Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Scientist during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Scientist during 2025 is USD 153,200

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert AI Scientist salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 161,126 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
AI Scientist
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 234,600
Top 25%
$ 161,126
Median
$ 153,200
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 98,333

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 Senior-level / Expert AI Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert AI Scientist job listings are LLMs, Machine Learning and Statistics. 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:

LLMs | 10 jobs Machine Learning | 9 jobs Statistics | 9 jobs Computer Science | 9 jobs Generative AI | 9 jobs Research | 8 jobs TensorFlow | 7 jobs PyTorch | 7 jobs Engineering | 7 jobs HuggingFace | 7 jobs Transformers | 7 jobs Python | 6 jobs NLP | 6 jobs Mathematics | 6 jobs Big Data | 5 jobs Keras | 5 jobs Pandas | 4 jobs Scikit-learn | 4 jobs Spark | 4 jobs Azure | 4 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert AI Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert AI Scientist job listings are Career development, Team events 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 | 9 jobs Team events | 6 jobs Health care | 5 jobs Competitive pay | 5 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Medical leave | 2 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs

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