Figures / Prices
$2,837 per task
Datasets, tasks and environments, made to order, per task
The median of 8 public prices for datasets, tasks and environments on the made to order side, each stated per task (a range counts as its geometric midpoint; the middle half runs from $826 to $5,972; 2 open-ended figures are listed but not averaged).
Updated 15 Oct 2026, from its newest record.
The 10 records it is computed from, largest first
- One especially complex software-engineering RL task with its grader (upper end reported to Epoch AI)Amount$20KAs stated$20k per task would be rare but possibleDated12 Jan 2026SourceEpoch AI, An FAQ on reinforcement learning…
- Amount$19.9KAs stated£3000-£15,000 for a successful taskDated5 Nov 2024SourceUK AI Security Institute, evals bounty (blog)
- Amount$10KAs statedfrom $50 to $10,000 per taskDated15 Oct 2026SourceSequoia Capital podcast, Brendan Foody (Mercor):…
- Amount$5KAs stated$5000+ per coding task (a floor: 'plus')Dated9 Jul 2026SourceSemiAnalysis, The Future of Meta…
- Amount$4.5KAs statedthe base price would be $3000 ... pay $4500 overall per task implementationDated16 Dec 2023SourceMETR, Bounty: Diverse hard tasks for LLM agents
- Amount$2KAs stated$2,000 per taskDated15 Oct 2026SourceSequoia Capital podcast, Brendan Foody (Mercor):…
- Amount$2KAs stated$200 to $2,000 per taskDated12 Jan 2026SourceEpoch AI
- Amount$1.5KAs statedaround $500 to $1,500 a task per task, with hundreds to thousands of tasks per…Dated14 Oct 2026SourceDataVendor (HUD) docs, What you can sell (the…
- Amount$500As stated~$500 per RL task now, rising roughly fivefold to a few thousand dollars…Dated18 Aug 2025SourceMechanize
- Private agent-evaluation task for METR, priced by the hours a professional would need to complete itAmount$300As stated$300 per hour it would take a professional to complete the taskDatedNov 2024SourceMETR Task Development Guide, Introduction
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