Salary for Senior-level / Expert Research Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Research Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 180,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 76 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Research Engineer salary lies between USD 144,600 and USD 250,000 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
2024
Sample size
76
Top 10%
$ 333,500
Top 25%
$ 250,000
Median
$ 180,000
Bottom 25%
$ 144,600
Bottom 10%
$ 106,000

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: April 28, 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 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 | 146 jobs Engineering | 129 jobs Python | 102 jobs Machine Learning | 92 jobs Computer Science | 69 jobs Testing | 49 jobs Architecture | 47 jobs PyTorch | 44 jobs PhD | 42 jobs Deep Learning | 39 jobs TensorFlow | 34 jobs ML models | 29 jobs NLP | 28 jobs Security | 28 jobs R | 27 jobs Pipelines | 27 jobs R&D | 25 jobs Computer Vision | 23 jobs Statistics | 23 jobs AWS | 22 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 107 jobs Health care | 51 jobs Equity | 38 jobs Flex hours | 35 jobs Salary bonus | 35 jobs Flex vacation | 28 jobs Startup environment | 28 jobs Competitive pay | 28 jobs Conferences | 25 jobs Insurance | 23 jobs Parental leave | 20 jobs Medical leave | 18 jobs Team events | 13 jobs 401(k) matching | 12 jobs Relocation support | 11 jobs Lunch / meals | 10 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 10 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs Fertility benefits | 6 jobs

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