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    Google Research Scientist Salary

    Below you’ll find our most up-to-date salary data for L4-L6 research scientist roles at Google as of April 2023. Rora has coached hundreds of MLEs and research scientists over the past 5 years across many of the best companies in the industry (DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Brain, Anthropic, FAIR, MSR, Tesla) and reviewed 1000s of verified offers. In addition to comp numbers, we’ve also included some helpful context below on how Google compares to the highest AI salaries in the industry, taking into account the generative AI wave and the current tech hiring pullback.

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    L4 Google Research Scientist Salary

    2023 Top of Band Numbers

    Base Salary

    $190K

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    Equity (4-years)

    $600K

    Signing Bonus

    $75K

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    Performance Bonus

    15%

    While Google often lowballs, they are also the company where we see the most extreme above band offers. For L4 RS roles we've negotiated $200K base, $1.25M in equity and over $100K as the signing bonus. This is an extreme outlier though and in most cases you should target the numbers outlined above.

    L5 Google Research Scientist Salary

    2023 Top of Band Numbers

    Base Salary

    $230K

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    Equity (4-years)

    $1.2M

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    Signing Bonus

    $100K

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    Performance Bonus

    15%

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    We've seen equity go as high as $1.8M for L5 RS roles in the past year. But, top of band is closer to $1.2M as of April 2023.

    L6 Google Research Scientist Salary

    2023 Top of Band Numbers

    Base Salary

    $250K

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    Equity (4-years)

    $1.8M

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    Signing Bonus

    $100K

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    Performance Bonus

    20%

    For L6+ ML roles the bands are very wide. You should use the numbers above as a guide but each offer should be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

    ML/AI Compensation Landscape

    To call the current AI hiring market unique would be an understatement. On one hand, big tech companies are doing frequent layoffs and freezing hiring for many groups. But simultaneously, hundreds of tech companies have declared AI their top priority for the next few years and are ramping up hiring in this area. As a result, we’ve seen huge variance in AI offers, with careful negotiation making the difference since companies and recruiters are struggling to balance budgets while hitting AI growth goals.

    Recently we shared a detailed report on salary negotiation for AI Researchers in 2023, which included this table outlining the highest offers from our recent PHD negotiations. While top of band is not always achievable, it is still a good guide for which companies are paying the most and how much can still be negotiated despite a slower hiring market.

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    We've negotiated more than $25M in Google offers this year. Our largest Google increase was $720K.

    Negotiation strategy

    Step 1 is defining the strategy, which often starts by helping you create leverage for your negotiation (e.g. setting up conversations with FAANG recruiters).

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    Step 2 we decide on anchor numbers and target numbers with the goal of securing a top of band offer, based on our internal verified data sets.

    Negotiation execution plan

    Step 3 we create custom scripts for each of your calls, practice multiple 1:1 mock negotiations, and join your recruiter calls to guide you via chat.

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