xAI (AI Tutor)
Grok's AI-tutor roles: hourly, often as employees with US benefits; now under SpaceX.
Last reviewed 2026-10-14
Pay
Live roles: languages $35–45/hr, legal $50–100/hr; coding $40–100/hr on a closed listing
Who can join
Remote from most countries; not Wyoming or Illinois; no visa sponsorship
How you get in
Apply on Greenhouse; applicants report an assessment, short video interview and background check
Payouts
Employee payroll with US benefits, or contractor
Watch out
Hubstaff monitoring on personal laptops; explicit-content projects; layoffs in 2025 and 2026
What it is
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xAI makes the Grok models. "AI Tutors" are its in-house data annotators and evaluators who label, rate and write data to train Grok. Unlike most platforms on this site, xAI hires tutors directly, often as employees.
aol.com· checked 2026-10-14 - News
SpaceX merger: SpaceX confirmed it had acquired xAI on February 2, 2026, in a stock-for-stock deal.
finance.yahoo.com· checked 2026-10-14 - Official
Current tutor postings name the employer "SpaceXSI" and describe Grok, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice and X as its products.
job-boards.greenhouse.io· checked 2026-10-14 - News
Size: in February 2025 Business Insider counted more than 900 tutors, most of xAI's workforce at the time. By September 2025 the annotation team was about 1,500 before a third were cut (see section 6).
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Live tutor postings on 2026-10-14: 19 titles containing "Tutor", all "Remote International". 12 are language roles (Croatian, Finnish, French, Hausa, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Yoruba), plus Design, Humanities, Legal & Compliance, Video, Video (Weekend) and Writing.
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Coding work
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Coding: no live coding tutor posting on 2026-10-14. None of the 19 live tutor titles is a software or coding role.
boards-api.greenhouse.io· checked 2026-10-14 Closed "AI Tutor - Software Engineering" listing [official, via mirror]: $40–$100/hr for US-based candidates; full-time, part-time or contractor; remote worldwide subject to legal eligibility. It asked for professional software engineering experience, deep expertise in one or more languages, debugging, profiling and testing skills. Job-board mirrors show it was posted about 6 to 7 months ago and is no longer accepting applications.
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Coding-adjacent staff role: "Expert Team Lead, SWE" leads a team of tutors (employees and contractors) and reviews coding work. It is a salaried role at $104,000–$170,400 (US) and must be based in a country with an xAI office.
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Language tutors (language): multilingual audio work: labeling and recording speech, transcription across accents, and translating UI strings and prompts from English. Native target language plus English at B2 or higher. $35–$45/hr for US-based candidates.
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Legal & Compliance tutor (legal): label and create data on regulatory compliance, contracts, legal research and disputes. Requires a JD (or foreign equivalent) and 2+ years practicing law. $50–$100/hr (US).
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Writing tutor (writing): evaluate and write in specialties such as creative fiction, game writing and technical writing, with strict proof of credentials (for example, for fiction, at least two of: major-house publishing deals, 50,000+ unit sales, 10+ stories in major outlets, major award recognition, critical acclaim). $35–$75/hr (US).
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Design, Humanities, Video tutors (general): Design and Humanities $35–$75/hr; Video and Video (Weekend) $40–$75/hr (US). The weekend role has set Saturday and Sunday hours.
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International pay: not posted; "Information will be provided to you during the recruitment process."
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Eligibility
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Employee or contractor: postings say tutor roles "may be offered as full-time, part-time, or contractor positions". Benefits for eligible US positions include health insurance, a 401(k) and paid sick leave, which indicates W-2 employment for those tracks. The postings do not use the term "W-2".
job-boards.greenhouse.io· checked 2026-10-14 - News
Business Insider (Feb 2025) reported tutors were hired directly as "full-time hourly employees" on six-month contracts.
aol.com· checked 2026-10-14 - Official
The French tutor posting is narrower: full-time or contractor only.
job-boards.greenhouse.io· checked 2026-10-14 - Official
Location: most postings allow work "from any location worldwide, subject to legal eligibility, time-zone compatibility, and role specific needs". US hires are not possible in Wyoming or Illinois.
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Exception: the French tutor posting is limited to the United States and Canada.
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Visas: "We are unable to provide visa sponsorship."
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Devices: on a personal device, a Chromebook, a Mac with macOS 11.0+ or Windows 10+.
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Credentials: varies by track: JD plus 2 years of practice (legal); verifiable writing credentials (writing); native language plus B2 English (language).
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How to get in (format only)
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Official: apply on xAI's Greenhouse board. Postings say only that role details are given "during the interview process". Writing applicants must provide verifiable proof of specialty qualifications; some tracks ask for a portfolio.
job-boards.greenhouse.io· checked 2026-10-14
Pay and payments
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Posted US bands: $35–$45/hr (languages), $35–$75/hr (Design, Humanities, Writing), $40–$75/hr (Video), $50–$100/hr (Legal & Compliance).
boards-api.greenhouse.io· checked 2026-10-14 - Official
Benefits: eligible US positions get health insurance, a 401(k) and paid sick leave; benefits vary by employment type and location.
job-boards.greenhouse.io· checked 2026-10-14 - News
Tech stipend: in July 2025 Business Insider reported a $50/month tech stipend tutors could use toward a separate work laptop.
peoplematters.in· checked 2026-10-14 - Official
Payout schedule and method: not published. Employees are presumably on payroll; no public source states the schedule.
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Work availability
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Contractor hours: "hours will vary widely"; most projects may need at least 10 hours a week, with no fixed commitment.
job-boards.greenhouse.io· checked 2026-10-14 - News
September 12, 2025 layoffs: xAI cut about 500 of its roughly 1,500 annotation staff, telling generalist tutors "we no longer need most generalist AI tutor positions". xAI said it would "surge our Specialist AI tutor team by 10x" in STEM, finance, medicine, safety and more.
techcrunch.com· checked 2026-10-14 - News
Abrupt project changes: tutors described "drop-everything" project switches (Feb 2025).
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Risks and controversies
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Monitoring software (July 2025): tutors without a company laptop were told to install Hubstaff on personal computers, with screen captures enabled; the tool can log apps, sites, mouse movement and keystrokes during work hours. After pushback, xAI let people waiting for company laptops delay installation.
peoplematters.in· checked 2026-10-14 - News
Task-time tracking: an internal system called Starfleet Academy predicts task times, monitors screen time and lets QA reviewers rate work (Feb 2025).
aol.com· checked 2026-10-14 - News
Explicit content (Sept 2025): Business Insider reported that tutors on "Project Rabbit" transcribed sexually explicit user conversations, and 12 of 30 workers interviewed said they encountered sexually explicit material, including requests for child sexual abuse material. Workers had signed agreements consenting to sensitive content. xAI did not comment.
aol.com· checked 2026-10-14 - News
Face recordings (2025): in "Project Skippy" more than 200 employees were asked to record videos of themselves to train Grok on emotions; the consent form reportedly granted permanent access to the data. Some opted out.
futurism.com· checked 2026-10-14 - News
Job security: two reported rounds of cuts within about six months (Sept 2025, March 2026) and a hiring pause (June 2026).
techcrunch.com· checked 2026-10-14
Referral program
None found. No tutor referral program appears in the live postings.
boards-api.greenhouse.io· checked 2026-10-14
Worker sentiment (reports, not verified)
Glassdoor: a small number of "AI Tutor - STEM" reviews; one May 2025 5-star review praises pay and work-life balance but calls the work sometimes repetitive. Too few to rate.
glassdoor.nl· checked 2026-10-14- News
Negative: monotony ("you can get numb to flipping between prompts"), close monitoring and abrupt project switches, per tutors quoted by Business Insider.
aol.com· checked 2026-10-14 - News
Negative: distress over explicit-content projects and face-recording requests (2025 reporting).
futurism.com· checked 2026-10-14 - Official
Positive: relatively high posted hourly rates and US benefits for employee tracks, compared with contractor-only platforms.
job-boards.greenhouse.io· checked 2026-10-14 - News
Rough balance: public worker accounts are few and mostly come through press investigations; they center on surveillance, content exposure and layoffs rather than pay disputes.
techcrunch.com· checked 2026-10-14
Quick answers
- How much does xAI (AI Tutor) pay?
- Live roles: languages $35–45/hr, legal $50–100/hr; coding $40–100/hr on a closed listing
- Who can join xAI (AI Tutor)?
- Remote from most countries; not Wyoming or Illinois; no visa sponsorship
- How do you get into xAI (AI Tutor)?
- Apply on Greenhouse; applicants report an assessment, short video interview and background check
- How and when does xAI (AI Tutor) pay out?
- Employee payroll with US benefits, or contractor
- What should you watch out for at xAI (AI Tutor)?
- Hubstaff monitoring on personal laptops; explicit-content projects; layoffs in 2025 and 2026