Senior Applied Scientist
Microsoft
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New York, NY · $120k–$235k a year · Posted November 2, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $177,250 a year. Across 36 open senior applied scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $188,500 to $218,000 and the median is $202,000. That is 12% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among data scientists, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for data scientists: 46% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
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...Senior Applied Scientist Do you want to be part of a team which delivers innovative products and machine learning solutions across Microsoft to hundreds of millions of users every month? Copilot Agents & Search Quality team is at the forefront of the core copilot experiences...