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Research Scientist Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 560 open roles at 142 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$185K

Median

$229K

75th percentile

$289K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $38K, highest $850K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
Research Engineer, Chip Design RL (Reinforcement Learning)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, Code RL (Reinforcement Learning)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, Computer UseSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, DiscoverySan Francisco, CAAnthropic$350K–$850K
Research Engineer, Knowledge TeamRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$350K–$850K
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning) San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed SystemsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, Post-Training Model EvaluationsSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, Pretraining ScalingSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$350K–$850K
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-trainingRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$350K–$850K
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, RL FrontiersSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, RL EngineeringSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, Visual Knowledge WorkNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WAAnthropic$350K–$850K
Research Scientist, InterpretabilitySan Francisco, CAAnthropic$350K–$850K
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery TeamSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$350K–$850K
Staff Research Engineer, Multi-Agent ScalingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$500K–$850K
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$500K–$850K
Staff+ Research Scientist, Multi-AgentSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, Retrieval & Search, Applied EngineeringSan FranciscoOpenAI$293K–$585K
Research Engineer, InterpretabilitySan Francisco, CAAnthropic$315K–$560K
Principal Research Engineer, Model Training & Post-TrainingPalo Alto, California, United StatesInflection AI$400K–$550K
Data Scientist, Ads DemandSan FranciscoOpenAI$293K–$515K
Data Scientist, SMB Ads Growth San FranciscoOpenAI$293K–$515K
Data Scientist, Cybersecurity US - RemoteOpenAI$263K–$515K
Principal Research Scientist, Robot Foundation ModelsSunnyvale, California USAWayve$370K–$513K
Data Scientist, B2B Strategy & IntelligenceSan FranciscoOpenAI$347K–$510K
ML/Research Engineer, SafeguardsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$350K–$500K
Research Engineer, Life SciencesSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$350K–$500K
Research Engineer, Production Model Post-TrainingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$350K–$500K
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, TokensNew York City, NY; New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CAAnthropic$350K–$500K
Research Engineer / Scientist, AlignmentSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$350K–$500K
Research Engineer / Research Scientist- Personal AGI (Post Training)San FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Machine Learning Data Scientist, ForecastingSan FranciscoOpenAI$340K–$500K
Research Engineer, CodexSan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, MemorySan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, Personalization San FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Research Engineer/Research Scientist - Personal AGI, North StarsSan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Research Engineer/Research Scientist- Personal AGI, Model ExperienceSan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, HealthSan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Research Engineer, AI for Chip DesignSan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Data ScientistSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Research Engineer - Environments, Data and Post-TrainingSan FranciscoMercor$180K–$500K
Research Engineer, Real Environments San FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Research Engineer – BenchmarkingSan FranciscoMercor$200K–$500K
Research Scientist, APEX BenchmarksSan FranciscoMercor$200K–$500K
Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-TrainingSan FranciscoMercor$250K–$500K
Research Engineer, Infrastructure, NumericsSan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$350K–$475K
Research Engineer, Infrastructure, InferenceSan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$350K–$475K
Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Training SystemsSan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$350K–$475K
Research Engineer, Infrastructure, KernelsSan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$350K–$475K
Research Engineer, Web CrawlingSan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$350K–$475K
Research EngineerPalo AltoHarmonic$200K–$450K
Research Engineer, Training & InferencePalo AltoHarmonic$200K–$450K
Research EngineerPalo AltoHarmonic (Software Development Applications)$200K–$450K
Research Engineer, Training & InferencePalo AltoHarmonic (Software Development Applications)$200K–$450K
Research EngineerSan FranciscoOpenAI$250K–$445K
Research ScientistSan FranciscoOpenAI$250K–$445K
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, RL/ReasoningSan FranciscoOpenAI$295K–$445K
Research Engineer / Research Scientist / AI Systems Engineer, RSISan FranciscoOpenAI$295K–$445K
Data Scientist, BusinessSan FranciscoOpenAI$345K–$440K
Protection Scientist Engineer, Integrity San FranciscoOpenAI$198K–$425K
Research Scientist - World-Action Foundation Model, RoboticsSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$126K–$423K
Research Scientist (Research)SunnyvaleApplied Intuition$126K–$423K
Research Engineer - Robotic Hardware, Simulation and DataSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$126K–$423K
Research Engineer - Robot LearningSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$126K–$423K
Research Engineer - AI/RL InfrastructureSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$126K–$423K
Research Engineer - Reinforcement Learning, Self-DrivingSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$126K–$423K
Research Engineer - 3D Vision and Generation, Self-DrivingSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$126K–$423K
Research Scientist - 3D Vision and Generation, Self-DrivingSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$126K–$423K
Research Scientist - Reinforcement Learning, RoboticsSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$126K–$423K
Research Scientist - Humanoid RoboticsSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$250K–$423K
Principal Scientist / Associate Director, Agentic AI Research for Materials ScienceCambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$288K–$420K
Chief Scientist, MagnetsUnited StatesSandboxAQ$224K–$420K
Applied Scientist / Machine Learning EngineerSunnyvale, California USAWayve$312K–$420K
Machine Learning Scientist/EngineerSunnyvale, California USAWayve$311K–$420K
Research Scientist/Engineer, Biological SafetySan Francisco, CAAnthropic$300K–$405K
Applied AI, Research Engineer San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$300K–$400K
Research ScientistSan Francisco, CAGoodfire$200K–$400K
Senior Research EngineerSan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$400K
Research EngineerSan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$400K
Senior Research Engineer, Audio and SpeechSan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$400K
Research Engineer, SafetySan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$400K
Research Engineer, Audio and SpeechSan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$400K
Senior Research Engineer, SafetySan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$400K
AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR)New York, New York, USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USADatadog$320K–$400K
Staff Research Scientist - Foundation & World Models New York, New York, USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USADatadog$320K–$400K
Staff Research Scientist - Post-Training for AgentsNew York, New York, USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USADatadog$320K–$400K
Machine Learning ScientistBostonSuno Studio$207K–$395K
Data Scientist, ProductSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$385K
Data Scientist, InfrastructureSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$385K
Data Scientist, CodexSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$385K
Data Scientist, Platform and B2B ProductsSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$385K
Data Scientist, Financial Engineering San FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$385K
Data Scientist, B2B Demand Generation, Growth & MeasurementSan FranciscoOpenAI$293K–$385K
Data Scientist, PreparednessSan FranciscoOpenAI$345K–$385K
Data Scientist, Core Experimentation SeattleOpenAI$347K–$385K
Data Scientist, Real Estate & Workplace San FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$385K
Senior / Principal ML Scientist, Foundation Models for Life SciencesSan Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$268K–$384K
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