Salary for Entry-level / Junior Postdoctoral Researcher during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Postdoctoral Researcher during 2025 is USD 54,683

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Postdoctoral Researcher salary lies between USD 50,526 and USD 117,900 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
Postdoctoral Researcher
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 135,060
Top 25%
$ 117,900
Median
$ 54,683
Bottom 25%
$ 50,526
Bottom 10%
$ 46,739

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 Entry-level / Junior Postdoctoral Researcher roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Postdoctoral Researcher job listings are Research, PhD 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:

Research | 13 jobs PhD | 12 jobs Machine Learning | 11 jobs Python | 10 jobs Security | 8 jobs Testing | 7 jobs Statistics | 7 jobs Physics | 7 jobs Privacy | 7 jobs Deep Learning | 5 jobs PyTorch | 5 jobs TensorFlow | 4 jobs Engineering | 4 jobs Computer Science | 4 jobs Data analysis | 3 jobs Mathematics | 3 jobs Teaching | 3 jobs Fortran | 3 jobs R | 2 jobs Computer Vision | 2 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Postdoctoral Researcher roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Postdoctoral Researcher job listings are Career development, Conferences and Relocation support. 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 | 13 jobs Conferences | 9 jobs Relocation support | 8 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 6 jobs Health care | 4 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 2 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs

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