Prolific: pay, who can join and open jobs
Online research platform connecting participants with paid academic and industry studies, including tasks used for AI training, human feedback, and data collection. Prolific focuses on short research-based studies rather than ongoing data annotation work.
Who Prolific is hiring right now
Who can join Prolific: 52 supported countries, based on current residence. Source
3 of 20 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 Prolific jobs
About Prolific
Prolific is a research platform used by universities and companies to recruit participants for paid studies. It also runs AI-related tasks such as rating chatbot responses and writing prompts.
Studies are short and paid per study, with a minimum hourly rate set by the platform. Prolific is known for being reliable and fair, but new participants may be placed on a waitlist.
Tips before you apply
- Answer the screener ('About You') questions fully — studies are targeted using them.
- Keep the dashboard open; popular studies fill up within minutes.
Official site: www.prolific.com