Salary for Senior-level / Expert Research Scientist in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Research Scientist in United States during 2025 is USD 186,070

✏️ This salary info is based on 492 individual salaries reported during 2025

Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Research Scientist salary lies between USD 150,000 and USD 250,000 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: Senior-level / Expert

Region: United States

Salary year: 2025

Sample size: 492

Top 10%: $ 300,000

Top 25%: $ 250,000

Median: $ 186,070

Bottom 25%: $ 150,000

Bottom 10%: $ 117,000

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.

Last updated: July 20, 2025

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Research Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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:

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Research Scientist job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options 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:

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