How much does Handshake AI pay?

Handshake AI's researched rate card says $15–$150/hr; physicians and surgeons to $300/hr (platform-stated, as of 8 Nov 2026). Each AI Fellowship project states its hourly rate on its public job page, mostly as a top rate ('up to', depending on the project). On 2026-11-08 its 192 live projects (a project whose job page Handshake took down is left out: 59 of the 260 project pages) ran from up to $15/hr (AI evaluation in Canada and Indonesia, and an everyday-tasks video contributor in the US) to up to $300/hr (radiologists, a facial trauma surgeon and a medical professional role), with a median top rate of $80/hr ($85/hr on the 152 US projects); 27 projects top out above $125/hr, among them physicians at up to $180, an engineering lead at $195, and software engineers, finance, legal and quant roles at $150. Entry AI evaluation work in the US starts at up to $17/hr. The AI red teamer roles on its Ashby board pay $32-$158/hr (three postings, 2026-11-08). Handshake states $500M+ in payouts (its AI page, read 2026-11-08).

Pay for each Monday-to-Sunday week (Pacific time) is sent through Stripe by Wednesday afternoon and can take 48 hours more to reach you. Hourly work is paid only up to each task's time cap, per-task work only as a task clears review, and optional meetings and most onboarding are unpaid. A new pay dashboard shows each adjustment and why.