How Much Does AI Training Data Actually Pay?
Rates vary a lot by data type and buyer, and most of the eye-popping numbers online are for business-level licensing deals, not individual footage.
- First-person video/footage (individuals) — published market rates for accepted footage run roughly $3-$15 per hour of approved video. You keep 70% of what the buyer pays; MON$TER's agent cut is 30%.
- Business data licensing — one-time sales typically run $50K-$1M; recurring licenses typically run $300K-$3M/year (see our recurring vs. one-time breakdown).
- Robotics benchmark (public, independent) — Mercor's public robotics program pays $12-$18 per approved hour to the business hosting opted-in staff filming hands-on work with supplied wearable equipment. That's a business payment for hosting the work, not an individual wage — cited here as an independently verifiable public data point, not a MON$TER offer.
Screen, voice, and annotation work is priced per project rather than a flat hourly rate. Text MAX for a real quote on your specific data.