Gig workers with advanced degrees command high rates in AI training

Doctors, lawyers and engineers are reviewing AI outputs for pay that can reach hundreds of dollars an hour The AI training gig used to mean tagging photos of stop signs for pocket change. That job still exists, but it now has a far more expensive cousin. Gig workers holding medical, law and engineering degrees are now training AI models and billing hundreds of dollars an hour for it, according to a Bloomberg report published October 16, 2026. The report describes AI training shifting away from low-wage, generalist data labeling and toward specialists in fields like medicine, law and engineering.

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