Economics PhD – Benchmark Specialist
Compensation
$77 – $98 /hr
Employment type
Full-time
Work setting
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CA
Schedule
Day shift
Posted
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Job overview
The Economics PhD – Benchmark Specialist role is fully remote; pay is $77–$98 per hour, with a commitment of 10+ hours per week. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The specialist creates and evaluates rigorous economics and finance questions and solutions for benchmarking. Clear problem statements, calibrated difficulty, plausible answer choices, and academic references help assess deep conceptual understanding and support verification work.
What you'll do
- Author original economics and finance questions
- ensure questions are unambiguous and self-contained
- rate difficulty
- provide one correct answer and nine plausible incorrect alternatives
- write step-by-step solutions in Markdown
- supply academic references
- review verification tasks for clarity, completeness, precision, and solvability.
What we're looking for
- Skills & competencies
- economics phdbenchmark specialistremotemercor$77–$98 per houreconomicsfinancequestion authoringquantitative methodsfinancial modelingacademic references10+ hours per week
- Work arrangement
- Weekend coverage required
Why this role
Requires a PhD or doctoral candidacy in economics, finance, or a related field; a master’s degree may be considered for exceptional depth in a subdomain. Contract opportunity with 10+ hours per week.
About the employer
Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: Employment Placement Agencies. Sector: 56.
Additional details
- Industry sector
- 56
- Industry
- Employment Placement Agencies
- Occupation code
- 19-3011.00
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Listing ID: 12464c2d-9490-4f66-8f04-ee400ec77006