Market Research Jobs >
Salary by Job Title >
Research Project Director/Manager
Research project director salary at a market research company
Note: The market research salary and compensation survey was conducted online in May 2011 among Quirk’s subscribers. We received 1,776 usable surveys from provider-side researchers (market research companies) and achieved an interval of 2.2 at the 95 percent confidence level. (Not all respondents answered all questions.)
For a complete survey results follow the links below:
Client-side (corporate) market research salary survey results
Provider-side (research company) marketing research salary survey results
Market research project director/manager salary by:
| North East (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) |
$60,571 |
$2,167 |
$62,738 |
| Mid Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA) |
$68,300 |
$3,526 |
$71,826 |
| East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) |
$55,586 |
$39,000 |
$94,586 |
| West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) |
$51,000 |
$33,462 |
$84,462 |
| South Atlantic (DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) |
$67,917 |
$2,870 |
$70,786 |
| East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) |
$36,000 |
$0 |
$36,000 |
| West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) |
$54,091 |
$1,944 |
$56,035 |
| Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY) |
$69,167 |
$1,200 |
$70,367 |
| Pacific Coast (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) |
$63,840 |
$2,457 |
$66,297 |
| Canada |
$65,000 |
$2,000 |
$67,000 |
| Mexico/Central and South America |
|
|
|
| Europe |
$54,000 |
$333 |
$54,333 |
| Asia |
$20,625 |
$59,000 |
$79,625 |
| Middle East |
$34,250 |
$1,333 |
$35,583 |
| Africa |
$12,000 |
$500 |
$12,500 |
| Australia/New Zealand |
$81,000 |
$15,000 |
$96,000 |
| Average |
$58,026 |
$14,312 |
$72,337 |
| |
| < $1Million US dollars |
$45,308 |
$2,500 |
$47,808 |
| $1M - $3M |
$53,323 |
$17,020 |
$70,343 |
| $3M - $6M |
$52,900 |
$41,526 |
$94,426 |
| $6M - $10M |
$65,105 |
$28,667 |
$93,772 |
| $10M - $50M |
$66,128 |
$4,716 |
$70,844 |
| $50M - $100M |
$44,444 |
$1,250 |
$45,694 |
| $100M - $300M |
$67,000 |
$2,667 |
$69,667 |
| $300M - $500M |
$61,000 |
$1,500 |
$62,500 |
| $500M - $1 Billion |
$50,000 |
$1,000 |
$51,000 |
| >$1 Billion US dollars |
$72,750 |
$667 |
$73,417 |
| Average |
$58,280 |
$14,894 |
$73,174 |
| 0 |
$95,000 |
$7,000 |
$102,000 |
| 1 - 2 |
$43,500 |
$0 |
$43,500 |
| 3 - 5 |
$53,000 |
$2,813 |
$55,813 |
| 6 - 10 |
$55,412 |
$2,375 |
$57,787 |
| 11 - 15 |
$58,190 |
$48,813 |
$107,003 |
| 16 - 25 |
$52,789 |
$27,250 |
$80,039 |
| >25 |
$59,989 |
$8,631 |
$68,620 |
| Average |
$58,026 |
$14,312 |
$72,337 |
| < 1 year |
$37,500 |
$250 |
$37,750 |
| 1 - 2 |
$44,357 |
$2,923 |
$47,280 |
| 3 - 5 |
$51,286 |
$34,184 |
$85,470 |
| 6 - 10 |
$58,446 |
$10,541 |
$68,987 |
| 11 - 15 |
$69,500 |
$3,630 |
$73,130 |
| 16 - 25 |
$65,778 |
$3,000 |
$68,778 |
| >25 |
$84,000 |
$1,000 |
$85,000 |
| Average |
$58,026 |
$14,312 |
$72,337 |
| 0% |
$36,000 |
$0 |
$36,000 |
| < 15% |
$62,333 |
$4,000 |
$66,333 |
| 15% - 25% |
$52,200 |
$2,600 |
$54,800 |
| 26% - 50% |
$43,818 |
$47,300 |
$91,118 |
| 51% - 75% |
$58,400 |
$32,880 |
$91,280 |
| > 75% |
$60,129 |
$7,178 |
$67,306 |
| Average |
$58,026 |
$14,312 |
$72,337 |
| 0 (None) |
$58,628 |
$19,896 |
$78,524 |
| 1 - 2 |
$61,675 |
$3,457 |
$65,132 |
| 3 - 5 |
$55,111 |
$19,111 |
$74,222 |
| 6 - 10 |
$44,400 |
$750 |
$45,150 |
| > 10 |
$50,333 |
$400 |
$50,733 |
| Average |
$58,026 |
$14,312 |
$72,337 |
| High-school graduate |
$66,000 |
$6,667 |
$72,667 |
| College graduate |
$55,187 |
$11,695 |
$66,882 |
| Masters program graduate |
$61,879 |
$18,792 |
$80,672 |
| Ph.D. graduate |
$55,500 |
$0 |
$55,500 |
| Average |
$58,026 |
$14,312 |
$72,337 |
| Yes |
$57,259 |
$2,680 |
$59,939 |
| No |
$58,186 |
$16,885 |
$75,071 |
| Average |
$58,026 |
$14,312 |
$72,337 |
| Male |
$55,373 |
$16,298 |
$71,672 |
| Female |
$60,930 |
$13,212 |
$74,143 |
| Average |
$58,497 |
$14,630 |
$73,126 |
| < 25 |
$35,857 |
$108,214 |
$144,071 |
| 25 - 30 |
$51,407 |
$11,442 |
$62,849 |
| 31 - 35 |
$60,476 |
$2,846 |
$63,322 |
| 36 - 45 |
$71,114 |
$3,448 |
$74,563 |
| 46 - 55 |
$69,500 |
$1,643 |
$71,143 |
| 56 - 65 |
$40,500 |
$400,000 |
$440,500 |
| 66+ |
|
|
|
| Average |
$58,497 |
$14,630 |
$73,126 |
