Research Scientist Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Research Scientist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 178,050

✏️ This salary info is based on 988 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Research Scientist salary lies between USD 141,000 and USD 248,000 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
Research Scientist
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
988
Top 10%
$ 310,000
Top 25%
$ 248,000
Median
$ 178,050
Bottom 25%
$ 141,000
Bottom 10%
$ 112,500

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 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 | 1070 jobs Machine Learning | 887 jobs Python | 821 jobs Computer Science | 704 jobs Engineering | 697 jobs PhD | 649 jobs PyTorch | 489 jobs Deep Learning | 466 jobs LLMs | 400 jobs Statistics | 348 jobs Physics | 339 jobs NeurIPS | 325 jobs Architecture | 322 jobs Mathematics | 317 jobs Computer Vision | 311 jobs NLP | 310 jobs TensorFlow | 286 jobs R | 280 jobs Generative AI | 277 jobs ICLR | 259 jobs

Top 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 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 | 871 jobs Conferences | 511 jobs Health care | 481 jobs Equity / stock options | 476 jobs Salary bonus | 304 jobs Competitive pay | 207 jobs Parental leave | 201 jobs Flex hours | 190 jobs Insurance | 183 jobs Medical leave | 167 jobs Startup environment | 152 jobs Flex vacation | 138 jobs 401(k) matching | 137 jobs Team events | 123 jobs Wellness | 73 jobs Transparency | 60 jobs Relocation support | 37 jobs Fitness / gym | 32 jobs Flexible spending account | 17 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 16 jobs

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