How much does a Research Engineer make?

Updated Sep 19, 2023

Experience

Industry

Total Pay Range
$114K - $190K/yr
Base Pay
$89K - $143K/yr
Additional Pay
$25K - $47K/yr

$146K

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$114K$190K
Most Likely Range

The estimated total pay for a Research Engineer is $145,996 per year in the United States area, with an average salary of $112,362 per year. These numbers represent the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users. The estimated additional pay is $33,634 per year. Additional pay could include cash bonus, commission, tips, and profit sharing. The "Most Likely Range" represents values that exist within the 25th and 75th percentile of all pay data available for this role.

How accurate is this most likely Total Pay range (base + additional) of $114K-$190K/yr?

Related Job Titles

For Research Engineer

Some related job titles are Senior Engineer Salaries with median pay of $156,303, Senior Research Engineer Salaries with median pay of $192,090, Biomedical Engineer Salaries with median pay of $87,493, Process Engineer Salaries with median pay of $96,930.

Top Paying Companies

For a Research Engineer in United States

Below is the total pay for the top 10 highest paying companies for a Research Engineer in United States. Employers include Meta, Google and Adobe.

1
Meta
Meta
$257,177/yr
722 open jobs
2
Google
$241,685/yr
3
Adobe
$221,429/yr
5
Apple
$214,852/yr
6
Vicarious
$213,415/yr
7
Yahoo
$213,258/yr
8
Indeed
$211,234/yr
10
StumbleUpon
$209,052/yr
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Top Paying Companies

For Research Engineer in United States

1Meta$257,177
2Google$241,685
3Adobe$221,429
4Samsung Research America$217,728
5Apple$214,852
6Vicarious$213,415
7Yahoo$213,258
8Indeed$211,234
9Cisco Systems$209,254
10StumbleUpon$209,052

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE
4.2
Research EngineerSee 231 salaries from this location

$156,194

 / yr
Southwest Research Institute
3.9
Research EngineerSee 201 salaries from this location

$110,578

 / yr
HP Inc.
4.2
Research EngineerSee 163 salaries from this location

$143,099

 / yr
Ford Motor Company
4
Research EngineerSee 161 salaries from this location

$135,780

 / yr
Georgia Tech Research Institute
4.1
Research Engineer ISee 118 salaries from this location

$113,915

 / yr
Cisco Systems
4.4
Research EngineerSee 73 salaries from this location

$209,254

 / yr
Google
4.4
Research EngineerSee 71 salaries from this location

$241,685

 / yr

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Meta
3.9
Research EngineerSee 70 salaries from this location

$257,177

 / yr
Georgia Tech
4.3
Research Engineer ISee 63 salaries from this location

$69,911

 / yr
TuSimple
2.8
Research EngineerSee 52 salaries from this location

$198,864

 / yr
Georgia Tech Research Institute
4.1
Research EngineerSee 52 salaries from this location

$116,116

 / yr
Georgia Tech
4.3
Research EngineerSee 52 salaries from this location

$73,773

 / yr
SRI International
3.9
Research EngineerSee 51 salaries from this location

$122,045

 / yr
Bosch
4.2
Research EngineerSee 43 salaries from this location

$129,863

 / yr
Chevron
4.1
Research EngineerSee 42 salaries from this location

$168,916

 / yr
Wichita State University
4.3
Research EngineerSee 41 salaries from this location

$67,636

 / yr
Samsung Research America
4
Research EngineerSee 41 salaries from this location

$217,728

 / yr
Saint-Gobain Life Sciences
3.9
Research EngineerSee 39 salaries from this location

$133,724

 / yr
MIT
4.4
Research EngineerSee 38 salaries from this location

$85,550

 / yr
University of Dayton
4.2