Remote AI research salary
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026
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AI Research pay on remote roles is measured from 73 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 45 postings put the middle half between $162,500 and $237,750, with a median of $205,000.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $158,543 and senior $205,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 29% more.
186 AI research roles are open remote right now, 73 listing pay.
| Country | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Mid | $124,114 – $188,750 | $158,543 | 28 |
| United States | Senior | $162,500 – $237,750 | $205,000 | 45 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open AI research roles · remote · 73 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $120,000–$261,300scale $70,000–$370,000
Principal AI Scientist Cerence · Remote · US New $123,500–$197,600 today Senior Data Scientist - GenAI Cvshealth · Remote · US New $111,240–$222,480 today 
Staff Applied Scientist, AdTech Launch Potato · Remote · US New $175,000–$200,000 1d ago Program & Research Lead, AI, Labor, & Economy (Fixed Term) Pai · Remote · US New $112,000–$150,000 1d ago 
Senior Data Scientist, Safety Enforcement Reddit · Remote · US New $190,800–$267,100 1d ago Senior Data Scientist - AI Cvshealth · Remote · US New $92,700–$203,940 2d ago Staff ML Systems Engineer Generalmotors · Remote · US New $171,700–$303,900 2d ago Senior ML Systems Engineer Generalmotors · Remote · US New $174,900–$261,300 2d ago 
Applied Machine Learning Scientist II TD · Remote · Canada New CA$125,500–CA$154,000 2d ago 
Senior Data Scientist (NLP & Applied AI) Wiley · Remote · US New $109,500–$156,833 2d ago 
Applied Scientist (Economics) Intern Zillow · Remote · US New $104,000–$166,000 2d ago Principal Researcher, AI Red Teaming (Remote, ITA) CrowdStrike · Remote · Italy €106,000–€162,800 6d ago Data Scientist - Clinical AI Cvshealth · Remote · US $79,310–$158,620 6d ago 
Fraud AI/ML Data Scientist Guidehouse · Remote · US $80,000–$133,000 6d ago 
Staff Applied Scientist upstart · Remote · US $199,500–$276,000 6d ago 
Sr. AI Scientist - Life Sciences Abbott · Remote · US $99,300–$198,700 7d ago AI/ML Data Scientist Leidos · Remote · US $107,900–$195,050 7d ago 
Lead Machine Learning Scientist Dave · Remote · US $174,000–$224,000 8d ago 
Staff Machine Learning and Bioinformatics Scientist (Multi-Cancer Early Detection) Natera · Remote · US $163,200–$204,000 13d ago 
Staff Data Scientist, Trust and Safety Pinterest · Remote · US $164,695–$339,078 2w ago Lead Applied Data Scientist - Recommendations (Contextual Bandits, Reinforcement Learning) Target · Remote · US $132,000–$238,000 2w ago 
Lead AI Research Scientist II - Digital Safety Research Institute UL Research Institutes · Remote · US $144,304–$198,419 2w ago Applied AI Scientist IV - Healthcare, LLM/SLM, RAG experience CareSource mission · Remote · US $113,000–$197,700 3w ago 
Research Scientist, Robotics & World Models Innodata Inc. · Remote · US $160,000–$185,000 4w ago Research Scientist, Speech & Audio Innodata Inc. · Remote · US $160,000–$185,000 4w ago Applied Scientist Intern upstart · Remote · US $141,000–$150,000 4w ago Senior Data Scientist (NLP + Applied AI) Wiley · Remote · UK £44,200–£63,400 5w ago Principal Data Scientist (NLP + Applied AI) Wiley · Remote · UK £59,100–£84,633 5w ago 
Research Lead - Pre-training Safety FAR.AI · Remote · US $290,000–$450,000 6w ago 
Principal Research Scientist – Vision AI, Simulation & Physical AI Centific · Remote · US $200,000–$300,000 7w ago AI Research Engineer: Vision AI / VLM / Physical AI-1 Centific · Remote · US $180,000–$240,000 7w ago 
Senior Research Engineer Tenable, Inc. · Remote · US $122,500–$163,166 7w ago 
Principal AI Scientist (Polytope Bio) Astera Institute · Remote · US $250,000–$350,000 8w ago 
Applied Research Scientist, AI Research Descript · Remote · US $197,000–$262,500 8w ago 
Research Engineer, Machine Learning Systems Deepgram · Remote · US $150,000–$250,000 2mo ago Data Scientist, Pricing (Forecasting & Deep Learning) Homedepot · Remote · US $90,000–$160,000 2mo ago Data Scientist, Applied AI/ML CrowdStrike · Remote · US $120,000–$180,000 2mo ago Sr Data Scientist, Pricing (Deep Learning & Demand Forecasting) Homedepot · Remote · US $90,000–$190,000 2mo ago 
Lead Machine Learning Scientist, Business Banking Monzo · Remote · UK £115,000–£150,000 2mo ago 
Sr. Data Scientist - AI Research Lyra Health · Remote · US $128,000–$197,000 2mo ago AI Research Scientist, Agentic Systems (Remote) CrowdStrike · Remote · US $120,000–$180,000 2mo ago Senior Machine Learning Perception Engineer - Fallback Driving System Generalmotors · Remote · US $170,600–$261,300 2mo ago Applied Scientist upstart · Remote · US $141,500–$196,000 2mo ago Lead Machine Learning Scientist, Customer Operations Monzo · Remote · UK £115,000–£150,000 2mo ago Senior/Staff AI Scientist (Polytope Bio) Astera Institute · Remote · US $200,000–$300,000 2mo ago 
Senior Machine Learning Data Scientist Extend · Remote · US $135,000–$165,000 2mo ago 
ML Data Scientist III Company Description Press Ganey · Remote · US $100,000–$140,000 2mo ago AI Principal Data Scientist (Architect-Level Scope) KLDiscovery · Remote · US $190,000–$240,000 3mo ago 
Research Scientist - Generative Audio Spotify · Remote · US $133,194–$190,278 3mo ago Lead Machine Learning Scientist, FinCrime Monzo · Remote · UK £115,000–£150,000 3mo ago Lead Machine Learning Scientist, Search Monzo · Remote · UK £115,000–£150,000 3mo ago Staff Research Scientist - Reinforcement Learning Centific · Remote · US $200,000–$250,000 3mo ago 
Senior AI Scientist Atria Physician Practice New York PC · Remote · US $180,000–$260,000 3mo ago Senior AI/ML Scientist Bcbsnc · Remote · US $143,616–$229,786 4mo ago 
Lead ML/Perception Engineer May Mobility · Remote · US $235,000–$275,000 4mo ago Machine Learning Scientist, Multimodal AI Natera · Remote · US $124,800–$171,600 4mo ago 
Senior Researcher, Civil Safety Sciences Future of Life Organizations · Remote · US $155,000–$215,000 4mo ago AI Safety Argumentation Platform Research Engineer Future of Life Organizations · Remote · US $160,000–$210,000 5mo ago 
Tech Lead Applied Scientist Samsara · Remote · US $200,200–$357,500 5mo ago 
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity) Anthropic · Remote · US $500,000–$850,000 6mo ago
Staff Applied Scientist, AdTech Launch Potato · Remote · US New $175,000–$200,000 1d ago Program & Research Lead, AI, Labor, & Economy (Fixed Term) Pai · Remote · US New $112,000–$150,000 1d ago Senior Data Scientist, Safety Enforcement Reddit · Remote · US New $190,800–$267,100 1d ago Senior Data Scientist - AI Cvshealth · Remote · US New $92,700–$203,940 2d ago Staff ML Systems Engineer Generalmotors · Remote · US New $171,700–$303,900 2d ago Senior ML Systems Engineer Generalmotors · Remote · US New $174,900–$261,300 2d ago Applied Machine Learning Scientist II TD · Remote · Canada New CA$125,500–CA$154,000 2d ago Senior Data Scientist (NLP & Applied AI) Wiley · Remote · US New $109,500–$156,833 2d ago Applied Scientist (Economics) Intern Zillow · Remote · US New $104,000–$166,000 2d ago Principal Researcher, AI Red Teaming (Remote, ITA) CrowdStrike · Remote · Italy €106,000–€162,800 6d ago Data Scientist - Clinical AI Cvshealth · Remote · US $79,310–$158,620 6d ago Fraud AI/ML Data Scientist Guidehouse · Remote · US $80,000–$133,000 6d ago Staff Applied Scientist upstart · Remote · US $199,500–$276,000 6d ago Sr. AI Scientist - Life Sciences Abbott · Remote · US $99,300–$198,700 7d ago AI/ML Data Scientist Leidos · Remote · US $107,900–$195,050 7d ago Lead Machine Learning Scientist Dave · Remote · US $174,000–$224,000 8d ago Staff Machine Learning and Bioinformatics Scientist (Multi-Cancer Early Detection) Natera · Remote · US $163,200–$204,000 13d ago Staff Data Scientist, Trust and Safety Pinterest · Remote · US $164,695–$339,078 2w ago Lead Applied Data Scientist - Recommendations (Contextual Bandits, Reinforcement Learning) Target · Remote · US $132,000–$238,000 2w ago Lead AI Research Scientist II - Digital Safety Research Institute UL Research Institutes · Remote · US $144,304–$198,419 2w ago Applied AI Scientist IV - Healthcare, LLM/SLM, RAG experience CareSource mission · Remote · US $113,000–$197,700 3w ago Research Scientist, Robotics & World Models Innodata Inc. · Remote · US $160,000–$185,000 4w ago Research Scientist, Speech & Audio Innodata Inc. · Remote · US $160,000–$185,000 4w ago Applied Scientist Intern upstart · Remote · US $141,000–$150,000 4w ago Senior Data Scientist (NLP + Applied AI) Wiley · Remote · UK £44,200–£63,400 5w ago Principal Data Scientist (NLP + Applied AI) Wiley · Remote · UK £59,100–£84,633 5w ago Research Lead - Pre-training Safety FAR.AI · Remote · US $290,000–$450,000 6w ago Principal Research Scientist – Vision AI, Simulation & Physical AI Centific · Remote · US $200,000–$300,000 7w ago AI Research Engineer: Vision AI / VLM / Physical AI-1 Centific · Remote · US $180,000–$240,000 7w ago Senior Research Engineer Tenable, Inc. · Remote · US $122,500–$163,166 7w ago Principal AI Scientist (Polytope Bio) Astera Institute · Remote · US $250,000–$350,000 8w ago Applied Research Scientist, AI Research Descript · Remote · US $197,000–$262,500 8w ago Research Engineer, Machine Learning Systems Deepgram · Remote · US $150,000–$250,000 2mo ago Data Scientist, Pricing (Forecasting & Deep Learning) Homedepot · Remote · US $90,000–$160,000 2mo ago Data Scientist, Applied AI/ML CrowdStrike · Remote · US $120,000–$180,000 2mo ago Sr Data Scientist, Pricing (Deep Learning & Demand Forecasting) Homedepot · Remote · US $90,000–$190,000 2mo ago Lead Machine Learning Scientist, Business Banking Monzo · Remote · UK £115,000–£150,000 2mo ago Sr. Data Scientist - AI Research Lyra Health · Remote · US $128,000–$197,000 2mo ago AI Research Scientist, Agentic Systems (Remote) CrowdStrike · Remote · US $120,000–$180,000 2mo ago Senior Machine Learning Perception Engineer - Fallback Driving System Generalmotors · Remote · US $170,600–$261,300 2mo ago Applied Scientist upstart · Remote · US $141,500–$196,000 2mo ago Lead Machine Learning Scientist, Customer Operations Monzo · Remote · UK £115,000–£150,000 2mo ago Senior/Staff AI Scientist (Polytope Bio) Astera Institute · Remote · US $200,000–$300,000 2mo ago Senior Machine Learning Data Scientist Extend · Remote · US $135,000–$165,000 2mo ago ML Data Scientist III Company Description Press Ganey · Remote · US $100,000–$140,000 2mo ago AI Principal Data Scientist (Architect-Level Scope) KLDiscovery · Remote · US $190,000–$240,000 3mo ago Research Scientist - Generative Audio Spotify · Remote · US $133,194–$190,278 3mo ago Lead Machine Learning Scientist, FinCrime Monzo · Remote · UK £115,000–£150,000 3mo ago Lead Machine Learning Scientist, Search Monzo · Remote · UK £115,000–£150,000 3mo ago Staff Research Scientist - Reinforcement Learning Centific · Remote · US $200,000–$250,000 3mo ago Senior AI Scientist Atria Physician Practice New York PC · Remote · US $180,000–$260,000 3mo ago Senior AI/ML Scientist Bcbsnc · Remote · US $143,616–$229,786 4mo ago Lead ML/Perception Engineer May Mobility · Remote · US $235,000–$275,000 4mo ago Machine Learning Scientist, Multimodal AI Natera · Remote · US $124,800–$171,600 4mo ago Senior Researcher, Civil Safety Sciences Future of Life Organizations · Remote · US $155,000–$215,000 4mo ago AI Safety Argumentation Platform Research Engineer Future of Life Organizations · Remote · US $160,000–$210,000 5mo ago Tech Lead Applied Scientist Samsara · Remote · US $200,200–$357,500 5mo ago Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity) Anthropic · Remote · US $500,000–$850,000 6mo ago 60 of 186 open roles. 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