Senior Economics Research Expert - AI Trainer

Job overview

The Senior Economics Research Expert - AI Trainer role is remote. Compensation is $150–$200 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The expert evaluates economics-related AI outputs and provides structured feedback, rubrics, and benchmarks to improve training data and model performance. Independent, asynchronous work contributes domain expertise to AI research teams’ evaluation and training efforts.

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 to support dataset consistency, relevance, and coverage
• work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior economics research expert

ai trainer

remote

mercor

$150–$200/hr

economics

phd required

ai-generated content

model evaluation

training data

evaluation rubrics

10+ hours/week

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Contract opportunity; minimum four-week duration and commitment of 10+ hours per week; PhD in Economics and at least two years of economics research experience at a top institution required.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.