Researcher Salary in 2025

💰 The median Researcher Salary in 2025 is USD 163,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 106 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Researcher salary lies between USD 116,000 and USD 225,000 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
106
Top 10%
$ 301,200
Top 25%
$ 225,000
Median
$ 163,500
Bottom 25%
$ 116,000
Bottom 10%
$ 64,228

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, Machine Learning and Research. 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 | 1121 jobs Machine Learning | 1080 jobs Research | 1075 jobs Engineering | 900 jobs Computer Science | 689 jobs Deep Learning | 574 jobs LLMs | 573 jobs PhD | 511 jobs Statistics | 509 jobs Testing | 412 jobs ML models | 396 jobs PyTorch | 370 jobs Mathematics | 353 jobs SQL | 339 jobs AWS | 323 jobs R | 299 jobs GCP | 286 jobs Security | 272 jobs NLP | 264 jobs Physics | 255 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 | 945 jobs Startup environment | 366 jobs Conferences | 353 jobs Health care | 335 jobs Equity / stock options | 330 jobs Competitive pay | 320 jobs Insurance | 295 jobs Salary bonus | 293 jobs Flex hours | 204 jobs Medical leave | 175 jobs Team events | 150 jobs Flex vacation | 108 jobs Parental leave | 101 jobs Relocation support | 55 jobs 401(k) matching | 53 jobs Wellness | 51 jobs Fitness / gym | 37 jobs Transparency | 27 jobs Gear | 17 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 16 jobs

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