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Title: AI Evaluator for Legal hourly rate in New Jersey | Deftridge
Summary: AI Evaluator for Legal pay in New Jersey: median wage $86 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $105. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

NJ · United States · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# AI Evaluator: Legal hourly rate in New Jersey

The market median wage for an AI Evaluator: Legal in New Jersey is **$85.65 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$105 an hour** on Deftridge, -5% against the United States rate.

**$105/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$85.65/hr** median wage

**$57-119** middle half of wages

**$2,280** a month at 5 hours a week

## AI Evaluator: Legal wage percentiles in New Jersey

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $42.62 | $920 | $88,600 |
| 25th | $56.57 | $1,230 | $117,700 |
| Median | $85.65 | $1,860 | $178,200 |
| 75th | $119.04 | $2,580 | $247,600 |
| 90th | $189.06 | $4,100 | $393,200 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 23,360 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## New Jersey in numbers

What sets New Jersey apart for an AI Evaluator: Legal, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-1%** median wage against the United States median of $86.71

- **11th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **23,360** people employed in the role in this place

- **$70.44** median wage in the Trenton metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an AI Evaluator: Legal in New Jersey by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $105 | $2,280 |
| Manager | $130 | $2,820 |
| Director | $155 | $3,360 |

- AI expert review **$105**

## AI Evaluator: Legal pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior AI Evaluator: Legal, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage New Jersey ranks **11 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $132.50 | $165 |
| District of Columbia | $113.96 | $140 |
| New York | $105.98 | $130 |
| Virginia | $90.07 | $115 |
| Nevada | $88.78 | $110 |
| Washington | $86.45 | $110 |
| New Jersey | $85.65 | $105 |
| Connecticut | $85.50 | $105 |
| Texas | $82.03 | $105 |
| Arizona | $79.21 | $100 |

## Metro areas in New Jersey

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Trenton $70.44/hr median wage · range $56-98](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/new-jersey/)

- [Atlantic City $68.34/hr median wage · range $42-87](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/new-jersey/)

- [Vineland $58.29/hr median wage · range $43-75](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/new-jersey/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[AI Evaluator: Legal rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/) · [AI Evaluator: Legal jobs in New Jersey](https://deftridge.com/jobs/ai-evaluator-legal/new-jersey/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)