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About HireArt

HireArt, based in New York, finds and employs contract workers for other companies, and its public job board names each client or describes it ("an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company"). Its autonomous vehicle openings include vehicle operators and safety drivers who drive and monitor test vehicles and collect driving data (Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale and Ann Arbor, robotaxi programs in San Francisco, Miami, Houston, San Diego and Atlanta), teleoperations operators who watch driverless vehicles and assist them remotely, and readiness and response operators who prepare robotaxis for service and recover them on the road. Its robotics openings include robot operators, robotics pilots and data collection operators who run robot arms by teleoperation or a mouse and keyboard to record training data for robot models in San Francisco, San Leandro, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Lexington, Kentucky. Each posting states its hourly rate, its shifts and whether it is full or part time.

$25–$55/hr

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, RobotTraining.jobs shows 25 HireArt jobs open, typically paying $25 to $55 an hour (median $30).

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Is HireArt a good place to work?

Researched October 2026 · 17 sources

Mostly. HireArt is a real New York staffing firm that employs its contractors on W-2, pays weekly and subsidizes health cover, and applying is free, but each job lasts as long as the client wants it, and workers report thin paid leave. The job depends on the client: workers report contracts ending with no notice, and a 2024 class action says Scale AI had HireArt end more than 500 contract jobs in August 2024 without notice. It pays $25–$55/hr in most of its live listings (median $30/hr).

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Who is behind it

HireArt, Inc. is a New York staffing firm founded in 2012 (Y Combinator, Winter 2012) by Nick Sedlet, Eleonora Sharef and Dain Lewis. Since 2017 it has found contract workers for other companies and employed them itself, on W-2, as their employer of record; TechCrunch named Zoox, Via and Meta as clients. It raised a $26.25 million Series B in 2022, lists a team of 90 on Y Combinator and projected $212 million paid to contractors in 2025.

Getting paid

HireArt, not the client, is your employer, on W-2. Its page for Zoox contractors says pay is weekly for the previous week's approved hours, health cover starts the first of the month after 60 days, PTO after 90 days, plus 11 paid holidays, sick leave and a 401(k). Operator postings mostly pay $23 to $40 an hour.

Worker ratings

Glassdoor 4.2/5 (85 reviews) · Indeed 3.2/5 (14 reviews) · Trustpilot 4.5/5 (54 reviews). Read October 2026.

Verified active

25 open roles on HireArt, independently checked 28 Oct 2026.

Who can join

On-site at client sites in the United States, depending on the posting: California (San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, San Leandro), Michigan (Ann Arbor), Ohio (East Liberty), Nevada (Las Vegas), Florida (Miami), Georgia (Atlanta), Massachusetts (Cambridge), Kentucky (Lexington), Minnesota, Texas and other states.

Fake HireArt recruiters

We found no documented scam using HireArt's name. Its own guide (November 2025) says it emails only from @hireart.com, never from Gmail, Yahoo or WhatsApp, and never asks you to pay for training, background checks or onboarding; applying is free. Real openings are on app.hireart.com/browse; forward anything doubtful to support@hireart.com.

What people praise

  • An AV test specialist in San Francisco (Glassdoor, February 2021) praised weekly pay "unlike other temp agencies", excellent pay for a contractor, affordable health, dental and vision cover, and phone bill refunds.
  • A data collector in Sunnyvale (Indeed, June 2026) called management very fair and understanding, and the pay decent for work that is "just driving and AI training".
  • A robotics technician in Lexington, KY (Glassdoor, October 2026) praised a great environment, a great manager and the chance to learn; a San Francisco data collector (September 2026) called it very relaxed.

What people complain about

  • Paid leave is thin: the Sunnyvale data collector (Indeed, June 2026) reports no paid holidays and slow PTO, and a truck driver (Indeed, December 2022) got 40 hours a year for sick days and vacation together.
  • A generative AI associate in Dallas (Glassdoor, June 2024) says contracts end with zero notice ("you find out the day of") and that payroll missed health deductions several times, then took double.
  • An L3 autonomous driver in Austin (Indeed, February 2026) alleges HireArt sent police to their house when they quit and kept trying to intimidate them after they left.
  • A forklift operator in Moreno Valley, CA (Indeed, December 2024) says pay came 11 days late with no answers. On Indeed, job security and advancement is HireArt's lowest score, 2.9/5.

What has gone wrong

  • August 2024. A federal class action (Ramey v. Scale AI, N.D. Cal. 3:24-cv-06999, filed October 2024) says HireArt told workers it employed for Scale AI and Outlier AI on August 26, 2024 that their jobs had ended, effective immediately, and that more than 500 lost work without the 60 days' notice the WARN Acts require. These are claims; we could not read how the case ended.
  • 2026. HireArt is a defendant, with Scale AI, in McKinney v. Scale AI (San Francisco Superior Court, CGC-24-620481), a wage and misclassification suit settled for $12.5 million for Californians who did contributor work for Scale, as contractors or placed by HireArt, from December 2020 to February 2026. The defendants deny breaking any law; final approval is due October 30, 2026.
Who it suits

Best for: Drivers and hands-on workers near a client site who want W-2 hourly work at $23 to $40, paid weekly with health cover after 60 days, and can accept a contract that lasts as long as the client needs it. Not for: Anyone who needs a lasting job or a promised move to the client's own staff (no posting we read offers one), wants generous paid leave from day one, or lacks the clean driving and criminal record vehicle roles ask for.

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What HireArt pays

Measured live on its open roles · updated 28 Oct 2026
$25–$55/hrusual band, measured live

Today's median on HireArt: $30/hr, taken from the 25 open roles that list a rate. Posted rates go from $23/hr to $68/hr.

Based on 20 different posted rates, at this employer. Advertised USD hourly sample only, not a representative wage survey. Missing rates may bias the result in either direction.

Kind of workOpen rolesTypical pay
AV & Drone13$25–$60/hr
Teleoperation6$30–$50/hr
Demonstration Collection3$25–$35/hr
Fleet Operations2$25–$29/hr2 rates
Data Annotation1$35–$45/hr1 rate

HireArt's best-paid openings right now

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Kinds of work at HireArt

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AV & Drone Operators13 open hereRobot Teleoperation6 open hereData & Demonstration Collection3 open hereRobot Fleet Operations2 open here

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Frequently asked questions

Is HireArt a good place to work?

Mostly. HireArt is a real New York staffing firm that employs its contractors on W-2, pays weekly and subsidizes health cover, and applying is free, but each job lasts as long as the client wants it, and workers report thin paid leave. The job depends on the client: workers report contracts ending with no notice, and a 2024 class action says Scale AI had HireArt end more than 500 contract jobs in August 2024 without notice.

Is HireArt legit?

Yes. HireArt, Inc. is a New York staffing firm founded in 2012 (Y Combinator, Winter 2012) by Nick Sedlet, Eleonora Sharef and Dain Lewis. Since 2017 it has found contract workers for other companies and employed them itself, on W-2, as their employer of record; TechCrunch named Zoox, Via and Meta as clients. It raised a $26.25 million Series B in 2022, lists a team of 90 on Y Combinator and projected $212 million paid to contractors in 2025.

Is HireArt a scam?

No. HireArt is a real company. We found no documented scam using HireArt's name. Its own guide (November 2025) says it emails only from @hireart.com, never from Gmail, Yahoo or WhatsApp, and never asks you to pay for training, background checks or onboarding; applying is free. Real openings are on app.hireart.com/browse; forward anything doubtful to support@hireart.com.

Does HireArt pay?

Yes. HireArt's own job board verified October 28, 2026 (175 open roles from 29 companies, about 40 of them autonomous vehicle operations, robot operation or robot data collection). Payouts: HireArt is the employer: its site describes its contract workers as W2 employees and its service as an employer of record. Postings are full or part time on shifts the client sets.

How much does HireArt pay?

Today most of HireArt's listings pay $25–$55/hr, and the median sits at $30/hr, measured on the 25 open roles that list a rate. Posted rates go from $23/hr to $68/hr.

Is HireArt worth it?

HireArt pays $25–$55/hr in most of its live listings (median $30/hr). It works best as flexible, project-by-project income, since each project sets its own pay, equipment and eligibility. Worth knowing: Glassdoor 4.2/5 (85 reviews) · Indeed 3.2/5 (14 reviews) · Trustpilot 4.5/5 (54 reviews).

How does HireArt pay out?

HireArt is the employer: its site describes its contract workers as W2 employees and its service as an employer of record. Postings are full or part time on shifts the client sets.

Where is HireArt open to workers?

On-site at client sites in the United States, depending on the posting: California (San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, San Leandro), Michigan (Ann Arbor), Ohio (East Liberty), Nevada (Las Vegas), Florida (Miami), Georgia (Atlanta), Massachusetts (Cambridge), Kentucky (Lexington), Minnesota, Texas and other states.

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