Research Engineer Salary in United States during 2024

💰 The median Research Engineer Salary in United States during 2024 is USD 173,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 210 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Research Engineer salary lies between USD 138,000 and USD 243,300 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
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
210
Top 10%
$ 310,000
Top 25%
$ 243,300
Median
$ 173,000
Bottom 25%
$ 138,000
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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: May 19, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Research Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Research Engineer job listings are Research, Engineering and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Research | 427 jobs Engineering | 347 jobs Python | 254 jobs Machine Learning | 242 jobs Computer Science | 198 jobs PhD | 128 jobs PyTorch | 109 jobs Architecture | 104 jobs Deep Learning | 97 jobs Testing | 96 jobs Security | 92 jobs Statistics | 90 jobs R | 82 jobs Physics | 77 jobs TensorFlow | 75 jobs ML models | 73 jobs NLP | 71 jobs LLMs | 70 jobs R&D | 69 jobs Pipelines | 62 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Research Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Research Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 288 jobs Health care | 157 jobs Equity | 95 jobs Flex vacation | 95 jobs Flex hours | 92 jobs Startup environment | 80 jobs Conferences | 80 jobs Salary bonus | 71 jobs Insurance | 69 jobs Competitive pay | 63 jobs Parental leave | 61 jobs Medical leave | 50 jobs Team events | 38 jobs Relocation support | 33 jobs Wellness | 31 jobs 401(k) matching | 30 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 22 jobs Gear | 19 jobs Lunch / meals | 14 jobs Home office stipend | 13 jobs

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