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Is Mercor legit?

Heavily funded and paying weekly through Stripe/Wise, but news coverage is rough: a March 2026 data breach led to class actions and Meta pausing work, and in Nov 2025 it ended a large Meta project and offered workers a similar one at $5/hr less. Trustpilot has only 8 reviews, mostly 1-star.

Does it pay? unclear

What you do

Professionals (doctors, lawyers, engineers, finance experts and more) take an AI interview, then are matched to contract projects reviewing AI outputs in their field, writing expert examples and grading quality against standards.

The details

Pay: $60–450/hr
As published: Experts page: $90/hr average contracted rate; current listings range from $60–$70/hr (Sales and Marketing Expert) to $350–$450/hr (Oncologist). FAQ: pay depends on expertise, project complexity and demand; terms defined upfront. Contracts are in USD.
Open in: 107 countries, including the US
Payout-supported countries; Mercor says it cannot onboard or contract anyone elsewhere (e.g. Kenya, Pakistan, China, Ukraine are listed as unsupported). Brazil, Nepal, Turkey and UAE are paid via Wise.
You need: computer, Insightful time-tracking app
Paid by: Stripe, Wise · weekly, Wednesdays ~12:00 PM PST (prior Sat–Fri IST week); Stripe holds the first payout 7 days
Company: Mercor — Mercor.io Corporation, San Francisco
Backers: $350M Series C at a $10B valuation led by Felicis, with Benchmark, General Catalyst and Robinhood Ventures (TechCrunch, Oct 27, 2025).

Red flags

March 2026 data breach: at least seven class actions allege exposure of interview recordings, facial biometrics and computer screenshots; Mercor calls the claims speculative; Meta paused work with Mercor (PYMNTS citing WSJ, Apr 23, 2026).
Nov 2025: Mercor ended its Musen project (~5,000 labelers at peak) and offered a similar project at $16/hr vs $21/hr (Futurism citing Business Insider).
Time is tracked with Insightful; time logged while a contract is paused is not paid.

What we couldn’t confirm

No minimum age is stated (terms only require being able to form a binding contract). The country list is Mercor's payout-support list, which it says also limits onboarding. One listing (Retail Trader, $400) shows no unit. Reddit not opened; Trustpilot sample is tiny.

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