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Research Scientist Salary

How much does a research scientist make? Real compensation data updated February 2026.

$189,410
Average Min
$256,176
Average Max
$254,000
Median Salary
$380,000
Top Salary
Entry level: $180,000
Senior level: $340,000
Top earners: $349,000

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Related Research Scientist Job Titles

Similar roles and their compensation ranges.

1

Preclinical Principal Scientist, Research & Development

2 open positions

$130,000 - $210,000
salary range
2

Research Data Scientist

5 open positions

$130,800 - $197,600
salary range
3

Manager/Principal Scientist Research & Development - Polymer Formulation

2 open positions

$130,000 - $180,000
salary range

Research Scientist Salary by Experience Level

How research scientist salaries vary based on seniority and experience.

Senior

$282,845
average max salary
Range: $196,632 - $282,845
Based on 10 jobs

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Top Paying Companies for Research Scientists

Companies offering the highest research scientist salaries based on their job listings.

1

Anthropic

4 research scientist jobs

$315,000 - $340,000
salary range
2

Spotify

1 research scientist jobs

$252,318 - $360,454
salary range
3

Arena AI

1 research scientist jobs

$250,000 - $350,000
salary range
4

Scale AI

4 research scientist jobs

$255,850 - $331,250
salary range
5

Discord

1 research scientist jobs

$248,000 - $279,000
salary range
6

MongoDB

1 research scientist jobs

$168,000 - $330,000
salary range
7

DeepMind

6 research scientist jobs

$171,333 - $269,333
salary range
8

Roku

2 research scientist jobs

$132,000 - $254,000
salary range
9

Cresilon, Inc.

4 research scientist jobs

$130,000 - $195,000
salary range
10

Tatari

3 research scientist jobs

$130,000 - $160,000
salary range

Research Scientist Salary by Region

Compare research scientist compensation across different geographic regions.

North America

21 jobs

$201,019 - $264,810
salary range

Worldwide

10 jobs

$165,032 - $238,045
salary range

Research Scientist Salary by Industry

How research scientist salaries vary across different industries.

Engineering

14 jobs

$236,529 - $307,214
salary range

Data

10 jobs

$137,000 - $182,000
salary range

Education

7 jobs

$170,045 - $260,065
salary range

Recent Research Scientist Jobs with Salary

Latest research scientist job postings with published compensation.

Research Scientist/Research Engineer, Multimodal Agents

DeepMind • Mountain View, California, US

$141,000 - $244,000

Data Scientist - Quantitative Research

Blueprint Technologies • Redmond, WA

$93,000 - $103,000

Machine Learning Research Scientist / Research Engineer, Post-Training

Scale AI • San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY

$252,000 - $315,000

Tech Lead/Manager, Machine Learning Research Scientist- LLM Evals

Scale AI • San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY

$280,000 - $380,000

Machine Learning Research Scientist/ Engineer, Agents

Scale AI • San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY

$239,400 - $315,000

Machine Learning Research Scientist / Engineer, Reasoning

Scale AI • San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY

$252,000 - $315,000
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Real Job Data

Salaries from actual research scientist job postings.

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Data refreshed as new jobs are posted.

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All figures in US Dollars, annual.