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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.
$126,000 - $413,160Based on 11 jobs
Salary Breakdown
Compensation statistics for Research Scientist roles
$126,000
Minimum
$254,000
Median
$249,559
Average
$413,160
Maximum
$126,000Median: $254,000$413,160
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 7 job listings with salary data
SF Bay Area
$278K
$187K$315K
Median salary
Salary range
Top Skills for Research Scientists
python
$278Kmedian
$195K7 jobs$329K
LLM
$243Kmedian
$187K6 jobs$315K
Deep Learning
$198Kmedian
$187K5 jobs$315K
Salary by Experience
Entry Level
$195Kmedian
$195K1 jobs$195K
Mid Level
$266Kmedian
$172K4 jobs$278K
Senior
$193Kmedian
$187K2 jobs$198K
Staff/Principal
$313Kmedian
$231K4 jobs$329K
Top Paying Companies for Research Scientists
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Latest Research Scientist Jobs with Salaries
Recent openings with disclosed compensation
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$141K - $202K
New York City
Research Scientist, HRI Research to Enable Collaborative Humanoid Robots
DeepMind
$141K - $202K
New York City
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Applied Research Scientist, Multi-Modal Perception (PhD New Grad)
Waymo
$175K - $215K
Mountain View, CASan Francisco, CA
Applied Research Scientist, Multi-Modal Perception (PhD New Grad)
Waymo
$175K - $215K
Mountain View, CASan Francisco, CA
1d
People Research Scientist
Anthropic
$245K - $310K
San Francisco, CANew York City, NY
People Research Scientist
Anthropic
$245K - $310K
San Francisco, CANew York City, NY
8d
Senior Research Scientist
MongoDB
$126K - $248K
Palo Alto
Senior Research Scientist
MongoDB
$126K - $248K
Palo Alto
10d
Staff GenAI Research Scientist - Retrieval
Databricks
$192K - $270K
New York City
Staff GenAI Research Scientist - Retrieval
Databricks
$192K - $270K
New York City
13d
Senior GenAI Research Scientist - AI Efficiency & Optimization
Databricks
$166K - $230K
San Francisco, CAMountain View, California
Senior GenAI Research Scientist - AI Efficiency & Optimization
Databricks
$166K - $230K
San Francisco, CAMountain View, California
13d