Researcher Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Researcher Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 179,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 124 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Researcher salary lies between USD 130,800 and USD 257,300 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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- Researcher
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 124
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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 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 | 1204 jobs Research | 1181 jobs Machine Learning | 1156 jobs Engineering | 970 jobs Computer Science | 746 jobs Deep Learning | 612 jobs LLMs | 607 jobs PhD | 559 jobs Statistics | 552 jobs Testing | 434 jobs ML models | 417 jobs PyTorch | 409 jobs Mathematics | 381 jobs SQL | 352 jobs R | 327 jobs AWS | 326 jobs Security | 296 jobs GCP | 291 jobs Architecture | 288 jobs NLP | 285 jobsTop 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 | 1000 jobs Startup environment | 391 jobs Conferences | 390 jobs Health care | 367 jobs Equity / stock options | 356 jobs Competitive pay | 338 jobs Salary bonus | 312 jobs Insurance | 305 jobs Flex hours | 224 jobs Medical leave | 189 jobs Team events | 161 jobs Flex vacation | 118 jobs Parental leave | 108 jobs Relocation support | 64 jobs 401(k) matching | 57 jobs Wellness | 55 jobs Fitness / gym | 38 jobs Transparency | 33 jobs Gear | 17 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 17 jobsRelated salaries
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