AI Research Salaries
The average AI Research salary is $227.9k – $372.9k per year across 98 jobs. Pay ranges from $129.7k – $210.8k for Entry Level roles to $243.7k – $367.8k at the Senior level.
Average salary range
$227.9k – $372.9k
Based on 98 jobs · 33% more than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$175.3k
Average
$300.4k
75th percentile
$443.8k
AI Research salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Inference Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Level | $129.7k – $210.8k | 6 | +36% |
| Mid Level | $187.7k – $347.9k | 35 | +38% |
| Senior | $243.7k – $367.8k | 42 | +27% |
Top companies for AI Research salaries
8 companies hiring for AI Research roles, ranked by average salary.
NVIDIA
Avg. $177.4k – $306.4k · 14 jobs
OpenAI
Avg. $284.6k – $424.6k · 12 jobs
Anthropic
Avg. $314.5k – $495.5k · 10 jobs
Applied Intuition
Avg. $147.3k – $343.7k · 9 jobs
Thinking Machines Lab
Avg. $328.1k – $475k · 8 jobs
Scale
Avg. $234.7k – $302.2k · 8 jobs
xAI
Avg. $180k – $440k · 7 jobs
Perplexity
Avg. $242k – $378k · 5 jobs
AI Research salaries by location
Average AI Research salaries across 5 locations.
Related skills
Top paying skills across 6 skills.
Related titles
Software Engineering
Avg. $196.0k – $313.4k · 513 jobs
Hardware Engineering
Avg. $152.7k – $307.6k · 209 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $183.5k – $286.1k · 203 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $201.0k – $315.7k · 184 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $209.3k – $344.8k · 161 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $190.8k – $312.1k · 160 jobs
AI Research salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.