Salary for Senior-level / Expert Applied Scientist during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Applied Scientist during 2025 is USD 199,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 402 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Applied Scientist salary lies between USD 140,000 and USD 260,000 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
Applied Scientist
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
402
Top 10%
$ 266,000
Top 25%
$ 260,000
Median
$ 199,500
Bottom 25%
$ 140,000
Bottom 10%
$ 120,100

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 Applied Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Applied Scientist job listings are Machine Learning, Research 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:

Machine Learning | 436 jobs Research | 390 jobs Python | 337 jobs Engineering | 324 jobs Computer Science | 273 jobs Deep Learning | 263 jobs Statistics | 249 jobs PhD | 244 jobs ML models | 243 jobs LLMs | 231 jobs Generative AI | 193 jobs NLP | 183 jobs TensorFlow | 169 jobs Java | 151 jobs PyTorch | 150 jobs Architecture | 131 jobs Mathematics | 122 jobs Security | 103 jobs Computer Vision | 98 jobs AWS | 98 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Applied Scientist job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Conferences. 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 | 401 jobs Equity / stock options | 216 jobs Conferences | 195 jobs Health care | 168 jobs Medical leave | 138 jobs Flex hours | 133 jobs Competitive pay | 112 jobs Flex vacation | 108 jobs Parental leave | 92 jobs Startup environment | 91 jobs Team events | 89 jobs Salary bonus | 85 jobs Insurance | 82 jobs 401(k) matching | 43 jobs Relocation support | 41 jobs Fitness / gym | 33 jobs Flexible spending account | 25 jobs Home office stipend | 19 jobs Wellness | 16 jobs Transparency | 14 jobs

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