Salary for Senior-level / Expert Researcher in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Researcher in United States during 2025 is USD 176,696
✏️ This salary info is based on 78 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Researcher salary lies between USD 135,000 and USD 257,600 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
- Researcher
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 78
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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 Senior-level / Expert Researcher roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Researcher job listings are Machine Learning, Python 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:
Machine Learning | 603 jobs Python | 600 jobs Engineering | 513 jobs Research | 480 jobs LLMs | 408 jobs Deep Learning | 385 jobs Computer Science | 315 jobs ML models | 313 jobs Testing | 312 jobs SQL | 276 jobs AWS | 273 jobs GCP | 267 jobs Kubernetes | 233 jobs Git | 231 jobs Data visualization | 230 jobs Docker | 228 jobs PhD | 216 jobs Business Intelligence | 211 jobs Looker | 207 jobs PyTorch | 203 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Researcher roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Researcher job listings are Career development, Startup environment and Equity / stock options. 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 | 570 jobs Startup environment | 320 jobs Equity / stock options | 252 jobs Insurance | 248 jobs Salary bonus | 208 jobs Competitive pay | 204 jobs Conferences | 201 jobs Health care | 157 jobs Medical leave | 130 jobs Flex hours | 75 jobs Team events | 69 jobs Parental leave | 59 jobs Flex vacation | 59 jobs Relocation support | 35 jobs 401(k) matching | 29 jobs Wellness | 24 jobs Transparency | 11 jobs Flexible spending account | 9 jobs Fitness / gym | 8 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 8 jobsRelated salaries
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