Applied Scientist Salary in United States during 2024

💰 The median Applied Scientist Salary in United States during 2024 is USD 180,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 253 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Applied Scientist salary lies between USD 136,000 and USD 238,600 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
Applied Scientist
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
253
Top 10%
$ 260,000
Top 25%
$ 238,600
Median
$ 180,000
Bottom 25%
$ 136,000
Bottom 10%
$ 120,100

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: May 26, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Applied Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Applied Scientist job listings are Machine Learning, Python and Research. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Machine Learning | 224 jobs Python | 201 jobs Research | 194 jobs PhD | 170 jobs Engineering | 164 jobs Computer Science | 159 jobs Deep Learning | 149 jobs Java | 119 jobs ML models | 118 jobs Statistics | 109 jobs LLMs | 104 jobs TensorFlow | 97 jobs PyTorch | 94 jobs NLP | 84 jobs Generative AI | 77 jobs Mathematics | 75 jobs Computer Vision | 64 jobs Data Mining | 53 jobs Privacy | 49 jobs R | 47 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Applied Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 220 jobs Equity / stock options | 128 jobs Conferences | 110 jobs Health care | 75 jobs Medical leave | 69 jobs Startup environment | 68 jobs Flex hours | 60 jobs Team events | 50 jobs Competitive pay | 43 jobs Flex vacation | 39 jobs Salary bonus | 36 jobs Parental leave | 33 jobs Insurance | 19 jobs Home office stipend | 15 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Wellness | 10 jobs Flexible spending account | 10 jobs Gear | 9 jobs Fitness / gym | 9 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs

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Applied Scientist @ $ 138,733 (Canada) Details

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