Economics Research Expert

Job overview

The Economics Research Expert role is fully remote; the listing identifies Mercor’s headquarters in San Francisco, California. Compensation is $120–$150 USD per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The expert evaluates AI-generated economics content and develops structured feedback, rubrics, and benchmarks. The work helps AI research teams improve the rigor, quality, and performance of model outputs and training data, with independent asynchronous work to meet deadlines.

What you'll do

• Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI-generated economics content
• review economic material for alignment with domain principles and methodologies
• provide structured feedback to AI research teams
• develop evaluation rubrics and benchmarks
• collaborate with subject matter experts on dataset consistency, relevance, and coverage
• work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

economics research expert

economics

ai-generated content

ai research

evaluation rubrics

model performance

training data

remote

contract

10+ hours/week

mercor

$120–$150/hour

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Remote contract engagement for a minimum of four weeks, with a commitment of 10 or more hours per week; requires a master’s or PhD in Economics and at least one year of economics research experience at a top institution.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: Marketing Consulting Services. Sector: 54.