Not enough disclosed-salary data yet — 3 live roles, 1 listing pay.
$214,000
median · per year, annualized USD
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training
Research Scientist, Interpretability
Research Engineer / Research Scientist- Personal AGI (Post Training)
Research Engineer / Research Scientist -Personal AGI, Proactivity
[Expression of Interest] Research Scientist / Engineer, Honesty
Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment Science
Staff / Principal Research Scientist - USA
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Tokens
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Audio
Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment Science - London
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anthropic
|
$425,000 | 11 |
Anduril Industries
|
$221,000 | 11 |
| LS Lila Sciences | $240,000 | 8 |
| SA SandboxAQ | $169,114 | 8 |
Astera Institute
|
$225,000 | 6 |
Waabi
|
$212,750 | 6 |
| SA Scale AI | $243,000 | 5 |
Nuro
|
$229,900 | 5 |
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $255,000 | 70 |
| New York | $231,000 | 39 |
| London | $228,341 | 6 |
| Seattle | $213,800 | 11 |
| Toronto | $212,000 | 8 |
| Boston | $197,500 | 7 |
| Los Angeles | $125,000 | 4 |
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Mathematician and Research Scientist are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.