Salary for Entry-level / Junior Research Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Research Engineer during 2025 is USD 156,844

✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Research Engineer salary lies between USD 70,000 and USD 208,800 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
Research Engineer
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 266,000
Top 25%
$ 208,800
Median
$ 156,844
Bottom 25%
$ 70,000
Bottom 10%
$ 58,736

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Research Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Research Engineer job listings are Research, Python 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 | 45 jobs Python | 34 jobs Machine Learning | 31 jobs Engineering | 31 jobs Computer Science | 26 jobs Deep Learning | 25 jobs PyTorch | 23 jobs LLMs | 18 jobs PhD | 17 jobs NLP | 12 jobs Computer Vision | 12 jobs TensorFlow | 12 jobs Architecture | 12 jobs ML models | 11 jobs Statistics | 10 jobs Privacy | 10 jobs Security | 8 jobs Mathematics | 8 jobs Generative AI | 8 jobs Robotics | 7 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Research Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Research Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. 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 | 32 jobs Health care | 10 jobs Startup environment | 10 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Flex hours | 7 jobs Team events | 6 jobs Equity / stock options | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs

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