Salary for Senior-level / Expert Research Engineer during 2023

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Research Engineer during 2023 is USD 180,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 116 individual salaries reported during 2023

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Research Engineer salary lies between USD 150,000 and USD 240,000 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
Research Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2023
Sample size
116
Top 10%
$ 281,000
Top 25%
$ 240,000
Median
$ 180,000
Bottom 25%
$ 150,000
Bottom 10%
$ 125,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Research Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Research Engineer job listings are Research, Engineering and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Research | 214 jobs Engineering | 171 jobs Machine Learning | 134 jobs Python | 133 jobs Computer Science | 108 jobs PhD | 74 jobs Deep Learning | 68 jobs PyTorch | 65 jobs TensorFlow | 56 jobs Testing | 50 jobs LLMs | 41 jobs Architecture | 39 jobs R | 38 jobs Statistics | 37 jobs NLP | 36 jobs Security | 35 jobs Mathematics | 35 jobs Open Source | 34 jobs Reinforcement Learning | 34 jobs Pipelines | 32 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, Health care and Equity. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 138 jobs Health care | 80 jobs Equity | 58 jobs Flex hours | 57 jobs Salary bonus | 47 jobs Startup environment | 44 jobs Flex vacation | 43 jobs Competitive pay | 42 jobs Insurance | 37 jobs Parental leave | 32 jobs Conferences | 30 jobs Medical leave | 29 jobs Team events | 28 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 25 jobs Wellness | 22 jobs Relocation support | 18 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Fitness / gym | 10 jobs Transparency | 10 jobs Fertility benefits | 10 jobs

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