Postdoctoral Researcher Salary in 2025
💰 The median Postdoctoral Researcher Salary in 2025 is USD 117,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 33 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Postdoctoral Researcher salary lies between USD 62,500 and USD 165,760 globally. 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.
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- Postdoctoral Researcher
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 33
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for Postdoctoral Researcher roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Postdoctoral Researcher 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 | 44 jobs Python | 37 jobs Machine Learning | 37 jobs PhD | 34 jobs Computer Science | 29 jobs Engineering | 27 jobs Physics | 24 jobs Deep Learning | 20 jobs Statistics | 19 jobs PyTorch | 18 jobs NeurIPS | 15 jobs Privacy | 15 jobs ICML | 14 jobs TensorFlow | 13 jobs Mathematics | 13 jobs ICLR | 13 jobs Architecture | 12 jobs Open Source | 11 jobs VR | 11 jobs Security | 10 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Postdoctoral Researcher roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Postdoctoral Researcher job listings are Career development, Conferences and Equity / stock options. 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 | 39 jobs Conferences | 28 jobs Equity / stock options | 20 jobs Health care | 20 jobs Flex hours | 9 jobs Salary bonus | 9 jobs Relocation support | 8 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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