Taste Labs: pay, who can join and open jobs
Taste Labs runs TasteMakers, a curated network of about 1,000 designers in 30 countries who teach AI models good design taste. Members create design work and explain their choices, grade and compare AI-generated designs, and review other members grades, in UI and UX, brand, motion, presentations and front-end design. The San Francisco company was founded in 2025 and raised an 18.5 million dollar seed round from CRV and Amplify. Work is remote, paid per project twice a month, and rates are not published.
Who can join Taste Labs
Hires in: Worldwide. Global network (about 30 countries); some projects have their own country rules or a background check. Source
How you get paid: Bank transfer, Wise (twice a month (work from the 1st-15th paid by month end, 16th-end paid by the 15th)). 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$100–$300
- Respondent.io$150–$200
- Alpheva$90–$300
- HUMXN$40–$300
- G2i$50–$200
- Halluminate$100–$250
- 10x Team$25–$375
- Stellar AI$25–$200
- mpathic$30–$200
- Workbolt$20–$250
- Workada$17–$130
- Rex.Zone$10–$150
- Patronus AI$40–$150
- RealTrainAI$48–$140
- Mercor$14–$450
- Sovrano AI$35–$125
- Ethos$35–$350
- Aura One$6–$500
- Afterquery$20–$200
- Mindrift$35–$100
- Micro1$6–$400
- Invisible$6–$150
- Alignerr$10–$400
- Visora$5–$90
- TransPerfect$29–$50
- Anyone AI$7–$150
- HumanSignal$13–$80
- BrainTrust$5–$150
- Appen$24–$100
- xAI$35–$35
- Lionbridge AI$20–$35
- SuperAnnotate$5–$33
- Volga Partners$5–$60
- HALO by Arise$5–$100
- Mindy Support$5–$25
- YPAI$11.5–$250
- LXT$20–$25
- Lifted (Upwork)$10–$110
- Welocalize$5–$105
- CloudFactory$17.5–$25
- RWS$5–$36
- Turing$15–$150
- Claru$5–$100
- TELUS$11–$14
- TSMG$13–$75
- Pasiflora AI$10–$40
How to get accepted at Taste Labs
Application steps, the assessment and tips from people who got in.
Application steps
- Apply at portal.tastelabs.com with a verified LinkedIn and a portfolio link or file
- Rank your main and second specialism, years of experience, tools, hours per week and rate range
- Take the project skills test (portfolio review, sample tasks or calibration)
- If you pass you are placed on a project; if not, you join the community and wait to be matched
- Sign the contractor agreement, add payout details and do a background check if required
The assessment
A project skills test: portfolio review, sample tasks or a calibration exercise; some tests are paid.
Requirements
A strong professional design portfolio (usually 2-5+ years); WhatsApp number; remote, no minimum hours.
Tips to get accepted
- Curate your portfolio: it is the main filter
- Rank your strongest specialism first
- Reply fast and send payout details within 2-3 days
- Write critiques yourself: using AI for evaluations is banned
How long it takes
From a few days to weeks or months; membership does not guarantee work.
Why people get rejected or stuck
- Weak or missing portfolio
- Failed skills test
- No open project in their discipline
Sources: portal.tastelabs.com · portal.tastelabs.com · aiworkplatforms.com
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