How much does Mindrift pay?

Mindrift's researched rate card says $15–$100+/hr (platform-stated, as of 3 Nov 2026). From Mindrift's own site, read 3 Nov 2026. Its home page says 'Earn $15-$100+/hr' (entry-level $15 to $30 an hour, domain experts $60 to $100+) and its apply page says specialized projects range from $15 to $100+ an hour, with all-access tasks paying less. Its pay-rates article (mindrift.ai/blog/mindrift-pay-rates, 6 Oct 2026) gives $30 to $90 an hour on specialized projects and under $20 on all-access tasks, with these maximum published rates: coding and STEM up to $90, agentic evaluation up to $80, legal up to $75, consulting up to $70, design up to $50, web scraping up to $32, writing up to $30. Its project pages say coding pays $32 to $90+ an hour, legal up to $75 (the same page also shows 'Up to $70 per hour'), consulting up to $100 for senior consultants ($60 for supply chain consultants), licensed US physicians $100 an hour per approved task plus a $50 onboarding bonus, STEM up to $6,000+ a month ($3,000 to $12,000+ a project, plus up to a 20% performance bonus), annotation $5 to $30 an hour, and recording projects $5 to $15 an hour (everyday-activity video $10 an hour in the US and $6 in Latin America); its home page cards put STEM at up to $6,400 a month, coding up to $5,400 and consulting up to $8,000. Pay is per task, shown before you accept it. The open projects on its apply page that day were CAD and CFD engineers up to $69 an hour, a medicine expert up to $100, and paid in-person research studies (native speakers in New York up to $100 an hour, up to $1,600 a study; group conversations up to $110; on-site data collection in Los Angeles listed at up to $200), and a study page offers $110 for a 90-minute in-person conversation in Santa Clara Valley; a video project paying $5 to $15 an hour to record everyday activities was still announced as launching soon.

Mindrift pays per completed and accepted task, at a rate shown before you start. Work from the 1st to the 15th and from the 16th to month-end is paid on the 5th and 20th, through Payoneer or Tipalti (PayPal) by country. It takes no commission and withholds no tax; the payout providers may charge fees.

Mindrift cannot onboard people in Afghanistan, Aruba, Åland Islands, St. Barthélemy, Caribbean Netherlands, Belarus, Cocos Islands, DR Congo, Central African Republic, Switzerland, Cook Islands, China, Cuba, Christmas Island, Western Sahara, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, British Indian Ocean Territory, Iran, Kenya, North Korea, Libya, Myanmar, Macau, Northern Mariana Islands, Martinique, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Niue, French Polynesia, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn Islands, Palestine, Réunion, Russia, Sudan, St. Helena, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Somalia, South Sudan, Sint Maarten, Syria, Tokelau, Taiwan, Vatican City, British Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen and Mayotte. Mindrift's own page (read 3 Nov 2026) names these 51 countries.