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What AI and web3 companies advertise for Research jobs right now, worked out from the open jobs on this board.

Live dataFrom the 286 of 651 open Research jobs on the board that list pay (44%). Jobs without pay are left out. Updated every hour.

Median€249K$279K a year
Middle half€206K–€319KHalf of jobs pay in this range
Best paid€609KMiddle of the top range
Jobs listing pay44%286 of 651

How pay spreads out

Median bandRoles per €25K, middle of each range

Under €150K: 18 roles€150K–€175K: 17 roles€175K–€200K: 27 roles€200K–€225K: 36 roles€225K–€250K: 48 roles€250K–€275K: 30 roles€275K–€300K: 23 roles€300K–€325K: 18 roles€325K–€350K: 9 roles€350K–€375K: 7 roles€375K–€400K: 27 roles€400K–€425K: 2 roles€425K–€450K: 0 roles€450K–€475K: 0 roles€475K–€500K: 0 roles€500K–€525K: 0 roles€525K–€550K: 8 roles€550K–€575K: 0 roles€575K–€600K: 1 role€600K–€625K: 15 roles
Under €150K€600K–€625K

By seniority

Middle halfMedian

  • Intern€144K median, middle half €120K–€158K, from8
  • Senior€206K median, middle half €179K–€223K, from35
  • Staff€249K median, middle half €233K–€266K, from43
  • Lead / Manager€267K median, middle half €213K–€344K, from11

By where the job is

Middle halfMedian

  • North America€250K median, middle half €213K–€321K, from197
  • Remote€249K median, middle half €198K–€299K, from70
  • Europe€392K median, middle half €328K–€498K, from10
  • Asia-Pacific€147K median, middle half €147K–€156K, from8

Highest paying right now

RolePosted
Anthropic logoResearch Engineer, RL Scaling ScienceAnthropicAIOn-site · London, UK22 Jun
Anthropic logoStaff+ Research Scientist, Multi-AgentAnthropicAIHybrid · San Francisco, CA +222 Apr
Anthropic logoResearch Engineer, Code RL (Reinforcement Learning)AnthropicAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA +111 Jun
Anthropic logoResearch Engineer / Research Scientist, RL FrontiersAnthropicAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA +229 Sept
Anthropic logoResearch Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed SystemsAnthropicAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA +229 Sept
Anthropic logoPre-training Data Infrastructure EngineerAnthropicAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA3 Nov

Lowest paying right now

RolePosted
Databricks logoPhD GenAI Research Scientist InternDatabricksAIOn-site · San Francisco, California7 Nov
Crypto.com logoQuantitative Researcher - Prediction Markets, Quant TradingCrypto.comWeb3Hybrid · United States12 Jun
Outset logoResearcherOutsetAIRemote · San Francisco8 Oct
Applied Intuition logoResearch Intern - Reinforcement Learning, Self-DrivingApplied IntuitionAIOn-site · Sunnyvale21 Sept
Applied Intuition logoResearch Intern - Reinforcement Learning, RoboticsApplied IntuitionAIOn-site · Sunnyvale13 Feb
Mercor logoResearch Engineer Intern - Environments, Data and Post-TrainingMercorAIOn-site · San Francisco27 Oct

Each job counts once, at the middle of its advertised range, as a yearly amount in euros at European Central Bank rates. Equity, bonuses and tokens aren't part of advertised ranges, so they're not included. Groups with fewer than five jobs that list pay are left out.

Every Research job that lists pay

286 Research jobs

RolePosted
Today
Mercor logoPartnerships Lead, AI Infrastructure & Post-TrainingNewMercorAIOn-site · Mercor HQ, 181 Fremont Street4h
Duolingo logoStaff AI Research EngineerNewDuolingoAIOn-site · New York, NY +16h
Anthropic logoResearch Scientist, Discovery (Engineering & Applied Sciences)NewAnthropicAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA9h
Anthropic logoApplied Scientist, EngineeringNewAnthropicAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA10h
This week
OpenAI logoData Scientist, Analytics EnablementOpenAIAIRemote · San Francisco2d
Writer logoAI research scientistWriterAIRemote · San Francisco, CA +22d
Harvey logoResearch Engineer, InfrastructureHarveyAIRemote · San Francisco +23d
Anthropic logoResearch Engineer / Scientist, Pre-trainingAnthropicAIRemote · Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) +34d
Harvey logoResearch Engineer / Scientist, Reinforcement LearningHarveyAIRemote · San Francisco +23d
Tutor Intelligence logoResearch Scientist, RoboticsTutor IntelligenceAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA +15d
Waymo logoStaff Product Data Scientist, Marketplace MLWaymoAIOn-site · Mountain View, CA, USA +16d
Waymo logo2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research Scientist InternWaymoAIOn-site · Mountain View, CA, USA6d
This month
Anthropic logoResearch Scientist, Life Sciences (Large Molecules, Process Development)AnthropicAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA29 Oct
Fireworks AI logoFounding Data Scientist, Capacity & Pricing OptimizationFireworks AIAIRemote · San Mateo29 Oct
Anthropic logoResearch Scientist, Life Sciences (Large Molecules, Antibody Design)AnthropicAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA29 Oct
OpenAI logoData Scientist, Cloud Distribution & GrowthOpenAIAIRemote · San Francisco +128 Oct
Zoox logoSenior Data ScientistZooxAIHybrid · Boston, MA28 Oct
Legora logoData Scientist - GrowthLegoraAIOn-site · New York City28 Oct
OpenAI logoResearch Engineer / Research Scientist, Human FlourishingOpenAIAIOn-site · San Francisco28 Oct
Mercor logoResearch Engineer Intern - Environments, Data and Post-TrainingMercorAIOn-site · San Francisco27 Oct
Anthropic logoTech Lead Manager, Core Apps Data ScientistAnthropicAIOn-site · New York City, NY +227 Oct
Wayve logoData Scientist, Robotaxi Performance & CapabilityWayveAIOn-site · Sunnyvale, California USA26 Oct
Anthropic logoResearch Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational Chemistry)AnthropicAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA26 Oct
Coinbase logoStaff User ResearcherCoinbaseWeb3Remote · Remote - USA23 Oct
OpenAI logoResearcher, Misalignment Monitoring LeadOpenAIAIOn-site · San Francisco22 Oct
Outset logoResearch ScientistOutsetAIRemote · San Francisco22 Oct
Outset logoResearch EngineerOutsetAIRemote · San Francisco22 Oct
OpenAI logoMachine Learning Data Scientist - Consumer ForecastingOpenAIAIRemote · San Francisco22 Oct
OpenAI logoResearch Scientist / Research Engineer - Web Understanding and Structured Retrieval, SearchOpenAIAIOn-site · San Francisco21 Oct
Anthropic logoResearch Engineer, Chip Design RLAnthropicAIOn-site · San Francisco, CA21 Oct
Zoox logoData Scientist, Fleet Orchestration AlgorithmsZooxAIOn-site · Foster City, CA21 Oct
Plaid logoStaff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAIPlaidAIRemote · San Francisco HQ +121 Oct
OpenAI logoProduct Data Scientist - Youth, Families and LearningOpenAIAIRemote · San Francisco20 Oct
OpenAI logoAgent Post-Training, Computer Use ResearchOpenAIAIOn-site · San Francisco19 Oct
Waymo logo2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research Scientist, Visual ReasoningWaymoAIOn-site · Mountain View, CA, USA19 Oct
Deepgram logoResearch Engineer, Post-TrainingDeepgramAIRemote · USA - Remote +219 Oct
Waymo logo2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, Behavior Post-trainingWaymoAIOn-site · Mountain View, CA, USA +119 Oct
Etched logoInternal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Production)EtchedAIOn-site · San Jose15 Oct
Blee logoApplied ScientistBleeAIRemote · San Francisco15 Oct
OpenAI logoApplied Data Scientist, Personalization & Machine LearningOpenAIAIRemote · San Francisco15 Oct