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AI work pay checker

Put in the rate a platform is advertising and the hours you actually expect, and this page turns it into a monthly and annual number you can plan around — after payout fees and after unpaid bench weeks — then tells you whether that rate exists anywhere in what 46 real AI work platforms publish.

Built and maintained by Gopal Chandrawanshi · benchmarked against the AI Work Rate Index (captured 28 Sep 2026) · no account, no email, your inputs are never sent anywhere

What this is for. The most common thing people write to us is "the page said $50/hr and I earned nothing for three weeks". The arithmetic between an advertised rate and money in your account is where people get hurt, and it is not complicated — it is simply never shown to you. Three multipliers sit in between: payout fees, unpaid bench time, and how many weeks of paid work a project-driven platform actually gives you.

Advertised rate (USD / hr)

Hours per week you expect

Paid weeks per year

How you get paid

Compare with one platform (optional)

Weeks when tasks are actually available

Headline gross / month

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rate × hours × 4.33, before anything is taken out

After payout fees / month

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Realistic year, in your pocket

—

fees and bench weeks both applied

True hourly you earn

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spread over every hour you were available, paid or not

Is this rate real?

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Platforms at or above it

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of those that publish any number

Median advertised max

$—/hr

half the market quotes below this

Highest we can verify

$—/hr

for a scarce credential, not for typing

Red flags this catches

The assumptions, stated plainly

A month is 4.33 weeks (52 ÷ 12). No rounding in anyone's favour.
Fees use the top of the published range, not the flattering end. Payment providers change their schedules and your country changes the total — check the live fee page before you commit to a rail.
Bench time is the business model, not a glitch. Task-supply platforms pay nothing when no project fits you, and most newcomers get far fewer tasks than the marketing implies for the first 2–6 weeks while their work is quality-reviewed.
Rejected work is unpaid. That is why the honest figure is per approved hour — so the last card divides by hours you were available, not hours you were billed.
Not tax or financial advice. On contractor income you are almost always responsible for your own tax where you live — see taxes & payments.

Payout rail fee ranges used

Rail	Typical cost	What people actually lose
PayPal	2.9–4.4%	the fee you actually feel is the FX spread, not the headline percentage
Payoneer	0.0–3.0%	receiving is often free; local-currency withdrawal and the FX margin carry the cost
Wise	0.35–1.9%	mid-market rate; usually cheapest in total on larger amounts
Direct bank / ACH	0.0–1.0%	fees are small — the payout cycle (weekly vs on-completion) is the real variable
Crypto (USDT etc.)	1.0–12.0%	legitimate AI platforms do not pay this way; treat it as a red flag

Where the benchmark comes from

Every comparison number on this page is read from the AI Work Rate Index, which copies what each platform publishes on its own recruiting page. Nothing is averaged with "insider" data, and 26 platforms that publish no number at all are recorded as missing rather than filled in from a competitor. That is why the verdict can only ever say whether a figure appears in what companies publish — it is not a prediction of what you will be paid. The full method, including the 2,080-hour conversion we apply to annual quotes, is documented on that page.

If someone offered you a job rather than you comparing platforms, start with the AI job scam checklist. Fee demands, "account rental", assessment answers for sale and Telegram-only recruiters are the four we hear about most.

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Advertising appears on this page. This is a general estimator: it does not know your tax situation, your country's rules, or a platform's current payout terms.