# Data Annotator

Annotation · Remote, United States · Freelance

- **Typical project pay**: USD 16-24 per hour
- **Where**: Remote, United States
- **Contract**: Freelance
- **Status**: Applications open
- **Published**: 2026-09-23

Each project invitation states the work, your pay, what the pay covers and what the work must meet. You see it before you accept.

Paid work from home: label images, video, audio or text for AI training. It suits detail-minded people who are comfortable learning a new web tool for a project. Prior annotation experience is a plus, not a requirement.

### What the work is for

Your labels become training data for AI models.

### The work

- Label each item: boxes or outlines on images, tags on text, or segments of audio or video.
- Apply the project's label definitions consistently from the first item in a batch to the last.
- Raise cases the guideline does not cover instead of guessing.

### What to expect

- Each project has its own label definitions, instructions and tool.
- You pass initial test tasks before working on project batches.
- Every batch goes through quality review. Items that miss the acceptance criteria come back to you to fix.
- On some projects a model makes a first pass and you correct it.

### You need

- Strong attention to detail and a reliable internet connection.
- Comfortable learning a new web-based tool when a project needs one.
- 18 years or older.

### Good to know

- Some projects mix in check items with known answers, or give one item to several annotators, to measure accuracy.
- Work comes project by project, and there can be gaps between projects.

Our team reviews applications for this role and contacts selected applicants by email.

## Apply

Takes a couple of minutes. No CV needed.

- **Payment**: Via PayPal, Wise, or bank transfer
- **When you are paid**: Paid every two weeks after approved work.
- **Fees to you**: Never, at any stage. If someone asks, it is not us
- **Who hires you**: YPAI, a registered Norwegian company that collects and annotates data for AI

[Apply now](https://freelancer.ypai.ai/jobs/openings/data-annotator-us)