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4,283 postings · 208 companies

Research Scientist salary

Designs and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.

66 posted ranges at 20 companies · median $246k · H-1B median $214k (1,460 filings)

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By level

Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

LevelPostedH-1B
Entry1 posted$176k to $230kone posting$147k7 filings
MidH-1B onlyNo ranges$165k52 filings
Senior8 posted$221k$190k to $252k$248k91 filings
Staff9 posted$325k$251k to $378k$249k28 filings
Principal1 posted$280k to $350kone posting$352k6 filings
Manager1 posted$290k to $363kone postingFew2 filings
Director and up1 posted$270k to $340kone postingFew1 filing
Not stated45 posted$243k$200k to $291k$214k1,273 filings

By company

Anthropic$310kAnthropic, PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.H-1B $245kAnduril Industries$192kA tech employer posting pay on 543 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.Scale AI$243kScale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California.H-1B $285kWaymo$238kAn autonomous vehicle company posting pay on 113 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.H-1B $240kNuro$221kNuro, Inc. is an American autonomous vehicle technology company based in Mountain View, California.H-1B $216kDatadog$360kDatadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.H-1B $288kTuring$300kAn AI data company posting pay on 13 open jobs, mostly Research Engineer roles.H-1B $207k1X$250k1X Technologies is a Norwegian-American robotics and artificial intelligence company developing general-purpose humanoid robots for home environments.Snowflake$203kSnowflake Inc. is an American cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) data platform company founded in San Mateo, California, and headquartered in Menlo Park.H-1B $233kSpotify$162kA consumer company posting pay on 8 open jobs, mostly Research Scientist roles.H-1B $298kMercor$363kAn AI data company posting pay on 37 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.Databricks$310kDatabricks, Inc. is an American data and artificial intelligence software company headquartered in San Francisco, California.H-1B $226kSnorkel AI$288kSnorkel AI Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence training data, today disclosed that it has raised $350 million in funding.H-1B $225kOpenAI$271kOpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California.MongoDB$206kMongoDB, Inc. is an American software company that develops and provides commercial support for the source-available database engine MongoDB, a database for unstructured data.H-1B $245kHume AI$265kA tech employer posting pay on 4 open jobs, mostly Research Scientist roles.Writer$262kAn AI app company posting pay on 10 open jobs, mostly Security Engineer roles.H-1B $312kLabelbox$250kAn AI data company posting pay on 5 open jobs, mostly Forward Deployed Engineer roles.Baseten$248kAn AI infrastructure company posting pay on 42 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.ClickHouse$205kThe real-time analytics database and ClickHouse Cloud.
CompanyPosted
AnthropicAnthropic, PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.$310k$300k to $320k
Anduril IndustriesA tech employer posting pay on 543 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$192k$165k to $219k
Scale AIScale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California.$243k$216k to $270k
WaymoAn autonomous vehicle company posting pay on 113 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$238k$213k to $263k
NuroNuro, Inc. is an American autonomous vehicle technology company based in Mountain View, California.$221k$177k to $266k
DatadogDatadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.$360k$320k to $400k
TuringAn AI data company posting pay on 13 open jobs, mostly Research Engineer roles.$300k$250k to $350k
1X1X Technologies is a Norwegian-American robotics and artificial intelligence company developing general-purpose humanoid robots for home environments.$250k$200k to $300k
SnowflakeSnowflake Inc. is an American cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) data platform company founded in San Mateo, California, and headquartered in Menlo Park.$203k$176k to $230k
SpotifyA consumer company posting pay on 8 open jobs, mostly Research Scientist roles.$162k$133k to $190k
MercorAn AI data company posting pay on 37 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$225k to $500k2 postings
DatabricksDatabricks, Inc. is an American data and artificial intelligence software company headquartered in San Francisco, California.$275k to $345k2 postings
Snorkel AISnorkel AI Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence training data, today disclosed that it has raised $350 million in funding.$200k to $375k2 postings
OpenAIOpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California.$210k to $333k2 postings
MongoDBMongoDB, Inc. is an American software company that develops and provides commercial support for the source-available database engine MongoDB, a database for unstructured data.$139k to $273k2 postings
Hume AIA tech employer posting pay on 4 open jobs, mostly Research Scientist roles.$180k to $350kone posting
WriterAn AI app company posting pay on 10 open jobs, mostly Security Engineer roles.$199k to $325kone posting
LabelboxAn AI data company posting pay on 5 open jobs, mostly Forward Deployed Engineer roles.$200k to $300kone posting
BasetenAn AI infrastructure company posting pay on 42 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$210k to $285kone posting
ClickHouseThe real-time analytics database and ClickHouse Cloud.$175k to $235kone posting

Posted ranges

Not stated$199k to $325k

AI research scientist

San Francisco Bay Area

Writerseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$300k to $320k

Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Large Molecules, Antibody Design)

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$300k to $320k

Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Large Molecules, Process Development)

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $254k

Senior Research Scientist, Battlespace Awareness

Boston area

Anduril Industriesseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Senior$190k to $252k

Senior Advanced Research Scientist

Denver and Boulder

Anduril Industriesseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Senior$190k to $252k

Senior Research Scientist

Denver and Boulder

Anduril Industriesseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$167k to $222k

Research Scientist, Battlespace Awareness

Boston area

Anduril Industriesseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Senior$165k to $219k

Senior Research Scientist, Battlespace Awareness

Denver and Boulder

Anduril Industriesseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$165k to $218k

Research Scientist

Elsewhere in the US

Anduril Industriesseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$165k to $218k

Research Scientist

Elsewhere in the US

Anduril Industriesseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$144k to $192k

Research Scientist, Battlespace Awareness

Denver and Boulder

Anduril Industriesseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$126k to $167k

Research Scientist

Elsewhere in the US

Anduril Industriesseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$300k to $320k

Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational Chemistry)

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$320k to $400k

Staff Research Scientist - Foundation & World Models

New York City

Datadogseen Oct 14Posting ↗
Staff$320k to $400k

Staff Research Scientist - Post-Training for Agents

New York City

Datadogseen Oct 14Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $375k

Research Scientist - Human-AI Systems

San Francisco Bay Area

Snorkel AIseen Oct 7Posting ↗
Not stated$175k to $235k

Database Research Scientist

Remote (US)

ClickHouseseen Oct 7Posting ↗
Not stated$180k to $350k

AI Researcher

San Francisco Bay Area

Hume AIseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Not stated$350k to $850k

Research Scientist, Interpretability

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$500k to $850k

Staff+ Research Scientist, Multi-Agent

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $500k

Research Scientist, APEX Benchmarks

San Francisco Bay Area

Mercorseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$250k to $500k

Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-Training

San Francisco Bay Area

Mercorseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$250k to $445k

Research Scientist

San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$300k to $405k

Research Scientist/Engineer, Biological Safety

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$320k to $400k

AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR)

New York City

Datadogseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$250k to $400k

Staff Research Scientist

Elsewhere in the US

Turingseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$302k to $378k

Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents

San Francisco Bay Area

Scale AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $375k

Research Scientist

San Francisco Bay Area

Snorkel AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$290k to $363k

Senior Manager, Research Scientist

San Francisco Bay Area

Scale AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$194k to $352k

Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning

San Francisco Bay Area

Nuroseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Principal$280k to $350k

Principal Research Scientist - Scaling

San Francisco Bay Area

Databricksseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$250k to $350k

Senior Research Scientist, STEM

Elsewhere in the US

Turingseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$250k to $350k

AI Researcher

San Francisco Bay Area

1Xseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Director and up$270k to $340k

Principal AI Research Scientist, Research Director - AI Scaling

San Francisco Bay Area

Databricksseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$300k to $320k

Research Scientist, Life Sciences

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$300k to $320k

Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$300k to $320k

Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational)

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$300k to $320k

Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Experimental Biology)

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff Research Scientist, Foundation Models Recipes

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $300k

Forward Deployed Research Scientist

San Francisco Bay Area

Labelboxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$150k to $300k

Research Scientist, STEM

Elsewhere in the US

Turingseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $300k

AI Researcher - Robot Learning

San Francisco Bay Area

1Xseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $300k

AI Researcher - Perception

San Francisco Bay Area

1Xseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$151k to $297k

Staff Research Scientist

San Francisco Bay Area

MongoDBseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$194k to $291k

ML Research Scientist, Prediction & Smart Agents

San Francisco Bay Area

Nuroseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$200k to $288k

Staff Research Scientist, AI Agents & LLMs

Seattle area

Snowflakeseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$210k to $285k

Base Labs Research Scientist

San Francisco Bay Area

Basetenseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$216k to $270k

Research Scientist, Agent Robustness

San Francisco Bay Area

Scale AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$216k to $270k

Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring

San Francisco Bay Area

Scale AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$216k to $270k

Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations

San Francisco Bay Area

Scale AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$216k to $270k

Research Scientist, Safety Post Training

San Francisco Bay Area

Scale AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$213k to $263k

Research Scientist, Map Scalability

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$213k to $263k

Research Scientist, World Model Post-Training

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$213k to $263k

Senior Research Scientist, Perception

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$204k to $259k

Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World Modeling

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$126k to $248k

Senior Research Scientist

San Francisco Bay Area

MongoDBseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$169k to $242k

Senior Applied Research Scientist - Personalization

New York City

Spotifyseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $241k

Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior Planning and Prediction

San Francisco Bay Area

Nuroseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $241k

Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning

San Francisco Bay Area

Nuroseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Entry$176k to $230k

AI Research Scientist, New Grad - Agents & Reinforcement Learning

Seattle area

Snowflakeseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $220k

Post-Doctoral AI Researcher (2 year Fixed-Term)

Seattle area

Snowflakeseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$170k to $220k

People Research Scientist

San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$166k to $207k

Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations

San Francisco Bay Area

Scale AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$166k to $207k

Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training

San Francisco Bay Area

Scale AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$133k to $190k

Research Scientist - Generative Audio

New York City

Spotifyseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$133k to $190k

Research Scientist - Personalization

New York City

Spotifyseen Sep 24Posting ↗
PostingRange
AI research scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)WriterNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$199kto $325k
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Large Molecules, Antibody Design) (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $320k
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Large Molecules, Process Development) (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $320k
Senior Research Scientist, Battlespace Awareness (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesSeniorBoston area$191kto $254k
Senior Advanced Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesSeniorDenver and Boulder$190kto $252k
Senior Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesSeniorDenver and Boulder$190kto $252k
Research Scientist, Battlespace Awareness (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesNot statedBoston area$167kto $222k
Senior Research Scientist, Battlespace Awareness (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesSeniorDenver and Boulder$165kto $219k
Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesNot statedElsewhere in the US$165kto $218k
Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesNot statedElsewhere in the US$165kto $218k
Research Scientist, Battlespace Awareness (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesNot statedDenver and Boulder$144kto $192k
Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesNot statedElsewhere in the US$126kto $167k
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational Chemistry) (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $320k
Staff Research Scientist - Foundation & World Models (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatadogStaffNew York City$320kto $400k
Staff Research Scientist - Post-Training for Agents (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatadogStaffNew York City$320kto $400k
Research Scientist - Human-AI Systems (the posting, opens in a new tab)Snorkel AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $375k
Database Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)ClickHouseNot statedRemote (US)$175kto $235k
AI Researcher (the posting, opens in a new tab)Hume AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $350k
Research Scientist, Interpretability (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$350kto $850k
Staff+ Research Scientist, Multi-Agent (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$500kto $850k
Research Scientist, APEX Benchmarks (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercorNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $500k
Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercorNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $500k
Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $445k
Research Scientist/Engineer, Biological Safety (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $405k
AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR) (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatadogNot statedNew York City$320kto $400k
Staff Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)TuringStaffElsewhere in the US$250kto $400k
Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$302kto $378k
Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Snorkel AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $375k
Senior Manager, Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$290kto $363k
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning (the posting, opens in a new tab)NuroStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$194kto $352k
Principal Research Scientist - Scaling (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksPrincipalSan Francisco Bay Area$280kto $350k
Senior Research Scientist, STEM (the posting, opens in a new tab)TuringSeniorElsewhere in the US$250kto $350k
AI Researcher (the posting, opens in a new tab)1XNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $350k
Principal AI Research Scientist, Research Director - AI Scaling (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksDirector and upSan Francisco Bay Area$270kto $340k
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $320k
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry) (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $320k
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational) (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $320k
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Experimental Biology) (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $320k
Staff Research Scientist, Foundation Models Recipes (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Forward Deployed Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)LabelboxNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $300k
Research Scientist, STEM (the posting, opens in a new tab)TuringNot statedElsewhere in the US$150kto $300k
AI Researcher - Robot Learning (the posting, opens in a new tab)1XNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $300k
AI Researcher - Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)1XNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $300k
Staff Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)MongoDBStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$151kto $297k
ML Research Scientist, Prediction & Smart Agents (the posting, opens in a new tab)NuroNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$194kto $291k
Staff Research Scientist, AI Agents & LLMs (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeStaffSeattle area$200kto $288k
Base Labs Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)BasetenNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$210kto $285k
Research Scientist, Agent Robustness (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, Safety Post Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, Map Scalability (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Research Scientist, World Model Post-Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Research Scientist, Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World Modeling (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)MongoDBSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$126kto $248k
Senior Applied Research Scientist - Personalization (the posting, opens in a new tab)SpotifySeniorNew York City$169kto $242k
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior Planning and Prediction (the posting, opens in a new tab)NuroNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $241k
Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning (the posting, opens in a new tab)NuroNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $241k
AI Research Scientist, New Grad - Agents & Reinforcement Learning (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeEntrySeattle area$176kto $230k
Post-Doctoral AI Researcher (2 year Fixed-Term) (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeNot statedSeattle area$160kto $220k
People Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $220k
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$166kto $207k
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$166kto $207k
Research Scientist - Generative Audio (the posting, opens in a new tab)SpotifyNot statedNew York City$133kto $190k
Research Scientist - Personalization (the posting, opens in a new tab)SpotifyNot statedNew York City$133kto $190k
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By city

San Francisco Bay Area$269k44 open jobs with posted pay here.H-1B $219kNew York City$283k6 open jobs with posted pay here.H-1B $214kElsewhere in the US$208k6 open jobs with posted pay here.H-1B $215kDenver and Boulder$207k4 open jobs with posted pay here.Seattle area$203k3 open jobs with posted pay here.H-1B $212kBoston area$209k2 open jobs with posted pay here.H-1B $218kRemote (US)$205k1 open job with posted pay here.
CityPosted
San Francisco Bay Area44 open jobs with posted pay here.$269k$215k to $320k
New York City6 open jobs with posted pay here.$283k$245k to $321k
Elsewhere in the US6 open jobs with posted pay here.$208k$165k to $259k
Denver and Boulder4 open jobs with posted pay here.$207k$178k to $236k
Seattle area3 open jobs with posted pay here.$203k$176k to $230k
Boston area2 open jobs with posted pay here.$179k to $238k2 postings
Remote (US)1 open job with posted pay here.$175k to $235kone posting

H-1B by prevailing-wage level

The level the employer chose on the filing: I is entry, IV is fully competent. FY2025 Q4 to FY2026 Q3.

Level I: $202k (169) · Level II: $204k (737) · Level III: $224k (202) · Level IV: $259k (203)

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q1155$214k
FY2025 Q2460$199k
FY2025 Q3483$183k
FY2025 Q4102$214k
FY2026 Q1103$232k
FY2026 Q2439$218k
FY2026 Q3816$210k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 2148$256k
Oct 550$256k
Oct 1253$265k
Oct 1954$264k
Oct 2656$256k
Nov 266$246k

Recent changes

Range movedNov 4 · 6d ago
MongoDB

Narrowed the pay range for Senior Research Scientist: now $126k to $248k, was $101k to $273k. Posting ↗

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago
Stability AI

Took down Research Scientist, Professional Creative Workflows, last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago
Writer

Took down AI research scientist ($199k to $325k), last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

Related titles: Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineer, Applied Scientist, AI Safety Researcher