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Total jobs
252
positions indexed
New today
3
last 24 hours
Companies
129
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
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How many Researcher jobs in California are there right now?

There are 252 open Researcher jobs in California on JobsRadar right now, from 129 companies hiring directly. 186 of them disclose pay, with a median of $159,000 a year and most offers between $101,242 and $240,750. 3 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 19, 2026 at 22:49 UTC.

Researcher salary range in California

$101.2k 25th
$159k Median
$240.8k 75th
$72.4k
$352.8k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $52k – $600k · outliers off-axis
Based on 186 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 19, 2026 from live listings
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OpenAI
Researcher, Alignment CoT Monitorability
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $295,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3h ago
Illumio
Staff Security ML Researcher
Illumio
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale, California - HQ Onsite $221,000–$265,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3h ago
WM
Associate Director, Research Insights
WPP Media
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles, United States; Ne... Hybrid $75,000–$180,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 8h ago
SA
Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service
Snorkel AI
⚡ Apply early New York City, NY (Hybrid); Sa... Hybrid $160,000–$400,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
LS
Principal Scientist / Associate Director, Agentic AI Research for Materials Science
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; San Francis... Onsite $288,000–$420,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Parexel
Research Associate - Mandarin Fluent
Parexel
⚡ Apply early United States - Glendale - Cal... Onsite $41,600–$54,080
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Krea
ML Researcher - Image / Video Diffusion
Krea
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Krea
ML Researcher - Posttraining
Krea
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Freeform
Principal Machine Learning Researcher (Physical AI)
Freeform
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles, CA (On-site) Hybrid $200,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
RAND Corporation
Education Policy Researcher
RAND Corporation
⚡ Apply early Santa Monica, CA (Greater Los... Onsite $110,900–$183,300
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
RAND Corporation
Health Policy Researcher
RAND Corporation
⚡ Apply early Santa Monica, CA (Greater Los... Onsite $110,900–$183,300
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Abbott
Clinical Research Associate
Abbott
⚡ Apply early United States > California : R... · location restricted $61,300–$122,700
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Tencent
Senior Games User Researcher
Tencent
⚡ Apply early US-California-Los Angeles Onsite $127,100–$297,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Capital One
Applied Researcher 4 (AI Foundations: Recommendation Systems)
Capital One
⚡ Apply early McLean, VA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Fivetran
Senior UX Researcher
Fivetran
⚡ Apply early Oakland, California, United St... Hybrid $174,391–$217,989
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
American Institutes for Research
Quantitative Research Associate, Human and Community Development
American Institutes for Research
⚡ Apply early US-Remote | US-VA-Arlington |... · location restricted $64,480–$72,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
PA
Senior Experience Researcher
PayPal
⚡ Apply early New York City, New York, Unite... Hybrid $129,500–$191,950
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Innovaccer Analytics
4566-Artificial Intelligence Researcher
Innovaccer Analytics
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California, Uni... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
RAND Corporation
RAND Summer Associate Program - POLICY Research
RAND Corporation
⚡ Apply early Santa Monica, CA (Greater Los... Hybrid $66,560–$66,560
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
FO
FSP Clinical Research Associate 2 - West Coast - Oncology & Non-Oncology
Fortrea
⚡ Apply early Durham Onsite $100,000–$112,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Y Combinator
Editorial Researcher
Y Combinator
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $180,000–$200,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Vaxcyte
Associate Scientist I, Research
Vaxcyte
⚡ Apply early San Carlos, California, United... Onsite $86,500–$101,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Vaxcyte
Associate Scientist II, Research
Vaxcyte
⚡ Apply early San Carlos, California, United... Hybrid $108,000–$120,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Vaxcyte
Senior Associate Scientist, Research
Vaxcyte
⚡ Apply early San Carlos, California, United... Onsite $121,000–$141,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Ōura
Senior UX Researcher
Ōura
⚡ Apply early Hybrid - San Francisco, Califo... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Researcher jobs in California are open right now?
252 Researcher jobs in California are open across 129 companies, as of October 19, 2026.
What do Researcher jobs in California pay?
Across the 186 Researcher jobs in California that disclose pay, the median is $159,000 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $101,242 and $240,750.
Which companies are hiring Researcher jobs in California?
OpenAI, Illumio, WPP Media, Snorkel AI and Lila Sciences are among the 129 companies currently hiring Researcher 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 19, 2026 at 22:49 UTC.

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