai · contracted.ai · contracted.ai · api.contracted.ai · contracted.discourse.group · paidfromsurveys.com
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