Research Scientist Salary in Germany during 2025
💰 The median Research Scientist Salary in Germany during 2025 is USD 200,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Research Scientist salary lies between USD 189,473 and USD 275,000 in Germany. 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 Scientist
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- Germany
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 6
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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.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for Research Scientist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Research Scientist 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 | 642 jobs Machine Learning | 534 jobs Python | 491 jobs Computer Science | 435 jobs Engineering | 401 jobs PhD | 377 jobs PyTorch | 295 jobs Deep Learning | 289 jobs LLMs | 240 jobs Physics | 225 jobs NeurIPS | 210 jobs Statistics | 207 jobs Computer Vision | 200 jobs Mathematics | 190 jobs Architecture | 184 jobs NLP | 175 jobs ICLR | 169 jobs TensorFlow | 168 jobs ICML | 164 jobs R | 153 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Research Scientist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Research Scientist 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 | 514 jobs Conferences | 325 jobs Equity / stock options | 300 jobs Health care | 293 jobs Salary bonus | 195 jobs Flex hours | 121 jobs Parental leave | 115 jobs Competitive pay | 111 jobs Insurance | 99 jobs Medical leave | 89 jobs Startup environment | 88 jobs Flex vacation | 79 jobs Team events | 74 jobs 401(k) matching | 69 jobs Wellness | 44 jobs Transparency | 33 jobs Fitness / gym | 21 jobs Relocation support | 21 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 9 jobs Fertility benefits | 8 jobsRelated salaries
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