Median salary
$208,895
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$164.4k – $261.4k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
15.9%
348 of 2,195 roles
Live roles
2,195
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Pre-training
Machine Learning Systems Engineer, RL Engineering
Research Engineer, Pretraining Scaling
Research Engineer, Knowledge Foundations
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Pretraining Scaling - London
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Agents Research Lead
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
IMC
|
$212,500 | 39 |
OpenAI
|
$365,000 | 34 |
|
Anthropic
|
$599,286 | 13 |
Two Six Technologies
|
$190,564 | 10 |
Solve Intelligence
|
$167,500 | 8 |
American Institutes for Research
|
$141,175 | 8 |
CTC Lateral - Website & LinkedIn
|
$237,500 | 7 |
| AT ATG | $220,000 | 7 |
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How much do Researcher roles pay?
The median salary for Researcher roles is $208,895 per year. Most pay falls between $164,388 (25th percentile) and $261,375 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $125,000 to $349,300.
These figures are computed live from 2,195 active Researcher roles on JobsRadar, of which 348 (15.9%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Researcher roles include Anthropic and The General Intelligence Company of New York.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.