Research Scientist Salary
Explore research scientist salaries from public compensation records. This page summarizes public compensation records where the reported job title matches research scientist.
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What This Report Shows
This report is a base-salary view of research scientist compensation in public records. The median and percentiles summarize the middle of the salary distribution, while the location tables show where matching records appear most often.
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Top Locations
The location tables show where research scientist records are concentrated in this dataset. They are useful for finding markets to compare, but they do not mean every research scientist role is available in each listed city or state.
Cities
| City | Records | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 3,244 | $100,668 |
| Cambridge | 1,357 | $103,395 |
| Menlo Park | 1,245 | $185,420 |
| Seattle | 1,071 | $152,710 |
| New Haven | 821 | $68,355 |
| Boston | 808 | $109,171 |
| Mountain View | 687 | $182,329 |
| Stanford | 644 | $80,377 |
States
| State | Records | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Ca | 6,862 | $159,650 |
| Ny | 4,440 | $97,568 |
| Ma | 2,643 | $106,352 |
| Tx | 2,051 | $80,057 |
| Wa | 1,929 | $164,027 |
| Ct | 981 | $71,392 |
| Md | 772 | $92,919 |
| Ga | 687 | $75,563 |
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