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Mid level science and research salaries in the United States
Median $204k a year across 149 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $155k to $285k. 94% of the 158 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $155k to $285k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Entry level$121k
- Mid level (this page)$204k
- Senior$171k
- Staff$250k
- Principal$195k
- Manager$230k
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
OpenAImedian of 14 published bands$370k
Mercormedian of 2 published bands$363k
Anthropicmedian of 6 published bands$310k
Periodic Labsmedian of 8 published bands$300k
Snorkel AImedian of 4 published bands$288k
Applied Intuitionmedian of 5 published bands$275k
Cartesiamedian of 4 published bands$270k
Roboflowmedian of 2 published bands$259k
Hiring the most right now
Guidehouseopen roles in this segment13
Iambic Therapeuticsopen roles in this segment4
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | $193k | 19 |
| AI Research Scientist | $183k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Staff+ Research Scientist, Multi-AgentAnthropic · Remote$500k to $850k
- Research Scientist, InterpretabilityAnthropic · San Francisco, CA$350k to $850k
- Research Lead, Tinker, Fine-tuning ScienceThinking Machines Lab · San Francisco, California, United States$350k to $475k
- Researcher, TrainingOpenAI · San Francisco$360k to $440k
- Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-TrainingMercor · San Francisco, California, United States$250k to $500k
- Researcher, Frontier Risk MitigationsOpenAI · San Francisco$295k to $445k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for mid level science and research roles in the United States?
$204k a year in base pay, across 149 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $155k to $285k.
What do the best-paid mid level science and research roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $350k, and one in ten sits below $100k.
How many mid level science and research job posts publish a salary?
94% of the 158 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote science and research roles in the United States pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $175k against $220k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 26 and 123 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for mid level science and research roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at OpenAI ($370k), Mercor ($363k), Anthropic ($310k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.