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Research Scientist Jobs in San Francisco
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Added in 7 days5Posted in the last 7 days, where the advert gives a date
Median pay$285,000 to $320,000Advertised salary: median of the 41 adverts that state annual pay, apprenticeships not included
Pay range
What Research Scientist pays in San Francisco
Median low end$285,000
Median high end$320,000
In context
Research Scientist pay across cities
San Francisco is 2 of 4 on the middle of the median advertised range for Research Scientist, among the biggest cities TUNAI tracks for this role.
| City | Median advertised pay | Live jobs |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $241,000 to $375,000 | 50 |
| San Francisco | $285,000 to $320,000 | 127 |
| Seattle | $172,500 to $289,250 | 21 |
| Boston | $105,000 to $115,000 | 24 |
Latest Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco
- Research Scientist, Discovery (Engineering & Applied Sciences)Anthropic · San Francisco, CA$500,000 to $850,000 a yearPosted 5 Nov
- AI Research Scientist/ Research Engineer: Materials DiscoveryLogical Intelligence · San FranciscoPosted 5 Nov
- People Research ScientistCrusoe · San Francisco, CA - US$140,000 to $170,000 a yearOn-sitePosted 4 Nov
- Research Scientist, Pre-training ResearchChaidiscovery · San Francisco officeOn-sitePosted 4 Nov
- Research Scientist, Applied ResearchChaidiscovery · San Francisco officePosted 4 Nov
- Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Large Molecules, Process Development)Anthropic · San Francisco, CA$300,000 to $320,000 a yearOn-sitePosted 29 Oct
- Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Large Molecules, Antibody Design)Anthropic · San Francisco, CA$300,000 to $320,000 a yearOn-sitePosted 29 Oct
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Human FlourishingOpenai · San FranciscoPosted 28 Oct
- AI Research ScientistHum Ai · San FranciscoRemotePosted 26 Oct
- Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational Chemistry)Anthropic · San Francisco, CA$300,000 to $320,000 a yearOn-sitePosted 26 Oct
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Employers hiring Research Scientist in San Francisco
| Employer | Open jobs here |
|---|---|
| Openai | 16 |
| Anthropic | 15 |
| Scale AI | 8 |
| Epsilon Health | 7 |
| Waymo | 5 |
| Pluralis Research | 4 |
| Anthrogen | 3 |
| Chaidiscovery | 3 |
| Goodfire | 3 |
| Onepot | 3 |
| Achira | 2 |
| Afterquery | 2 |
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