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Economics Professor – AI Trainer (Contract)

On Handshake AI, run by Handshake

Up to $120/hr

Experienced economics instructors write realistic, job-related questions and judge how well AI models answer them. It suits US-based college economics faculty with at least four years of teaching experience, including tenure-track professors, adjuncts and lecturers, who want flexible, asynchronous, part-time contract work. No AI or technical background is needed.

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Pay

Up to $120/hr

Up to $120 an hour, depending on the project. This is a ceiling, not a guaranteed rate.

Type
Contract
Hours
Year-round program with no minimum hours; many work about 5–20 hours a week on a project
Africa
Not in Africa
Platform
Handshake AI

01 · The role

What you would do

  • Draw on your teaching to design realistic, job-related economics questions
  • Review AI-generated answers for accuracy, clarity and relevance
  • Give corrections and feedback that improve how models handle economics
  • Work asynchronously on active projects, on hours you choose

02 · Requirements

What they ask for

  • At least four years of experience teaching economics at a college or university
  • Based in the US with work authorization that Handshake can support
  • Willingness to work as an independent contractor rather than an employee
  • Economics
  • University teaching
  • Question design
  • Response evaluation

03 · Eligibility

Who can apply

Remote, US only under Handshake AI's program rules: you must be based in the US with work authorization Handshake can support.

Countries named in the listing: United States.

Not in Africa

As far as the listing and Handshake AI's country rules show, this role is not open to people living in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa or Egypt. Handshake AI in Africa

Apply from where you live, as yourself. Using a VPN or someone else's identity to get around a country rule breaks these platforms' terms, and it is the quickest way to lose an account and any unpaid earnings.

04 · Applying

How to get in

You apply through Handshake AI's own process. The steps from sign-up to first paid task are on its profile.

05 · Source

About this listing

We last confirmed this opening on Oct 29, 2026. Rates and hours come from the listing unless the note beside the rate says otherwise. Where the listing names no countries, the Africa status is our reading of it and of what is known of Handshake AI's country rules, set out on its profile, and never marks a role more open than they show. The listing itself has the final word.

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Economics Professor – AI Trainer (Contract)

Up to $120/hr

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