Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Research Scientist during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Research Scientist during 2024 is USD 173,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 150 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Research Scientist salary lies between USD 124,100 and USD 208,000 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.

Job title
Research Scientist
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
150
Top 10%
$ 251,000
Top 25%
$ 208,000
Median
$ 173,000
Bottom 25%
$ 124,100
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Research Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate 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 | 89 jobs Machine Learning | 70 jobs Python | 69 jobs PhD | 62 jobs Engineering | 59 jobs Computer Science | 52 jobs Physics | 43 jobs Statistics | 36 jobs Deep Learning | 32 jobs VR | 32 jobs Computer Vision | 29 jobs NLP | 28 jobs PyTorch | 28 jobs Mathematics | 28 jobs NeurIPS | 28 jobs R | 25 jobs TensorFlow | 23 jobs ICML | 22 jobs Open Source | 21 jobs ICLR | 21 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Research Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate 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 | 68 jobs Health care | 48 jobs Conferences | 48 jobs Flex vacation | 36 jobs Equity | 33 jobs Salary bonus | 33 jobs Competitive pay | 19 jobs Flex hours | 17 jobs Team events | 17 jobs Parental leave | 14 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Wellness | 13 jobs Insurance | 10 jobs Startup environment | 7 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Relocation support | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs

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