Postdoctoral Fellow Salary in Australia during 2025

💰 The median Postdoctoral Fellow Salary in Australia during 2025 is USD 110,029

✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Postdoctoral Fellow salary lies between USD 98,574 and USD 117,000 in Australia. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Postdoctoral Fellow
Experience
all levels
Region
Australia
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 145,730
Top 25%
$ 117,000
Median
$ 110,029
Bottom 25%
$ 98,574
Bottom 10%
$ 88,290

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Postdoctoral Fellow roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Postdoctoral Fellow job listings are Research, Python and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Research | 71 jobs Python | 60 jobs Machine Learning | 54 jobs PhD | 49 jobs Engineering | 42 jobs Computer Science | 40 jobs Statistics | 37 jobs R | 26 jobs Biology | 24 jobs Physics | 24 jobs Chemistry | 22 jobs Mathematics | 21 jobs Data analysis | 20 jobs Deep Learning | 19 jobs Postdoc | 19 jobs Testing | 18 jobs Matlab | 17 jobs Bioinformatics | 17 jobs PyTorch | 16 jobs Biochemistry | 14 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Postdoctoral Fellow roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Postdoctoral Fellow job listings are Career development, Health care and Conferences. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 54 jobs Health care | 35 jobs Conferences | 35 jobs Equity / stock options | 25 jobs Flex hours | 17 jobs Competitive pay | 16 jobs Startup environment | 13 jobs Insurance | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Relocation support | 7 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Fertility benefits | 2 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs

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