Research Scientist Jobs in California.
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Total jobs
168
positions indexed
New today
15
last 24 hours
Companies
85
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere
How many Research Scientist jobs in California are there right now?
There are 168 open Research Scientist jobs in California on JobsRadar right now, from 85 companies hiring directly. 122 of them disclose pay, with a median of $248,750 a year and most offers between $187,200 and $310,000. 15 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 20, 2026 at 18:20 UTC.
Research Scientist salary range in California
$187.2k
25th
$248.8k
Median
$310k
75th
$134.8k
$425k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $95.2k – $850k · outliers off-axis
Based on 122 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 20, 2026 from live listings
Staff Research Scientist
Turing
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Research Scientist, STEM
Turing
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Senior Research Scientist, STEM
Turing
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AI research scientist
WRITER
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Research Scientist
Tessera Labs
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Research Scientist
Roboflow
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Research Scientist - Frontier AI/ML & Quantum Algorithms
Sygaldry Technologies
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23h ago
Research Engineer / Scientist - Reinforcement Learning
Prime Intellect
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23h ago
People Research Scientist
OpenAI
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Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Health
OpenAI
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23h ago
Research Scientist / Research Engineer - Foundations, Search
OpenAI
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23h ago
Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-Training
Mercor
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23h ago
Research Scientist, APEX Benchmarks
Mercor
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23h ago
Senior Research Scientist, Model Evaluation
Cohere
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23h ago
Research Scientist - Loop Engineering and AI Infrastructure
SK hynix memory solutions America Inc.
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Research Scientist - Salesforce AI Research
Salesforce
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Scientist 3, CVRM Discovery Research Biology
Roche
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2d ago
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Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Vision-Language Model Pretraining
Epsilon Labs, Inc.
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3d ago
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Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Data Quality & Evaluations
Epsilon Labs, Inc.
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3d ago
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Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Post-Training & Reinforcement Learning
Epsilon Labs, Inc.
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3d ago
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Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Vision Foundation Models
Epsilon Labs, Inc.
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3d ago
People Research Scientist
Wealthfront
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3d ago
2027 Intern, PhD Research Scientist
Waabi
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3d ago
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Principal Scientist / Associate Director, Agentic AI Research for Materials Science
Lila Sciences
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4d ago
Senior Research Scientist, Quantum Error Correction
Q Ctrl
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4d ago
Frequently asked questions
- How many Research Scientist jobs in California are open right now?
- 168 Research Scientist jobs in California are open across 85 companies, as of October 20, 2026.
- What do Research Scientist jobs in California pay?
- Across the 122 Research Scientist jobs in California that disclose pay, the median is $248,750 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $187,200 and $310,000.
- Which companies are hiring Research Scientist jobs in California?
- Turing, WRITER, Tessera Labs, Roboflow and Sygaldry Technologies are among the 85 companies currently hiring Research Scientist jobs in California.
- How current are these listings?
- Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on October 20, 2026 at 18:20 UTC.