Salary for Senior-level / Expert Research Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Research Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 207,750

✏️ This salary info is based on 198 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Research Engineer salary lies between USD 160,000 and USD 282,450 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.

Job title
Research Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
198
Top 10%
$ 360,000
Top 25%
$ 282,450
Median
$ 207,750
Bottom 25%
$ 160,000
Bottom 10%
$ 130,500

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.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Research Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Research Engineer job listings are Research, Machine Learning and Engineering. 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 | 230 jobs Machine Learning | 213 jobs Engineering | 172 jobs Python | 163 jobs Computer Science | 157 jobs PyTorch | 113 jobs LLMs | 97 jobs Deep Learning | 91 jobs PhD | 85 jobs Architecture | 76 jobs NLP | 66 jobs TensorFlow | 65 jobs Pipelines | 59 jobs Physics | 57 jobs Generative AI | 56 jobs ML models | 54 jobs Computer Vision | 50 jobs Statistics | 48 jobs Privacy | 47 jobs R&D | 46 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Research Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Research Engineer job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Health care. 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 | 187 jobs Equity / stock options | 103 jobs Health care | 88 jobs Salary bonus | 64 jobs Conferences | 58 jobs Competitive pay | 54 jobs Startup environment | 44 jobs Flex hours | 43 jobs Flex vacation | 42 jobs Relocation support | 32 jobs Parental leave | 30 jobs Team events | 29 jobs Insurance | 25 jobs 401(k) matching | 15 jobs Medical leave | 15 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 7 jobs Fitness / gym | 6 jobs Lunch / meals | 4 jobs

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