AI training jobs for therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists
AI labs pay licensed clinicians by the hour to write clinical scenarios, evaluate what their models say about mental health, and grade conversations for realism and safety. These are the roles open today, read from the companies' own job boards, with the pay and terms each posts.
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micro1, Mercor and AfterQuery list 8 AI-training roles for licensed clinicians (3 for counselors, therapists and social workers, 2 for psychologists and 3 for psychiatrists and psychiatric NPs), paying $45 to $155 an hour as posted. All are remote; most are hourly contracts, and each states its own terms below. micro1's postings say no AI experience is required: your clinical judgment is the work.
AI-training roles for licensed clinicians
Every role for a psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist, counselor or social worker on the boards we read, newest first, in each posting's own words.
- Apply on AfterQuery
AfterQuery
Licensed Clinical Social Worker Expert
$70 to $105 an hourContract, paid weeklyRemoteRead Oct 29, 2026- Author clinical scenarios, write reference responses and grade model output.
Asks for: An active, unencumbered US LCSW license and 2+ years of clinical practice after licensure, with case conceptualization, safety planning and crisis intervention experience; 10+ hours a week.
- Apply on AfterQuery
AfterQuery
Licensed Professional Counselor Expert
$65 to $100 an hourContract, paid weeklyRemoteRead Oct 29, 2026Asks for: An active, unencumbered US LPC or LMHC license and 2+ years after licensure, with treatment planning and safety assessment experience; 10+ hours a week.
- Apply on AfterQuery
AfterQuery
Nurse Practitioner Expert
$80 to $125 an hourContract, paid weeklyRemoteRead Oct 29, 2026Asks for: Psychiatric nurse practitioner is one of the four specialties the posting lists.
- Apply on AfterQuery
AfterQuery
Psychiatrist Expert (Clinical Review)
$125 an hourContract, paid weeklyRemoteRead Oct 29, 2026- A 3-week review of how AI models handle psychiatric cases (diagnosis, treatment reasoning, medication considerations, risk handling), explaining where a response goes wrong.
Asks for: An MD or DO from a US institution, an active US medical license (full or training), and current practice or training in psychiatry in the US.
- Apply on AfterQuery
AfterQuery
Psychologist Expert
$90 to $155 an hourContract, paid weeklyRemoteRead Oct 29, 2026 - Apply on AfterQuery
AfterQuery
Psychologist Expert (Clinical Review)
$90 an hourContract, paid weeklyRemoteRead Oct 29, 2026 - Apply on Mercor
Mercor
Psychiatrist
$150 an hourHourly contractRemotePosted Oct 24, 2026- Evaluate AI answers to psychiatry questions for clinical accuracy, safety and alignment with current standards of care
- Check each answer against the patient chart and decide which of two responses is stronger
Asks for: MD or DO from an accredited medical school
- Apply on Mercor
Mercor
Behavioral Health Expert, AI Safety and Model Evaluation
$45 to $70 an hourW-2 employment, part-timeRemote, United StatesPosted Oct 2, 2026- Evaluate conversations between users and AI models across topics such as relationship and family advice, emotional wellbeing, spiritual and metaphysical questions, and unconventional or unfounded beliefs, and assess whether responses are neutral, appropriate and safe.
- Identify patterns of concern, including excessive agreement, taking sides, reinforcing distorted or unfounded beliefs, moralizing, or overstepping into clinical or directive advice, and document them with clear written rationale.
Asks for: A degree in psychology, counseling, social work, behavioral health, behavioral science, human services or a closely related field, or equivalent professional experience in the mental health field.
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micro1, Mercor and AfterQuery: how they work with clinicians
Roles and pay as posted today; terms and screening as each company's own postings state them.
| Company | Roles for clinicians | Pay posted | Terms | Screening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| micro1 | 0 | Not posted | Contractor, remote; its postings say no prior experience in AI is required. | Not stated |
| Mercor | 2 | $45 to $150 an hour | Hourly and remote with flexible part-time hours (psychiatrist role); its behavioral health role is W-2 employment through Cincinnatus LLC, 20+ hours a week. | A 25-minute conversational interview, then verification of license, board certification and current practice (psychiatrist role). |
| AfterQuery | 6 | $65 to $155 an hour | Contract, remote, paid weekly via Stripe; its social worker and counselor roles ask for 10+ hours a week and 2+ years after licensure. | Not stated |
What the work is, and what to know
The work
Writing and reviewing clinical case studies and scenarios, evaluating AI-generated answers for accuracy, safety and ethics, and judging which of two responses serves a person better. It is not client care.
Read the terms
Most roles are hourly contracts with no benefits stated, where you handle your own taxes; a few are W-2 employment through a staffing company. Each card above says which, and how long a project lasts is up to the company running it.
Keep clients out of it
Scenarios and case studies draw on your experience, so write them so no client could be recognized. Nothing from a client's record belongs in this work.
AI training work for clinicians: questions, answered
- Do AI companies hire therapists?
- Yes. AI labs hire licensed clinicians to write clinical scenarios and case studies, evaluate what their models say about mental health, and grade conversations for realism and safety. Today micro1, Mercor and AfterQuery list 8 such roles on their own job boards.
- How much do AI training jobs pay therapists?
- The roles open today post $45 to $155 an hour. The rate is the one each posting states; the offer you receive sets your own.
- Can counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists apply?
- Yes: 3 of the open roles are for counselors, therapists, social workers or behavioral health clinicians (AfterQuery's Licensed Clinical Social Worker Expert, AfterQuery's Licensed Professional Counselor Expert and Mercor's Behavioral Health Expert, AI Safety and Model Evaluation). The others ask for a psychologist's doctorate or a prescriber's license (psychiatrist or nurse practitioner).
- Do I need AI experience?
- Not for the roles we have read in full: they ask for clinical licenses, training and judgment, and micro1's postings say outright that no prior experience in AI is required.
- Is it remote, and is it a job or a contract?
- The roles are remote, and most are hourly contract work with no benefits stated, so taxes are yours to handle. Mercor's Behavioral Health Expert, AI Safety and Model Evaluation is W-2 employment instead, as its posting states.