Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Research Scientist during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Research Scientist during 2025 is USD 173,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 417 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Research Scientist salary lies between USD 130,295 and USD 237,500 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.

Job title
Research Scientist
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
417
Top 10%
$ 316,455
Top 25%
$ 237,500
Median
$ 173,000
Bottom 25%
$ 130,295
Bottom 10%
$ 95,900

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 Mid-level / Intermediate Research Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Research Scientist job listings are Research, Python and Machine Learning. 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 | 206 jobs Python | 160 jobs Machine Learning | 152 jobs Computer Science | 133 jobs Engineering | 128 jobs PhD | 112 jobs Statistics | 87 jobs PyTorch | 84 jobs Physics | 82 jobs Deep Learning | 80 jobs R | 75 jobs NeurIPS | 74 jobs Computer Vision | 64 jobs NLP | 58 jobs Mathematics | 57 jobs TensorFlow | 55 jobs ICML | 53 jobs VR | 53 jobs ICLR | 52 jobs LLMs | 51 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Research Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate 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 | 160 jobs Conferences | 111 jobs Health care | 81 jobs Equity / stock options | 72 jobs Salary bonus | 57 jobs Insurance | 35 jobs Parental leave | 33 jobs Competitive pay | 33 jobs Team events | 31 jobs Flex vacation | 29 jobs Flex hours | 25 jobs Medical leave | 23 jobs 401(k) matching | 22 jobs Wellness | 18 jobs Startup environment | 13 jobs Transparency | 13 jobs Relocation support | 13 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobs

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