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Mercor salaries

What Mercor publishes in its job posts: the median, the range, and how pay differs by role, AI level and country. Only salaries from live posts, nothing self-reported.

$210k median · $169k to $330k middle half · 80 job posts with a salary

Updated Nov 5, 2026

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Salary by role at Mercor

In USD a year. Range is the middle half of posts from 5 posts, and lowest to highest below that. A row appears from 3 posts.

Published salary at Mercor by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering18$330k$325k to $330k
Operations11$188k$158k to $198k
HR8$166k$148k to $205k
Research6$363k$343k to $3,844k
Marketing5$125k$125k to $170k
Sales4$205k$125k to $300k
Healthcare3$170k$125k to $180k

Salary by AI level at Mercor

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. In USD a year.

Published salary at Mercor by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●20$330k$330k to $343k
Works on AI ●●●○22$198k$163k to $225k
Uses AI ●●○○6$303k$211k to $329k
Little AI ●○○○32$174k$144k to $213k

Salary by country at Mercor

Posts published in USD, grouped by the country of the job.

Published salary at Mercor by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States79$210k$170k to $330k

Other currencies and hourly pay

Shown apart. Amounts are never converted between currencies or between hourly and annual.

  • GBP: 1 job post with a salary, too few for a figure (3 are needed).
  • Hourly in USD: 5 job posts, median $70/hr.

Mercor job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 86. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 86 job posts at Mercor with a published salary, read from the live job posts themselves. Each post counts once, at the midpoint of its listed range. Hourly rates are shown apart from annual pay, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out. Currencies are never converted or mixed. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Nov 5, 2026.

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Mercor salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does Mercor pay?

Mercor job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $210k. The middle half of those posts range from $169k to $330k. That is 80 job posts, as of Nov 5, 2026.

Which roles at Mercor list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Research has the highest median at $363k, from 6 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at Mercor change with how much AI the job involves?

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. Median published salaries by level at Mercor: Builds AI $330k, Works on AI $198k, Uses AI $303k, Little AI $174k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these Mercor salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at Mercor that list a salary, nothing else. Level takes the midpoint of each listed range, then reports the median and the middle half of posts once there are at least 3. Amounts are never converted between currencies, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out.

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