Applied AI Researcher salary
1 market range · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 3, 2026
The one range measured here is for applied AI researcher roles at mid level across the United States: 5 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $174,840 and $200,000, with a median of $200,000.
The range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. It rests on fewer than 10 postings, so treat it as a hint rather than a benchmark.
Every measured range
1 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $174,840 – $200,000 | $200,000 | 5hint |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open applied AI researcher roles · 12 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $150,000–$250,000scale $90,000–$350,000
Principal Applied AI Researcher (Prisma AIRS) Paloaltonetworks · Santa Clara $163,200–$264,000 2w ago 
Applied AI Researcher NTT DATA · Jersey City $104,904–$182,125 4w ago Applied AI Researcher NTT DATA · Jersey City $139,872–$209,808 4w ago 
Applied AI Researcher, Agent Systems & Evaluation nuro · Mountain View $193,930–$352,290 2mo ago 
Applied AI Researcher, Multi-Agent Systems Distyl AI · San Francisco $150,000–$250,000 5mo ago 
Applied AI Researcher – Multimodal Intelligence Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. · Markham CA$106,000–CA$156,000 6mo ago Applied AI Researcher, System Discovery Distyl AI · San Francisco $150,000–$250,000 1y ago Applied AI Researcher, Post-Training Distyl AI · San Francisco $150,000–$250,000 1y ago Applied AI Researcher, System Self-Construction Distyl AI · San Francisco $150,000–$250,000 1y ago Applied AI Researcher, AI Systems Distyl AI · San Francisco $150,000–$250,000 1y ago Applied AI Researcher, System Self-Improvement Distyl AI · San Francisco $150,000–$250,000 1y ago Applied AI Researcher, Benchmarking Distyl AI · San Francisco $150,000–$250,000 1y ago 
Senior Applied AI Researcher, Digital Biology NVIDIA · Israel, Tel Aviv Pay not stated 9d ago 
Lead Applied AI Researcher Fuse Energy · London £78,230–£127,625e 3w ago 
Senior Applied AI Researcher, Vice President Blackrock · BU3-Budapest-GTC White House Pay not stated 3w ago Applied AI Researcher Fuse Energy · London £31,000–£445,000e 8w ago Staff Applied AI Researcher (Agentic Search) Nebius · Remote · Netherlands Pay not stated 2mo ago Applied AI Researcher Verneek · New York In listing 2y ago