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

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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.

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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:

Research | 481 jobs Machine Learning | 425 jobs Python | 383 jobs Engineering | 350 jobs Computer Science | 343 jobs PhD | 280 jobs PyTorch | 208 jobs Deep Learning | 199 jobs LLMs | 196 jobs Statistics | 168 jobs Architecture | 165 jobs Mathematics | 163 jobs NLP | 146 jobs Physics | 137 jobs Generative AI | 135 jobs TensorFlow | 134 jobs R | 129 jobs ML models | 127 jobs Computer Vision | 116 jobs NeurIPS | 112 jobs

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:

Career development | 401 jobs Equity / stock options | 236 jobs Health care | 233 jobs Conferences | 221 jobs Salary bonus | 167 jobs Competitive pay | 115 jobs Flex hours | 114 jobs Parental leave | 83 jobs Startup environment | 79 jobs Flex vacation | 77 jobs Insurance | 74 jobs Medical leave | 67 jobs Team events | 61 jobs 401(k) matching | 56 jobs Wellness | 37 jobs Fitness / gym | 21 jobs Transparency | 15 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs Home office stipend | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 7 jobs

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