Research Scientist jobs paying over $150k
67 live research scientist roles posting $150k or more, freshest first, 18 fully remote. Backfilled from company career pages and public boards, refreshed nightly — each links out to apply at the source. See which of these your skills already reach.
- Supervisory Clinical Lab Scientist at Veterans Health AdministrationGrand Junction, Colorado$129k–$168k4d agoApply
Research Scientist (Measurement and Evaluation) at AbridgeUnited States · Remote$188k–$277k5d agoApply- Supervisory Clinical Lab Scientist (Blood Bank) at Veterans Health AdministrationWest Palm Beach, Florida$125k–$162k1w agoApply
AI Research Scientist II at AxonSeattle, Washington, United States$140k–$223k1w agoApply
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations at ScaleaiSan Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY$181k–$226k1w agoApply
People Research Scientist at OpenAISan Francisco$198k–$220k2w agoApply- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Health at OpenAISan Francisco$380k–$500k2w agoApply
- SUPERVISORY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST at Naval Sea Systems CommandNaval Base Newport, Rhode Island$101k–$157k2w agoApply
Sr Scientist - Global Regulatory Project Lead - Farm Animal at ElancoUnited States · Remote$118k–$197k2w agoApply- INTERDISCIPLINARY SUPERVISORY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST at Naval Air Systems CommandPatuxent River, Maryland$144k–$197k3w agoApply
- Supervisory Research Scientist (Project Manager) at Office of Inspector GeneralDistrict of Columbia, District of Columbia$169k–$197k3w agoApply
AI Research Scientist at CrowdstrikeUnited States · Remote$140k–$215k3w agoApply- SCIENTIST at Naval Sea Systems CommandIndian Head, Maryland$102k–$158k3w agoApply
- INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST at Organization of the Joint Chiefs of StaffSuffolk, Virginia$128k–$166k3w agoApply
- INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST at Naval Air Systems CommandPatuxent River, Maryland$144k–$197kAug 11Apply
Senior Scientist, Synthetic Data Generation at NVIDIAUnited States · Remote$168k–$305kAug 8Apply
Research Scientist – AI at Bright Vision TechnologiesUnited States · Remote$100k–$150kAug 6Apply- Research Engineer / Research Scientist / AI Systems Engineer, RSI at OpenAISan Francisco · Remote$295k–$445kAug 5Apply
Research Scientist at Oura Health LtdUnited States · Remote$128k–$178kAug 3Apply
Hardware Lab Manager at AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$320k–$405kAug 3Apply- Research Scientist, Generalist Embodied Agent Research - PhD New College Grad 20 at NVIDIACanada; United States · Remote$168k–$305kJul 31Apply
Senior Quantum Research Scientist at National Institute of Standards and TechnologyBoulder, Colorado$119k–$182kJul 31Apply
Research Scientist at OuraRemote - United States$151k–$178kJul 31Apply- INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/ SCIENTIST at Naval Air Systems CommandPatuxent River, Maryland$144k–$197kJul 30Apply
- Research Scientist / Computer Systems Researcher - Mid to Experienced Level (Maryland) at National Security Agency/Central Security ServiceFort Meade, Maryland$105k–$193kJul 27Apply
- Clinical Research Staff Scientist, Real World Evidence at OuraRemote - United States$198k–$233kJul 24Apply
- Senior Manager, Research Scientist at ScaleaiSan Francisco, CA; New York, NY$290k–$363kJul 24Apply
Bioinformatics Research Scientist II at VeracyteUnited States · Remote$122k–$170kJul 24Apply
Principal Scientist at Parsons CorporationUnited States · Remote$88k–$155kJul 23Apply- People Research Scientist, Recruiting at AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$285k–$380kJul 22Apply
- Research Engineer/Research Scientist- Personal AGI, Model Experience at OpenAISan Francisco$380k–$500kJul 22Apply
- Research Scientist - Multimodal Agent, Consumer Devices at OpenAISan Francisco · Remote$380k–$445kJul 21Apply
- Lead Clinical Lab Scientist - Microbiology/Molecular at Veterans Health AdministrationCleveland, Ohio$131k–$170kJul 21Apply
- Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational) at AnthropicSan Francisco, CA$300k–$320kJul 16Apply
Senior Staff Lab Manager (R5090) at ShieldaiSeattle, Washington$200k–$300kJul 14Apply- SUPERVISORY INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST at Naval Air Systems CommandChina Lake, California$197k–$210kJul 6Apply
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist -Personal AGI, Proactivity at OpenAISan Francisco · Remote$380k–$500kJun 25Apply
- Research Engineer/Research Scientist - Personal AGI, North Stars at OpenAISan Francisco · Remote$380k–$500kJun 25Apply
AI research scientist at WriterSan Francisco, CA · Remote$234k–$349kJun 17Apply- People Research Scientist, People at AnthropicNew York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA | New Yor$285kJun 15Apply
- Senior Computer Vision and Machine Learning Research Scientist at AxonSeattle, Washington, United States$160k–$256kJun 11Apply
- Senior Agentic AI Research Scientist at AxonSeattle, Washington, United States$160k–$256kJun 10Apply
- Research Scientist, Life Sciences at AnthropicSan Francisco, CA$300k–$320kJun 2Apply
Principal AI Research Scientist, Research Director - AI Scaling at DatabricksMountain View, California; San Francisco, California$270k–$340kMay 20Apply- Research Scientist, Safety Post Training at ScaleaiSan Francisco, CA; New York, NY$216k–$270kMay 18Apply
Senior Research Scientist at MongoDBPalo Alto$126k–$248kMay 11Apply
Senior Scientist, Ads Systems at RobloxSan Mateo, CA, United States$249k–$323kMay 6Apply- Principal Research Scientist – Scaling at DatabricksSan Francisco, California$280k–$350kApr 23Apply
- Research Scientist, Agent Robustness at ScaleaiSan Francisco, CA; New York, NY$216k–$270kMar 20Apply
Post-Training Research Scientist at BasetenSan Francisco · Remote$210k–$285kMar 17Apply- Research Engineer / Scientist, Frontier Red Team (Cyber) at AnthropicSan Francisco, CA$320k–$485kJan 23Apply
- Research Scientist/Engineer, Biological Safety at AnthropicSan Francisco, CA$300k–$405kJan 13Apply
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist- Personal AGI (Post Training) at OpenAISan Francisco$380k–$500kDec 1Apply
- Research Scientist, Interpretability at AnthropicSan Francisco, CA$350k–$850kNov 7Apply
- Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agent Data Foundation - Enterprise GenAI at ScaleaiSan Francisco, CA; New York, NY$265k–$331kOct 31Apply
- Machine Learning Research Scientist Agents - Enterprise GenAI at ScaleaiSan Francisco, CA; New York, NY$265k–$331kOct 31Apply
- Machine Learning Systems Research Engineer/Scientist, Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI at ScaleaiSan Francisco, CA; New York, NY$265k–$331kOct 31Apply
- Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI at ScaleaiSan Francisco, CA; New York, NY$265k–$331kOct 31Apply
- ENGINEER/SCIENTIST at Naval Sea Systems CommandDahlgren, Virginia$70k–$157kOct 21Apply
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Tokens at AnthropicNew York City, NY; New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Fran$350k–$500kOct 10Apply
Routes into research scientist
The measured pivots that lead here, ranked by how much of the destination a typical origin profile already covers. What it pays: research scientist salary.
- Data Scientist → Research Scientist55% readiness
- NLP Engineer → Research Scientist53% readiness
- Computer Vision Engineer → Research Scientist47% readiness
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How many research Scientist jobs paying over $150k are open right now?
67 live openings, refreshed with the nightly scrape; the newest was posted Sep 4. A page like this only exists while it clears a minimum of live listings, so the count is real inventory, never padding. Every preloaded search: browse the board.
How much do research Scientist jobs paying over $150k pay?
Of the 67 openings, 67 state a salary. The posted middle band runs $171k–$327k a year. Only postings that state pay are counted; nothing is inferred. Full research scientist pay data, by seniority and country: research scientist salary.
Can I get a research scientist job from an adjacent career?
Measurably, yes. The closest measured pivots in: data scientist (55% skill readiness), nlp engineer (53% skill readiness), computer vision engineer (47% skill readiness). Each route page lists exactly which skills carry over and which are missing. Moving out instead: where research scientists move next.
Which of these jobs do my skills already reach?
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Listings backfilled from re-displayable sources (company career pages, remote-job boards, and public-sector postings), freshest first, refreshed with the nightly scrape. A sample is shown here; see the full filtered board. Each links out to apply at the original posting; salary shown where the posting states it.
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