Applied Scientist Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Applied Scientist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 199,750
✏️ This salary info is based on 152 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Applied Scientist salary lies between USD 136,000 and USD 223,400 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.
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- Applied Scientist
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 152
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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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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 | 172 jobs Research | 153 jobs Python | 128 jobs Engineering | 123 jobs Computer Science | 110 jobs PhD | 103 jobs ML models | 103 jobs Statistics | 101 jobs Deep Learning | 100 jobs LLMs | 98 jobs NLP | 82 jobs Generative AI | 73 jobs PyTorch | 64 jobs TensorFlow | 60 jobs Java | 57 jobs Architecture | 50 jobs Computer Vision | 48 jobs Mathematics | 48 jobs Security | 45 jobs AWS | 40 jobsTop 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, Conferences and Health care. 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 | 160 jobs Conferences | 89 jobs Health care | 74 jobs Equity / stock options | 70 jobs Medical leave | 58 jobs Flex hours | 47 jobs Startup environment | 38 jobs Flex vacation | 34 jobs Competitive pay | 32 jobs Team events | 32 jobs Insurance | 30 jobs Parental leave | 28 jobs Salary bonus | 25 jobs Fitness / gym | 14 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs Home office stipend | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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