Research Engineer salary in New York
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 13, 2026
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Research Engineer pay in New York is measured from 14 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is mid-level, where 14 postings put the middle half between $235,625 and $300,000, with a median of $255,000.
29 research engineer roles are open in New York right now, 24 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $235,625 – $300,000 | $255,000 | 14 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open research engineer roles in New York · 24 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $175,000–$400,000scale $100,000–$560,000
AI Research Engineer, New PhD Graduate Duolingo · New York $137,700–$186,300 10d ago 
Research Engineer, AI/ML Tabs · New York $170,000–$235,000 3w ago 
Research Engineer, Generative Video Mirage · New York $175,000–$300,000 3w ago Research Engineer, Agentic Systems Mirage · New York $175,000–$300,000 3w ago 
Senior AI Research Engineer Standard Bots · New York $225,000–$250,000 4w ago 
Founding Research Engineer, Applied AI Agentio · New York $195,000–$400,000 4w ago 
Research Engineer, Safety Decagon · San Francisco $200,000–$400,000 6w ago Research Engineer, Audio and Speech Decagon · San Francisco $200,000–$400,000 6w ago Senior Research Engineer, Safety Decagon · San Francisco $200,000–$400,000 6w ago 
Research Engineer, LangSmith Engine LangChain · New York $240,000–$280,000 2mo ago 
Research Engineer, Domain Scaling Normal Computing Corporation · New York $200,000–$400,000 2mo ago AI Research Engineer Cogent Security · San Francisco $100,000–$300,000 2mo ago Research Engineer, Algorithms Normal Computing Corporation · New York $200,000–$400,000 2mo ago 
Research Engineer Antimetal · New York $200,000–$400,000 2mo ago Research Engineer Decagon · San Francisco $200,000–$400,000 3mo ago 
Research Engineer, Applied AI Engineering OuterSignal · New York $200,000–$300,000 3mo ago Staff AI Research Engineer Duolingo · New York $220,800–$331,200 3mo ago 
Research Engineer, Knowledge Graph Intelligence Point72 · New York $175,000–$250,000 4mo ago Senior Research Engineer, Audio and Speech Decagon · San Francisco $200,000–$400,000 5mo ago 
Research Engineer Forus · New York $170,000–$300,000 6mo ago 
Research Engineer, Visual Knowledge Work Anthropic · New York $350,000–$850,000 9mo ago Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Tokens Anthropic · New York $350,000–$500,000 1y ago Senior Research Engineer Decagon · San Francisco $200,000–$400,000 1y ago Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training Anthropic · Remote · US $350,000–$850,000 1y ago 
Research Engineer, Post-Training Deepgram · Remote · US New $135,000–$232,000e 3d ago AI Research Engineer, Computer Vision & VLMs Palona AI · Los Altos $135,000–$232,000e 5w ago 
Senior Research Engineer - Safety Tooling and Data Cohere · New York $189,560–$250,750e 3mo ago Staff Research Engineer, Model Efficiency Cohere · Remote · US $189,560–$250,750e 11mo ago 
Research Engineer Doji · New York $181,850–$300,000e 1y ago