How Much Do Research Scientist Jobs Pay in Seattle? (November 2026)
As of November 2026, the median Research Scientist salary in Seattle is $213,800 a year. Most roles pay between $114,206 and $407,160 (the 10th–90th percentile), drawn from 39 live salaried listings across 21 companies. All figures are converted to annual US dollars so different sources compare like-for-like.
How pay has moved
Median base salary by month, from our monthly salary snapshots.
Highest-paying employers
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, RL FrontiersResearch Engineer / Scientist, Pre-trainingResearch Scientist, Multi-AgentStaff Research Engineer, Multi-Agent ScalingPeople Research Scientist, RecruitingAll Anthropic roles →
- Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, AgentsMachine Learning Research Scientist, EvaluationsAll Scale AI roles →
- All Snapchat roles →
- All UiPath roles →
- All Oracle roles →
Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings in Seattle; each one’s best-paying open roles are listed beneath it.
Methodology: Research Scientist listings in Seattle with a published salary, updated daily. Figures come from roles that are open right now. Ranges and single figures are converted to an annual US-dollar midpoint; hourly rates are annualised and out-of-band values dropped. Salary data is self-reported by employers and covers the roles that disclose pay — treat it as a directional guide, not a guarantee.