Salary for Senior-level / Expert Member of Technical Staff during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Member of Technical Staff during 2025 is USD 178,100

✏️ This salary info is based on 132 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Member of Technical Staff salary lies between USD 150,000 and USD 260,000 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
Member of Technical Staff
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
132
Top 10%
$ 350,000
Top 25%
$ 260,000
Median
$ 178,100
Bottom 25%
$ 150,000
Bottom 10%
$ 117,200

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 Senior-level / Expert Member of Technical Staff roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Member of Technical Staff job listings are Machine Learning, Engineering and Python. 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:

Machine Learning | 214 jobs Engineering | 193 jobs Python | 189 jobs Research | 161 jobs Computer Science | 159 jobs LLMs | 152 jobs Architecture | 107 jobs Pipelines | 98 jobs Java | 96 jobs Testing | 84 jobs PyTorch | 80 jobs Generative AI | 67 jobs Security | 63 jobs Deep Learning | 61 jobs ML models | 58 jobs Distributed Systems | 56 jobs Mathematics | 56 jobs Model training | 55 jobs Copilot | 55 jobs AWS | 54 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Member of Technical Staff roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Member of Technical Staff job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 200 jobs Health care | 106 jobs Flex hours | 67 jobs Startup environment | 67 jobs Equity / stock options | 64 jobs Flex vacation | 60 jobs Team events | 57 jobs Medical leave | 51 jobs Salary bonus | 50 jobs Parental leave | 46 jobs Competitive pay | 44 jobs 401(k) matching | 43 jobs Insurance | 39 jobs Conferences | 29 jobs Wellness | 23 jobs Flexible spending account | 22 jobs Lunch / meals | 18 jobs Home office stipend | 17 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 7 jobs Signing bonus | 4 jobs

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