Research Scientist Salary in 2024
💰 The median Research Scientist Salary in 2024 is USD 179,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 422 individual salaries reported during 2024
Salary details
The average Research Scientist salary lies between USD 143,000 and USD 239,600 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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- Research Scientist
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2024
- Sample size
- 422
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated: May 12, 2024Salary trend
Top 20 Job Tags for Research Scientist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Research Scientist job listings are Research, Machine Learning and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Research | 494 jobs Machine Learning | 393 jobs Python | 354 jobs PhD | 319 jobs Computer Science | 303 jobs Engineering | 287 jobs Deep Learning | 216 jobs PyTorch | 178 jobs Physics | 163 jobs NLP | 161 jobs Statistics | 145 jobs LLMs | 144 jobs Computer Vision | 142 jobs TensorFlow | 133 jobs Mathematics | 130 jobs NeurIPS | 129 jobs Architecture | 128 jobs ICML | 114 jobs VR | 110 jobs R | 106 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Research Scientist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Research Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Conferences. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 368 jobs Health care | 252 jobs Conferences | 225 jobs Equity | 216 jobs Flex vacation | 175 jobs Salary bonus | 143 jobs Flex hours | 127 jobs Competitive pay | 99 jobs Wellness | 75 jobs Insurance | 75 jobs Parental leave | 71 jobs Startup environment | 71 jobs Medical leave | 69 jobs 401(k) matching | 66 jobs Team events | 59 jobs Relocation support | 26 jobs Fitness / gym | 19 jobs Transparency | 15 jobs Flexible spending account | 15 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 14 jobsRelated salaries
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