Senior Research Scientist Salary
Senior Research Scientist roles pay a median of $276k a year, based on 16 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $217k to $300k, and the top 10% more than $300k. 19% of these roles are remote. Highest median pay: Turing.
- $276k
- median USD
- $217k
- 25th percentile
- $300k
- 75th percentile
- 16
- disclosed roles
Shaded: middle half ($217k to $300k)
By city
| City | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broomfield | 3 | $207k | $221k | $221k |
| New York | 3 | $239k | $272k | $276k |
By country
| Country | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 14 | $221k | $276k | $300k |
Remote vs on-site
| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-site / hybrid | 13 | $221k | $279k | $300k |
| Remote | 3 | $239k | $272k | $276k |
Top-paying companies
Companies with at least three disclosed salaries here, by median.
Live roles
Senior AI Researcher: LLM post-training for hallucination reduction (f/m/d)
Aleph AlphaRemote (DE)
Not disclosed
Remoteresearch scientistSenior15d agoSenior AI Researcher- Pre-training (f/m/d)
Aleph AlphaRemote (DE)
Not disclosed
Remoteresearch scientistSenior20d agoSenior Research Engineer, Frontier Data
TuringUS
~$250k–$350k
research scientistSenior~$250k–$350k · 1mo agoSenior Research Scientist, STEM
TuringUS
~$250k–$350k
research scientistSenior~$250k–$350k · 1mo agoSenior Research Engineer
TuringUS
~$250k–$350k
research scientistSenior~$250k–$350k · 1mo agoSenior Applied Research Scientist - Personalization
SpotifyRemote (GB)
Not disclosed
Remoteresearch scientistSenior1mo agoSenior Applied Research Scientist - Personalization
SpotifyRemote (US)
~$169k–$242k
Remoteresearch scientistSenior~$169k–$242k · 1mo agoSr. Research Engineer, Synthetic Data
CursorPalo Alto, California, US
Not disclosed
research scientistSenior1mo agoSenior Research Scientist
AndurilBroomfield, Colorado, US
~$190k–$252k
research scientistSenior~$190k–$252k · 1mo agoSenior Research Scientist, Battlespace Awareness
AndurilWaltham, Massachusetts, US
~$191k–$254k
research scientistSenior~$191k–$254k · 1mo ago
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Every live listing here that discloses a number, in any currency. Converted to USD at ECB reference rates as of 2026-10-28. Hourly, weekly, and monthly figures are annualised (2,080 / 52 / 12). Where a salary is a range we use its midpoint. Breakdowns with fewer than three disclosed salaries are left out. All AI and ML salaries