Researcher Salary in 2025

💰 The median Researcher Salary in 2025 is USD 175,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 146 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average Researcher salary lies between USD 119,000 and USD 257,300 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
Researcher
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
146
Top 10%
$ 304,200
Top 25%
$ 257,300
Median
$ 175,000
Bottom 25%
$ 119,000
Bottom 10%
$ 66,000

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 Researcher roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Researcher job listings are Python, Research and Machine Learning. 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:

Python | 1215 jobs Research | 1204 jobs Machine Learning | 1168 jobs Engineering | 990 jobs Computer Science | 755 jobs LLMs | 622 jobs Deep Learning | 616 jobs PhD | 564 jobs Statistics | 557 jobs Testing | 447 jobs ML models | 420 jobs PyTorch | 412 jobs Mathematics | 386 jobs SQL | 353 jobs AWS | 328 jobs R | 327 jobs Security | 301 jobs Architecture | 294 jobs GCP | 292 jobs NLP | 288 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Researcher roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Researcher job listings are Career development, Startup environment and Conferences. 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 | 1008 jobs Startup environment | 392 jobs Conferences | 392 jobs Health care | 370 jobs Equity / stock options | 363 jobs Competitive pay | 343 jobs Salary bonus | 315 jobs Insurance | 306 jobs Flex hours | 227 jobs Medical leave | 190 jobs Team events | 163 jobs Flex vacation | 119 jobs Parental leave | 109 jobs Relocation support | 65 jobs 401(k) matching | 57 jobs Wellness | 56 jobs Fitness / gym | 38 jobs Transparency | 35 jobs Gear | 17 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 17 jobs

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