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Research Scientist salary
The median salary in Research Scientist job ads that pay in USD is $287,500 a year (about $23,958 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $216,000 to $310,000, based on 17 salaries from 8 employers, updated 3 Nov 2026.
Range in job ads
$216,000–$310,000
Median in job ads: $287,500 / year
Based on 17 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 3 Nov 2026
How these figures are built →Analyze my salary →- Median in job ads
- $287,500
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $310,000
- Oct 2026
- Low $216,000 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 17
- from 8 employers
- Last updated
- 3 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 3 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $127,400
- 25th percentile
- $216,000
- Median
- $287,500
- 75th percentile
- $310,000
- 90th percentile
- $310,000
Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Skills and pay
Skills linked to higher Research Scientist pay
How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.
| Skill | Pay premium chart | Pay premium |
|---|---|---|
| aimedian $287,500 · 16 salaries | flat 0.0% | |
| machine learningmedian $287,500 · 12 salaries | flat 0.0% |
Pay listed by employers
Latest Research Scientist jobs that show their pay
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Research ScientistHumana · Mid level · posted 26 Sept 2026$78,400 – $107,800
- Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)Anthropic · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$300,000 – $320,000
- Research Scientist, Applied AI ResearchEdmentum · Entry level · posted 16 Oct 2026$90,000 – $100,000
- Research Scientist - Human-AI SystemsSnorkel AI · posted 25 Sept 2026$200,000 – $375,000
- Research Scientist, Life SciencesAnthropic · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$300,000 – $320,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
17 salaries from 8 employers, posted between 3 Nov 2025 and 3 Nov 2026. Last updated 3 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 88%
- Pay read from posting text 12%
Live jobs
Research Scientist jobs
Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
$210K – $360K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Research Scientist - Simplex
Emerybille, California, United States
$140K – $200K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Research Scientist, Theory & Computation
Alameda, CA, United States
$150K – $300K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Research Scientist, Multiregional Electrophysiology of Rodent Cognition
Alameda, CA, United States
$125K – $175K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Research Scientist, All-Optical Investigation of Rodent Cognition
Alameda, CA, United States
$80K – $150K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Research Scientist
Alameda, CA, United States
$120K – $220K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Research Scientist, Discovery (Engineering & Applied Sciences)
San Francisco, California, United States
$500K – $850K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Research Scientist – Human Influence
London, United Kingdom
$216K – $310K/yr
Jobiba market estimate · medium confidence
How Jobiba calculates this
Real postings first, estimates second
- • Uses salary-listed Jobiba job posts from the last 12 months, including posts that have since closed.
- • A post counts only when it states a salary, a currency and a pay period.
- • Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay becomes a yearly figure; no currency is converted or mixed.
- • Impossible values and extreme outliers are removed, and title variants are grouped into one role.
- • Reports the median (the middle value, not the average) and the middle half, only when enough posts back them.
- • Pay Jobiba works out for a job without a stated salary is labelled a Jobiba estimate, never shown as employer-provided pay.
Based on 17 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 3 Nov 2026
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions
Research Scientist salary: common questions
What is the average Research Scientist salary in 2026?
Job ads for Research Scientist on Jobiba list a median salary of $287,500 a year, based on 17 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $216,000 and $310,000 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate Research Scientist salary?
From 17 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.