A Data-Driven Analysis of Workers' Earnings on Amazon Mechanical Turk

Explore a comprehensive data-driven analysis of workers' earnings on Amazon Mechanical Turk in this 21-minute conference talk from the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Delve into the findings of a study that recorded 2,676 workers performing 3.8 million tasks, revealing a median hourly wage of only ~$2/h, with just 4% earning above $7.25/h. Examine the disparity between average requester pay rates and actual worker earnings, and understand the impact of unpaid work such as task searching and rejected submissions. Gain insights into task characteristics and working patterns that lead to higher hourly wages, and consider the implications for platform design and worker tools to improve the future of crowd work.

A Data-Driven Analysis of Workers’ Earnings on Amazon Mechanical Turk