AI Researcher Salary in 2025
💰 The median AI Researcher Salary in 2025 is USD 169,150
✏️ This salary info is based on 32 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average AI Researcher salary lies between USD 122,200 and USD 240,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
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- AI Researcher
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 32
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for AI Researcher roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with AI Researcher job listings are Research, Machine Learning and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Research | 79 jobs Machine Learning | 74 jobs Python | 70 jobs Computer Science | 65 jobs LLMs | 57 jobs PyTorch | 51 jobs PhD | 46 jobs NLP | 44 jobs TensorFlow | 42 jobs Deep Learning | 41 jobs Engineering | 41 jobs Generative AI | 33 jobs Architecture | 31 jobs R | 28 jobs Privacy | 28 jobs Computer Vision | 26 jobs Statistics | 25 jobs R&D | 24 jobs ML models | 22 jobs Pipelines | 22 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for AI Researcher roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with AI Researcher job listings are Career development, Conferences and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 63 jobs Conferences | 51 jobs Equity / stock options | 17 jobs Health care | 16 jobs Competitive pay | 14 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Startup environment | 10 jobs Salary bonus | 9 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Flex vacation | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Fertility benefits | 2 jobsRelated salaries
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