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Research Scientist Salary
Research Scientists conduct cutting-edge AI/ML research, publish papers, and advance the field. They typically work on novel algorithms and fundamental improvements.
$142,700 - $850,000Based on 13 jobs
Salary Breakdown
Compensation statistics for Research Scientist roles
$142,700
Minimum
$292,500
Median
$320,229
Average
$850,000
Maximum
$142,700Median: $292,500$850,000
Shaded area represents the 25th to 75th percentile range
Research Scientist Salary Trend
Median monthly salary trend derived from job listings in the last 6 months
Research Scientist Salary by Location
Based on 10 job listings with salary data
SF Bay Area
$323K
$232K$600K
Median salary
Salary range
Top Skills for Research Scientists
LLM
$265Kmedian
$207K9 jobs$600K
python
$265Kmedian
$207K7 jobs$323K
reinforcement learning
$252Kmedian
$222K6 jobs$425K
Pytorch
$232Kmedian
$188K7 jobs$600K
Salary by Experience
Mid Level
$425Kmedian
$293K7 jobs$600K
Senior
$222Kmedian
$188K5 jobs$238K
Staff/Principal
$265Kmedian
$265K1 jobs$265K
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Adobe
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Research Engineer / Research Scientist - RE / RS - Proactivity
OpenAI
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Remote$234K - $296K
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