Research Engineer Salary in Australia during 2024

💰 The median Research Engineer Salary in Australia during 2024 is USD 102,966

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The average Research Engineer salary lies between USD 74,276 and USD 111,155 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
Research Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
Australia
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 124,620
Top 25%
$ 111,155
Median
$ 102,966
Bottom 25%
$ 74,276
Bottom 10%
$ 70,230

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 Research Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Research Engineer job listings are Research, Engineering and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Research | 1246 jobs Engineering | 944 jobs Machine Learning | 914 jobs Python | 838 jobs Computer Science | 690 jobs PyTorch | 494 jobs Deep Learning | 437 jobs PhD | 432 jobs LLMs | 366 jobs TensorFlow | 353 jobs Architecture | 345 jobs NLP | 306 jobs ML models | 264 jobs Security | 262 jobs R | 252 jobs Testing | 250 jobs Statistics | 245 jobs Computer Vision | 242 jobs Pipelines | 240 jobs Privacy | 233 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Research Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Research Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 950 jobs Health care | 509 jobs Equity / stock options | 411 jobs Conferences | 287 jobs Flex hours | 276 jobs Startup environment | 265 jobs Competitive pay | 224 jobs Flex vacation | 219 jobs Salary bonus | 210 jobs Insurance | 189 jobs Parental leave | 184 jobs Team events | 182 jobs Medical leave | 177 jobs Relocation support | 155 jobs 401(k) matching | 126 jobs Wellness | 84 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 66 jobs Flexible spending account | 43 jobs Lunch / meals | 42 jobs Home office stipend | 38 jobs

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