Research Scientist Salary in Canada during 2024

💰 The median Research Scientist Salary in Canada during 2024 is USD 154,950

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Research Scientist salary lies between USD 96,643 and USD 206,800 in Canada. 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
Research Scientist
Experience
all levels
Region
Canada
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 300,000
Top 25%
$ 206,800
Median
$ 154,950
Bottom 25%
$ 96,643
Bottom 10%
$ 51,543

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 5, 2024

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 | 456 jobs Machine Learning | 362 jobs Python | 328 jobs PhD | 296 jobs Computer Science | 281 jobs Engineering | 266 jobs Deep Learning | 201 jobs PyTorch | 164 jobs Physics | 150 jobs NLP | 146 jobs Statistics | 132 jobs Computer Vision | 131 jobs LLMs | 131 jobs TensorFlow | 123 jobs Mathematics | 120 jobs Architecture | 119 jobs NeurIPS | 118 jobs ICML | 103 jobs VR | 102 jobs R | 99 jobs

Top 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 | 343 jobs Health care | 233 jobs Conferences | 207 jobs Equity | 200 jobs Flex vacation | 165 jobs Salary bonus | 132 jobs Flex hours | 121 jobs Competitive pay | 93 jobs Wellness | 70 jobs Startup environment | 69 jobs Insurance | 69 jobs Parental leave | 65 jobs Medical leave | 63 jobs 401(k) matching | 60 jobs Team events | 56 jobs Relocation support | 22 jobs Fitness / gym | 19 jobs Transparency | 14 jobs Flexible spending account | 14 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 14 jobs

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