Research Scientist Salary in 2024
💰 The median Research Scientist Salary in 2024 is USD 179,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 422 individual salaries reported during 2024
Salary details
The average Research Scientist salary lies between USD 143,000 and USD 239,600 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.
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- Research Scientist
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2024
- Sample size
- 422
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated: May 12, 2024Salary trend
Top 20 Job Tags for Research Scientist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Research Scientist job listings are Research, Machine Learning and Python. 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:
Research | 531 jobs Machine Learning | 421 jobs Python | 386 jobs PhD | 338 jobs Computer Science | 331 jobs Engineering | 314 jobs Deep Learning | 227 jobs PyTorch | 189 jobs Physics | 176 jobs NLP | 175 jobs LLMs | 156 jobs Computer Vision | 152 jobs Statistics | 151 jobs Mathematics | 147 jobs TensorFlow | 140 jobs Architecture | 140 jobs NeurIPS | 138 jobs ICML | 121 jobs VR | 114 jobs R | 110 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Research Scientist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Research Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care 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 | 394 jobs Health care | 271 jobs Conferences | 248 jobs Equity | 230 jobs Flex vacation | 183 jobs Salary bonus | 151 jobs Flex hours | 133 jobs Competitive pay | 111 jobs Wellness | 82 jobs Insurance | 79 jobs Startup environment | 76 jobs Parental leave | 73 jobs Medical leave | 72 jobs 401(k) matching | 70 jobs Team events | 66 jobs Relocation support | 26 jobs Fitness / gym | 19 jobs Transparency | 17 jobs Flexible spending account | 16 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 16 jobsRelated salaries
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