Research Fellow Salary in 2025
💰 The median Research Fellow Salary in 2025 is USD 93,776
✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Research Fellow salary lies between USD 52,748 and USD 113,226 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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- Research Fellow
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
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- 8
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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 Research Fellow roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Research Fellow job listings are Research, Machine Learning and PhD. 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 | 182 jobs Machine Learning | 138 jobs PhD | 137 jobs Python | 134 jobs Computer Science | 111 jobs Engineering | 103 jobs R | 66 jobs Statistics | 65 jobs Deep Learning | 61 jobs Teaching | 54 jobs Data analysis | 48 jobs PyTorch | 43 jobs Physics | 43 jobs Mathematics | 41 jobs TensorFlow | 39 jobs Matlab | 36 jobs Industrial | 31 jobs LLMs | 28 jobs NLP | 26 jobs Security | 25 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Research Fellow roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Research Fellow job listings are Career development, Conferences 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 | 101 jobs Conferences | 79 jobs Health care | 39 jobs Flex hours | 37 jobs Startup environment | 36 jobs Competitive pay | 34 jobs Equity / stock options | 33 jobs Parental leave | 19 jobs Gear | 11 jobs Team events | 9 jobs Relocation support | 9 jobs Medical leave | 9 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Pet friendly | 1 jobsWant to contribute?
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