Research Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Research Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 200,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 535 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Research Engineer salary lies between USD 151,200 and USD 258,000 in the United States. 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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- Research Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 535
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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, Machine Learning and Engineering. 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 | 737 jobs Machine Learning | 651 jobs Engineering | 577 jobs Python | 537 jobs Computer Science | 497 jobs PyTorch | 372 jobs Deep Learning | 304 jobs LLMs | 286 jobs PhD | 283 jobs Architecture | 240 jobs Pipelines | 210 jobs NLP | 202 jobs TensorFlow | 200 jobs ML models | 181 jobs Computer Vision | 176 jobs Physics | 161 jobs Mathematics | 159 jobs Generative AI | 151 jobs Testing | 147 jobs R | 142 jobsTop 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, Equity / stock options and Health care. 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 | 555 jobs Equity / stock options | 263 jobs Health care | 257 jobs Conferences | 203 jobs Competitive pay | 162 jobs Salary bonus | 162 jobs Startup environment | 152 jobs Flex hours | 133 jobs Flex vacation | 112 jobs Parental leave | 98 jobs Team events | 91 jobs Insurance | 70 jobs Relocation support | 68 jobs 401(k) matching | 57 jobs Medical leave | 52 jobs Wellness | 34 jobs Transparency | 24 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 20 jobs Fitness / gym | 17 jobs Home office stipend | 17 jobsRelated salaries
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