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Japanese AI Training Jobs

$30–$120/hrtypical paylive median $60/hrup to $200/hr at Weekday

Measured from 56 distinct advertised rates, across 14 platforms. 18 of the 80 open roles here state no hourly rate; 6 advertise only a maximum ("up to $X/hr"), which is excluded.

Paid work for Japanese speakers training AI models. 80 open roles name Japanese in their title, on including Mindrift, Invisible and Alignerr. 29 are open worldwide. Every role is checked against its platform's job board daily, and the languages report compares Japanese with every other language.

In Japanese: 日本語版：AIトレーニングの仕事, the site in Japanese, with the roles open to applicants in Japan.

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What the work is

Live Japanese roles

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AI evaluation and language data

30 open

Rating and correcting AI answers in Japanese, annotating Japanese data, AI tutoring and language-expert roles.

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Paid research studies

14 open

Short paid studies and projects for Japanese speakers, often a few days long; each listing says where and when it runs.

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Who hires Japanese speakers

PlatformJapanese rolesPay stated
Mindrift logoMindrift14$100/hr
Invisible logoInvisible10$6–$65/hr
Alignerr logoAlignerr8$10–$120/hr
Welo Data logoWelo Data7$20–$57.75/hr
Appen logoAppen5Not stated
micro1 logomicro15$20–$200/hr
Prolific logoProlific4$18–$30/hr
Rise Data Labs logoRise Data Labs4$15–$45/hr
Turing logoTuring4Not stated
Weekday logoWeekday4$33.58–$200/hr
Sigma AI logoSigma AI3Not stated
Babel Audio logoBabel Audio2$60–$150/hr
Braintrust logoBraintrust2$30–$55/hr
SuperAnnotate (SME) logoSuperAnnotate (SME)2up to $55/hr
AfterQuery logoAfterQuery1$30/hr
Handshake AI logoHandshake AI1up to $30/hr
Lifted (Upwork) logoLifted (Upwork)1$10–$35/hr
Mercor logoMercor1$31/hr
OpenTrain AI logoOpenTrain AI1$15/hr
Outlier (Scale AI) logoOutlier (Scale AI)1up to $31/hr

Where you can do them

Open worldwide
29
Only in listed countries
47
Worldwide except some countries
2
No country rule stated
2

The countries the 47 roles limited to listed countries name, most roles first. Roles open worldwide are open in each of them too.

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Frequently asked questions

How much do Japanese AI training jobs pay?

Across the 56 distinct hourly rates posted for the 80 open Japanese roles, typical pay runs from $30 to $120 an hour, with a median of $60. The highest posted rate is $200 an hour, at Weekday. Some roles state no hourly rate, so check each listing.

Which platforms hire Japanese speakers?

20 platforms list the 80 open Japanese roles, most at Mindrift (14), Invisible (10), Alignerr (8) and Welo Data (7). A legitimate platform never charges you to apply or to get work.

What kind of work is it?

By what their titles say, the open Japanese roles are AI evaluation and language data (30), paid research studies (14), voice and speech recording (10), expert work in Japanese (9), transcription (9) and translation and writing (8). Each listing describes its own tasks and hours.

Do I need to be a native Japanese speaker?

Going by their titles, 1 asks for native speakers, 11 ask for fluency and 9 also need English, of the 80 open roles. The others name Japanese without a level; each listing states the level it expects.

Do I have to live in a particular country?

Not always. Of the 80 open roles, 29 are open worldwide; 47 only in listed countries, most often Japan (29), United States (22), United Kingdom (5), Canada (3) and France (2); 2 worldwide except some countries; and 2 state no country rule. The country rule is each posting's own, and the list on this page shows the roles open where you are.

Is this page available in Japanese?

日本語版：AIトレーニングの仕事 is the site in Japanese, with the roles open to applicants in Japan. This page lists every open role that asks for Japanese, wherever it is open.

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