Postdoctoral Researcher Salary in 2025

💰 The median Postdoctoral Researcher Salary in 2025 is USD 117,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 23 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average Postdoctoral Researcher salary lies between USD 64,000 and USD 173,000 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.

Job title
Postdoctoral Researcher
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
23
Top 10%
$ 173,000
Top 25%
$ 173,000
Median
$ 117,000
Bottom 25%
$ 64,000
Bottom 10%
$ 53,435

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 Researcher roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Postdoctoral Researcher job listings are Research, Machine Learning and Python. 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 | 36 jobs Machine Learning | 32 jobs Python | 31 jobs PhD | 28 jobs Engineering | 22 jobs Physics | 22 jobs Computer Science | 21 jobs Deep Learning | 16 jobs Statistics | 16 jobs PyTorch | 14 jobs Privacy | 13 jobs NeurIPS | 11 jobs Security | 10 jobs Testing | 10 jobs ICML | 10 jobs VR | 10 jobs Open Source | 9 jobs TensorFlow | 9 jobs Architecture | 9 jobs Mathematics | 9 jobs

Top 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 | 32 jobs Conferences | 24 jobs Equity / stock options | 18 jobs Health care | 17 jobs Relocation support | 8 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Flex hours | 6 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Medical leave | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs

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