Data Annotator

YPAI; United States; Remote; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

YPAI is seeking detail-minded individuals for paid, work-from-home labeling tasks to support AI training. No prior annotation needed, but precise work helps advance models. You’ll learn a web-based tool and complete tasks for various projects.

Responsibilities include labeling images (boxes/outlines), text tags, or audio/video segments, following project guidelines, and raising issues when guidelines don’t cover a case. Projects vary, with tests and quality reviews.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Label items according to project definitions.
• Apply labels consistently from the first to the last item.
• Raise cases when guidelines do not cover a scenario.
• Quality reviews and feedback loop with project team.

Skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Learning new tools

Job description

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.

Pay

$16–$24/hr. Rate shown is for the United States. This role is open in 12 countries, with local rates; pick your country on YPAI.

YPAI pays every two weeks for approved work via PayPal, Wise or bank transfer. Work is by invitation after your profile is reviewed.