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Title: AI Evaluator for Legal rate in Pennsylvania | Deftridge
Summary: AI Evaluator for Legal pay in Pennsylvania: median wage $74 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $95. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

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

# AI Evaluator: Legal hourly rate in Pennsylvania

The market median wage for an AI Evaluator: Legal in Pennsylvania is **$74.46 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$95 an hour** on Deftridge, -14% against the United States rate.

**$95/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$74.46/hr** median wage

**$48-112** middle half of wages

**$2,060** a month at 5 hours a week

## AI Evaluator: Legal wage percentiles in Pennsylvania

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 | $36.39 | $790 | $75,700 |
| 25th | $47.99 | $1,040 | $99,800 |
| Median | $74.46 | $1,610 | $154,900 |
| 75th | $111.86 | $2,420 | $232,700 |
| 90th | $177.66 | $3,850 | $369,500 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 26,340 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Pennsylvania in numbers

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

- **-14%** median wage against the United States median of $86.71

- **23rd of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **26,340** people employed in the role in this place

- **$86.16** median wage in the Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania 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 | $95 | $2,060 |
| Manager | $110 | $2,380 |
| Director | $135 | $2,930 |

- AI expert review **$95**

## 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 Pennsylvania ranks **23 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $132.50 | $165 |
| District of Columbia | $113.96 | $140 |
| New York | $105.98 | $130 |
| Alabama | $75.82 | $95 |
| Indiana | $75.35 | $95 |
| Minnesota | $74.84 | $95 |
| Pennsylvania | $74.46 | $95 |
| Missouri | $73.91 | $90 |
| North Carolina | $73.58 | $90 |
| Georgia | $73.02 | $90 |

## Metro areas in Pennsylvania

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

- [Philadelphia $86.16/hr median wage · range $57-121](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/)

- [Pittsburgh $73.25/hr median wage · range $45-104](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/)

- [Harrisburg $72.84/hr median wage · range $57-98](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/)

- [York $72.23/hr median wage · range $46-115](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/)

- [Lancaster $63.07/hr median wage · range $45-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/)

- [Erie $60.71/hr median wage · range $44-95](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/)

- [Reading $59.84/hr median wage · range $46-100](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/)

- [Scranton $59.64/hr median wage · range $34-93](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/)

- [Allentown $59.50/hr median wage · range $45-99](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/)

- [Lebanon $58.14/hr median wage · range $39-98](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/)

## 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 Pennsylvania](https://deftridge.com/jobs/ai-evaluator-legal/pennsylvania/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
