Research Scientist Salary in 2025
💰 The median Research Scientist Salary in 2025 is USD 177,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 778 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Research Scientist salary lies between USD 136,000 and USD 247,600 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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- global/worldwide
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- 2025
- Sample size
- 778
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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 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 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Research | 772 jobs Machine Learning | 641 jobs Python | 591 jobs Computer Science | 513 jobs Engineering | 492 jobs PhD | 451 jobs PyTorch | 353 jobs Deep Learning | 347 jobs LLMs | 285 jobs Physics | 262 jobs Statistics | 257 jobs NeurIPS | 246 jobs Mathematics | 235 jobs Computer Vision | 234 jobs Architecture | 229 jobs NLP | 215 jobs TensorFlow | 212 jobs ICLR | 195 jobs R | 189 jobs ICML | 188 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, 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 | 622 jobs Conferences | 383 jobs Equity / stock options | 348 jobs Health care | 348 jobs Salary bonus | 225 jobs Competitive pay | 144 jobs Parental leave | 142 jobs Flex hours | 141 jobs Insurance | 124 jobs Startup environment | 108 jobs Medical leave | 107 jobs Flex vacation | 97 jobs Team events | 96 jobs 401(k) matching | 87 jobs Wellness | 56 jobs Transparency | 45 jobs Relocation support | 25 jobs Fitness / gym | 23 jobs Home office stipend | 10 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 10 jobsRelated salaries
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