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Median advertised pay for AI, ML, LLM and data-science roles — drill into a specialization, country or seniority and the numbers update from live postings.
As of 2026-07-28, the median advertised salary for Research and Science roles tracked by ML/AI Work is $147,600 – $230,900/yr (USD), across 2,222 postings that disclose pay (ML/AI Work, dataset v2026.06).
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Research and Science roles
Figures in USD, the most common currency among the 2,222 disclosed-pay postings in this slice.
n=2,222 · as of 2026-07-28 · v2026.06 · methodology ↗
Salary distributionwithin Research and Science roles
Most common advertised floor: $125K–$150K — 514 of 2,222 disclosed-pay postings.
Median floor by senioritywithin Research and Science
Director-level postings advertise the highest median floor — $197,000 (n=55).
Median floor by specializationwithin all AI roles
ML Systems and Inference pays the highest median floor ($159K); AI Safety and Evaluation the lowest ($105K).
Salary coverage by countryshare of postings with a salary range
United States leads salary coverage at 82.2%; 17 other markets are not yet covered.
Top-paying skillswithin Research and Science roles
Hugging Face tops skill pay in this slice — $197,300 median floor (n=96).
Remote vs onsitewithin Research and Science roles
Remote postings advertise a comparable median floor but a 16% lower median ceiling than onsite ($200K vs $237K).
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ML/AI Work, "AI & ML salary benchmarks — Research and Science roles", dataset v2026.06, n=2222, as of 2026-07-28. https://mlai.work/salaries