Remote AI research salary
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 23, 2026
AI Research pay on remote roles is measured from 74 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 46 postings put the middle half between $163,590 and $239,438, with a median of $206,300.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $158,543 and senior $206,300. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 30% more.
60 AI research roles are open remote right now, 28 listing pay.
| Country | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Mid | $124,114 – $188,750 | $158,543 | 28 |
| United States | Senior | $163,590 – $239,438 | $206,300 | 46 |
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 · 28 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $122,500–$262,500scale $70,000–$370,000
Principal AI Scientist Cerence · Remote · US New $123,500–$197,600 1d ago Senior Data Scientist - AI Cvshealth · Remote · US $92,700–$203,940 4d ago Staff ML Systems Engineer Generalmotors · Remote · US $171,700–$303,900 4d ago 
Senior Data Scientist (NLP & Applied AI) Wiley · Remote · US $109,500–$156,833 4d ago Data Scientist - Clinical AI Cvshealth · Remote · US $79,310–$158,620 8d ago 
Staff Applied Scientist upstart · Remote · US $199,500–$276,000 8d ago 
Sr. AI Scientist - Life Sciences Abbott · Remote · US $99,300–$198,700 9d ago 
Staff Data Scientist, Trust and Safety Pinterest · Remote · US $164,695–$339,078 2w ago 
Research Scientist, Robotics & World Models Innodata Inc. · Remote · US $160,000–$185,000 4w 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 8w ago 
Applied Research Scientist, AI Research Descript · Remote · US $197,000–$262,500 2mo 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 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 Machine Learning Data Scientist Extend · Remote · US $135,000–$165,000 2mo ago 
Research Scientist - Generative Audio Spotify · Remote · US $133,194–$190,278 3mo ago Lead Machine Learning Scientist, Search Monzo · Remote · UK £115,000–£150,000 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 
Staff Applied ML Scientist SentiLink · Remote · US $220,000–$260,000 7mo ago 
Applied AI Scientist - LLMs & Voice Wave · Remote · Worldwide $227,900 9mo ago 
Senior Staff Data Scientist, Guest & Host Marketplace AI Airbnb · Remote · Worldwide $224,000–$280,000 1y ago 
Research Engineer, Knowledge Team Anthropic · Remote · US $350,000–$850,000 2y ago 
Senior AI/ML Computational Scientist Accenture · Remote · Belgium Pay not stated 5d ago 
Lead Applied Scientist, Search & Information Retrieval Thomson Reuters · Remote · US In listing 8d ago Lead Applied Scientist, Document Understanding Thomson Reuters · Remote · US In listing 8d ago Clinical Data Scientist - Digital Twins & AI/ML Workana · Remote · US Pay not stated 8d ago 
Senior ML Data Scientist - Women’s Health Ōura · Remote · US In listing 8d ago 
Research Engineer ElevenLabs · Remote · Poland Pay not stated 13d ago Principal Applied AI Scientist Vantor · Remote · US In listing 3w ago 
LLM Researcher Oddin · Remote · Europe Pay not stated 5w ago 
Senior Deep Learning Hardware Modeling Architect - LPU NVIDIA · Remote · US In listing 2mo ago 
Lead Applied Scientist squad · Remote · Ukraine Pay not stated 2mo ago 
Principal Data Scientist – Machine Learning & AI Accelerant · Remote · UK £78,230–£127,625e 3mo ago 
Senior ML Research Engineer, Virtual Cell SandboxAQ · Remote · Canada CA$151,100–CA$175,975e 3mo ago 
Staff Research Engineer - Multimodal Generative Modelling Synthesia · Remote · UK £78,230–£127,625e 3mo ago 
Staff Machine Learning Scientist Freenome · Remote · Worldwide In listing 3mo ago Senior AI scientist Cerence · Remote · India Pay not stated 3mo ago 
Principal Data Scientist - AI Anaplan · Remote · US $161,550–$248,750e 4mo ago Applied Scientist upstart · Remote · US In listing 4mo ago 
AI Research Engineer (Multi-Modal & Vision) - 100% Remote Worldwide Tether Operations Limited · Remote · UK £31,000–£445,000e 5mo ago AI Research Engineer (Multi-Modal Reinforcement Learning) - 100% Remote Worldwide Tether Operations Limited · Remote · UK £31,000–£445,000e 5mo ago AI Research Engineer (Agentic Post-training) - 100% Remote Worldwide Tether Operations Limited · Remote · UK £31,000–£445,000e 5mo ago 
Sr. Applied AI/ML Scientist sproutsocial · Remote · Ireland In listing 5mo ago 
Staff Data Scientist | ML Machinify · Remote · US $161,550–$248,750e 8mo ago 
AI Researcher — AI Architecture Research Featherless AI · Remote · Worldwide Pay not stated 9mo ago Applied Scientist (LLM) squad · Remote · Ukraine Pay not stated 9mo ago Staff Research Engineer - Interactive Avatars Synthesia · Remote · UK £78,230–£127,625e 9mo ago 
Senior ML Systems Engineer, Frameworks & Tooling Cohere · Remote · UK £78,230–£127,625e 10mo ago Research Engineer Intern (Multimodal LLM) Tether Operations Limited · Remote · UK Pay not stated 11mo ago 
Machine Learning Researcher / Engineer (Foundation Models) Pathway · Remote · US $134,688–$232,500e 11mo ago Research Engineer/Scientist, Ionospheric physics, remote sensing, and in-situ instrumentation Embryriddle · Remote · US $134,688–$232,500e 11mo ago Staff Research Engineer, Model Efficiency Cohere · Remote · US $189,560–$250,750e 11mo ago 
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Data Scientist Bayesian Health, Inc. · Remote · US $161,550–$248,750e 1y ago 
Data Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer Sumble Inc · Remote · US $134,688–$232,500e 1y ago
Senior Data Scientist (NLP & Applied AI) Wiley · Remote · US $109,500–$156,833 4d ago Data Scientist - Clinical AI Cvshealth · Remote · US $79,310–$158,620 8d ago Staff Applied Scientist upstart · Remote · US $199,500–$276,000 8d ago Sr. AI Scientist - Life Sciences Abbott · Remote · US $99,300–$198,700 9d ago Staff Data Scientist, Trust and Safety Pinterest · Remote · US $164,695–$339,078 2w ago Research Scientist, Robotics & World Models Innodata Inc. · Remote · US $160,000–$185,000 4w 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 8w ago Applied Research Scientist, AI Research Descript · Remote · US $197,000–$262,500 2mo 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 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 Machine Learning Data Scientist Extend · Remote · US $135,000–$165,000 2mo ago Research Scientist - Generative Audio Spotify · Remote · US $133,194–$190,278 3mo ago Lead Machine Learning Scientist, Search Monzo · Remote · UK £115,000–£150,000 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 Staff Applied ML Scientist SentiLink · Remote · US $220,000–$260,000 7mo ago Applied AI Scientist - LLMs & Voice Wave · Remote · Worldwide $227,900 9mo ago Senior Staff Data Scientist, Guest & Host Marketplace AI Airbnb · Remote · Worldwide $224,000–$280,000 1y ago Research Engineer, Knowledge Team Anthropic · Remote · US $350,000–$850,000 2y ago Senior AI/ML Computational Scientist Accenture · Remote · Belgium Pay not stated 5d ago Lead Applied Scientist, Search & Information Retrieval Thomson Reuters · Remote · US In listing 8d ago Lead Applied Scientist, Document Understanding Thomson Reuters · Remote · US In listing 8d ago Clinical Data Scientist - Digital Twins & AI/ML Workana · Remote · US Pay not stated 8d ago Senior ML Data Scientist - Women’s Health Ōura · Remote · US In listing 8d ago Research Engineer ElevenLabs · Remote · Poland Pay not stated 13d ago Principal Applied AI Scientist Vantor · Remote · US In listing 3w ago LLM Researcher Oddin · Remote · Europe Pay not stated 5w ago Senior Deep Learning Hardware Modeling Architect - LPU NVIDIA · Remote · US In listing 2mo ago Lead Applied Scientist squad · Remote · Ukraine Pay not stated 2mo ago Principal Data Scientist – Machine Learning & AI Accelerant · Remote · UK £78,230–£127,625e 3mo ago Senior ML Research Engineer, Virtual Cell SandboxAQ · Remote · Canada CA$151,100–CA$175,975e 3mo ago Staff Research Engineer - Multimodal Generative Modelling Synthesia · Remote · UK £78,230–£127,625e 3mo ago Staff Machine Learning Scientist Freenome · Remote · Worldwide In listing 3mo ago Senior AI scientist Cerence · Remote · India Pay not stated 3mo ago Principal Data Scientist - AI Anaplan · Remote · US $161,550–$248,750e 4mo ago Applied Scientist upstart · Remote · US In listing 4mo ago AI Research Engineer (Multi-Modal & Vision) - 100% Remote Worldwide Tether Operations Limited · Remote · UK £31,000–£445,000e 5mo ago AI Research Engineer (Multi-Modal Reinforcement Learning) - 100% Remote Worldwide Tether Operations Limited · Remote · UK £31,000–£445,000e 5mo ago AI Research Engineer (Agentic Post-training) - 100% Remote Worldwide Tether Operations Limited · Remote · UK £31,000–£445,000e 5mo ago Sr. Applied AI/ML Scientist sproutsocial · Remote · Ireland In listing 5mo ago Staff Data Scientist | ML Machinify · Remote · US $161,550–$248,750e 8mo ago AI Researcher — AI Architecture Research Featherless AI · Remote · Worldwide Pay not stated 9mo ago Applied Scientist (LLM) squad · Remote · Ukraine Pay not stated 9mo ago Staff Research Engineer - Interactive Avatars Synthesia · Remote · UK £78,230–£127,625e 9mo ago Senior ML Systems Engineer, Frameworks & Tooling Cohere · Remote · UK £78,230–£127,625e 10mo ago Research Engineer Intern (Multimodal LLM) Tether Operations Limited · Remote · UK Pay not stated 11mo ago Machine Learning Researcher / Engineer (Foundation Models) Pathway · Remote · US $134,688–$232,500e 11mo ago Research Engineer/Scientist, Ionospheric physics, remote sensing, and in-situ instrumentation Embryriddle · Remote · US $134,688–$232,500e 11mo ago Staff Research Engineer, Model Efficiency Cohere · Remote · US $189,560–$250,750e 11mo ago Senior/Staff Machine Learning Data Scientist Bayesian Health, Inc. · Remote · US $161,550–$248,750e 1y ago Data Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer Sumble Inc · Remote · US $134,688–$232,500e 1y ago