Pay report
Remote Science & Research Salaries: What the Work Pays Per Hour
Remote science & research jobs pay a median of $100 to $200 an hour, and the best-paid listing reaches $200. Counted from 5 live listings that publish both ends of their hourly range; updated .
- Median hourly range
- $100–$200
- Middle half of listings
- $80–$200
- Highest published rate
- $200/hr
- Open roles right now
- 5
How Much Do Remote Science & Research Jobs Pay?
Across 5 live remote science & research listings that publish an hourly range, the median runs from $100 to $200 an hour. The middle half of listings sits between $80 and $200, the lowest published rate is $60 and the highest is $200.
Hourly pay at a glance
| Lowest published rate | $60 |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile (range floor) | $80 |
| Median range floor | $100 |
| Median range ceiling | $200 |
| 75th percentile (range ceiling) | $200 |
| Highest published rate | $200 |
How Many Remote Science & Research Jobs Pay $100 an Hour or More?
Most of them: 5 of 5 hourly science & research listings (100%) reach $100 an hour at the top of their range, and 5 reach $150.
- $50/hr or more5 listings · 100%
- $100/hr or more5 listings · 100%
- $150/hr or more5 listings · 100%
- $200/hr or more3 listings · 60%
- $300/hr or more0 listings · 0%
What Are the Highest-Paying Remote Science & Research Jobs Right Now?
The best-paid open science & research roles today, by the top of their published range. Each links to the listing, so the figure can be checked against the employer’s own posting.
- 1.Physics Expert PhD (Statistical Physics / Quantum Information / Condensed Matter)$100–$200/hr
- 2.Physics Expert (PhD / Postdoc)$100–$200/hr
- 3.Physics Expert PhD (AMO / Optical Properties of Materials)$100–$200/hr
- 4.Simulation Expert — Real-to-Sim 3D Environments & Assets$60–$150/hr
- 5.STEM Expert$80–$150/hr
Are Remote Science & Research Jobs Full-Time, Part-Time or Contract?
Of the 5 open science & research listings, 2 are contract roles, 2 part-time and 0 full-time, with 1 not saying. Most are contract work, usually paid by the hour for the hours you actually work.
How Long Do Remote Science & Research Jobs Stay Open?
Closed remote science & research roles on RemoteJobsOne stayed open a median of 60 days, counted over the 30 that have closed so far. 1 new science & research role was posted in the last seven days, so applying within the first week or two of a listing matters.
How Does Science & Research Pay Compare With Other Remote Work?
Science & Research ranks 2nd of 16 fields by median hourly pay on RemoteJobsOne. Its median ceiling of $200 an hour is 100% above the $100 median across all remote listings.
Pay reports for other fields
- Healthcare · $100–$200
- Legal · $100–$180
- Finance · $90–$145
- Software & IT · $50–$100
- Engineering · $50–$100
- Design · $40–$90
- Media & Production · $15–$80
- Sales & Marketing · $40–$80
- Business & Operations · $40–$80
- General · $40–$75
- Language & Translation · $30–$65
- AI Training · $25–$60
- Data · $41–$60
- Customer Service · $24–$43
- Robotics · $30–$30
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do remote science & research jobs pay per hour?
Across 5 live remote science & research listings that publish an hourly range, the median runs from $100 to $200 an hour. The middle half of listings sits between $80 and $200, the lowest published rate is $60 and the highest is $200.
What is the highest-paying remote science & research job?
The highest published rate is $200 an hour, for the Physics Expert PhD (Statistical Physics / Quantum Information / Condensed Matter) role. 3 science & research listings pay $200 an hour or more at the top of their range.
Are remote science & research jobs full-time, part-time or contract?
Of the 5 open science & research listings, 2 are contract roles, 2 part-time and 0 full-time, with 1 not saying. Most are contract work, usually paid by the hour for the hours you actually work.
How long do remote science & research jobs stay open?
Closed remote science & research roles on RemoteJobsOne stayed open a median of 60 days, counted over the 30 that have closed so far. 1 new science & research role was posted in the last seven days, so applying within the first week or two of a listing matters.
How These Figures Are Calculated
Every figure on this page is counted from the remote science & research listings live on RemoteJobsOne when the page was last refreshed. Hourly figures use only listings that publish both the floor and the ceiling of their range, so a half-stated range cannot pull one median without the other. Medians are used rather than averages, because a single unusually high rate would move an average somewhere no reader will be offered. Figures from fewer than five listings are not reported. The rates are the employers’ own published figures; nothing is estimated.
See the site-wide remote salary report for every field side by side, or how remote job pay works for what a published range does and does not promise.