Applied Scientist Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Applied Scientist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 199,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 582 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Applied Scientist salary lies between USD 136,000 and USD 234,000 in the United States. 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.

Job title
Applied Scientist
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
582
Top 10%
$ 260,000
Top 25%
$ 234,000
Median
$ 199,500
Bottom 25%
$ 136,000
Bottom 10%
$ 120,100

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Applied Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Applied Scientist job listings are Machine Learning, Research 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:

Machine Learning | 668 jobs Research | 568 jobs Python | 544 jobs Engineering | 481 jobs Computer Science | 402 jobs Deep Learning | 392 jobs PhD | 385 jobs Statistics | 357 jobs ML models | 356 jobs LLMs | 331 jobs Java | 278 jobs NLP | 274 jobs Generative AI | 254 jobs PyTorch | 231 jobs TensorFlow | 224 jobs Mathematics | 191 jobs Architecture | 178 jobs Computer Vision | 158 jobs Security | 158 jobs AWS | 150 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Applied Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Applied Scientist job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Conferences. 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 | 604 jobs Equity / stock options | 316 jobs Conferences | 314 jobs Health care | 217 jobs Medical leave | 198 jobs Flex hours | 174 jobs Competitive pay | 142 jobs Startup environment | 135 jobs Flex vacation | 132 jobs Team events | 126 jobs Parental leave | 117 jobs Salary bonus | 98 jobs Insurance | 93 jobs 401(k) matching | 49 jobs Relocation support | 46 jobs Fitness / gym | 41 jobs Flexible spending account | 28 jobs Home office stipend | 20 jobs Wellness | 19 jobs Transparency | 17 jobs

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