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Search Quality Rater Jobs

85 open jobsmost pay $4–25/hr4 platforms hiringupdated 2 days ago

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eligibility

Do I qualify?

What you need

  • Live in the country you rate for
  • Fluent in the local language and familiar with its culture
  • Pass an exam on the rating guidelines
  • A computer, and for some roles a smartphone
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Countries these jobs accept

Open worldwide
0 of 85
Countries not stated
3 of 85
Open in United States
5 of 85
Open in United Kingdom
0 of 85
Open in India
19 of 85
Open in Kenya
0 of 85
Open in Philippines
1 of 85

pay

What search quality rater jobs pay, by platform

Median and range in US dollars per hour, from the live jobs on this page.

  • micro1

    $7–100/hr · 3 open

    $45/hr median

  • Meridial

    $20/hr · 1 open

    $20/hr median

  • Welo Global

    $2–29/hr · 51 open

    $8/hr median

  • Pay for 46 live jobs with listed pay, by platform. Data as of 24 Oct 2026.

platforms

Platforms hiring for these jobs

Sorted by Legit Score, our 0–100 rating of how safe each platform is to work for.

  • MeridialLegit · not rated yet

    Freelance AI trainer projects by domain, run by Invisible Technologies.

    Pay
    $5–200/hr
    Open roles
    547
    Countries
    Most countries
  • micro1Legit · not rated yet

    An AI data lab that takes on vetted experts as remote contractors to produce training and evaluation data, with applicants screened by its AI interviewer, Zara.

    Pay
    $2–400/hr
    Open roles
    294
    Countries
    Most countries
  • RWS TrainAILegit · not rated yet

    AI conversation specialists hired by language and dialect.

    Pay
    $22/hr
    Open roles
    115
    Countries
    Most countries
  • Welo GlobalLegit · not rated yet

    Search quality raters and AI data roles in many languages.

    Pay
    $2–105/hr
    Open roles
    265
    Countries
    Most countries

the work

What the work is

A search quality rater judges whether search results and ads actually answer what a person was looking for, working from a long written guideline. Across the 46 live jobs on this page that list pay, most pay $4–25/hr, and the median is $8/hr. The work is part-time and remote, tied to the country and language you rate, and contractors such as Welocalize typically run these roles instead of the search engine itself.

Words you will see on this page

  • AI trainer (someone paid to write, check or rate the examples AI models learn from)
  • Legit Score (our 0–100 rating of how safe a platform is to work for, based on published inputs)

faq

Real questions, short answers

What do you do as a search quality rater?

You compare search results or ads against a search and score their usefulness, accuracy and trustworthiness. Your ratings are then reviewed against the guidelines to make sure they stay consistent.

Are search quality rater jobs legit?

Yes, provided the application goes through a known contractor's own careers page. Take Welocalize, which lists remote search quality rater roles on its Lever job board. A real AI-training platform never charges you to apply, train or buy equipment, so treat any fee as a scam.

How much does a search quality rater make?

Across the 46 live jobs on this page that list pay, most pay $4–25/hr, and the median is $8/hr.

Can I work for Google with no experience?

Search raters are usually hired by contractors, not by Google directly. Plenty of rater roles ask for no experience, though you do have to pass an exam and live in the market you rate.

Is the rater exam hard?

It's a long one. Set aside several hours to study the guidelines before you take it.