Research Scientist Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Research Scientist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 177,688
✏️ This salary info is based on 880 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Research Scientist salary lies between USD 140,000 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.
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- Research Scientist
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- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 880
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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 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 | 948 jobs Machine Learning | 786 jobs Python | 735 jobs Computer Science | 624 jobs Engineering | 613 jobs PhD | 567 jobs PyTorch | 436 jobs Deep Learning | 420 jobs LLMs | 349 jobs Statistics | 314 jobs Physics | 309 jobs NeurIPS | 290 jobs Mathematics | 283 jobs Computer Vision | 282 jobs Architecture | 281 jobs NLP | 274 jobs TensorFlow | 257 jobs R | 247 jobs Generative AI | 238 jobs ICLR | 231 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 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 | 768 jobs Conferences | 455 jobs Health care | 429 jobs Equity / stock options | 417 jobs Salary bonus | 265 jobs Parental leave | 179 jobs Competitive pay | 179 jobs Flex hours | 171 jobs Insurance | 159 jobs Medical leave | 145 jobs Startup environment | 135 jobs Flex vacation | 123 jobs 401(k) matching | 118 jobs Team events | 112 jobs Wellness | 63 jobs Transparency | 56 jobs Relocation support | 31 jobs Fitness / gym | 26 jobs Home office stipend | 13 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 13 jobsRelated salaries
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