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Market Research Jobs > Salary by Job Title > Other Job titles 

"Other" job titles 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 


Salary by:

Region in which employee is located Base Bonus Total
North East (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) $81,000 $2,750 $83,750
Mid Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA) $74,222 $12,889 $87,111
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) $87,000 $7,500 $94,500
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) $97,000 $2,500 $99,500
South Atlantic (DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) $72,500 $0 $72,500
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)      
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) $140,000 $0 $140,000
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY) $73,500 $5,000 $78,500
Pacific Coast (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) $69,000 $4,000 $73,000
Canada $59,667 $1,000 $60,667
Mexico/Central and South America $73,000 $0 $73,000
Europe $20,000 $0 $20,000
Asia $19,000 $1,000 $20,000
Middle East $20,000 $0 $20,000
Africa $64,000 $0 $64,000
Australia/New Zealand $147,500 $0 $147,500
Average $76,535 $5,122 $81,657
   
Annual revenues/sales of organization Base Bonus Total
< $1Million US dollars $65,000 $1,200 $66,200
$1M - $3M $70,000 $1,000 $71,000
$3M - $6M $83,143 $10,143 $93,286
$6M - $10M $65,667 $5,000 $70,667
$10M - $50M $85,444 $9,778 $95,222
$50M - $100M $62,500 $2,000 $64,500
$100M - $300M $71,000 $3,500 $74,500
$300M - $500M $59,000 $0 $59,000
$500M - $1 Billion $100,000 $6,000 $106,000
>$1 Billion US dollars $116,500 $0 $116,500
Average $76,535 $5,122 $81,657
     
Number of full-time equivalent market researchers on staff Base Bonus Total
0 $90,000 $0 $90,000
1 - 2 $65,000 $0 $65,000
3 - 5 $60,000 $3,000 $63,000
6 - 10 $75,000 $0 $75,000
11 - 15 $100,750 $12,250 $113,000
16  - 25 $54,000 $21,667 $75,667
>25 $77,448 $3,214 $80,663
Average $76,535 $5,122 $81,657
     
Number of  years of experience in marketing research Base Bonus Total
< 1 year $50,000  $0 $50,000
1 - 2 $32,000 $1,333 $33,333
3 - 5 $57,143 $8,333 $65,476
6 - 10 $76,385 $1,538 $77,923
11 - 15 $114,800 $800 $115,600
16  - 25 $89,889 $7,000 $96,889
>25 $73,800 $13,800 $87,600
Average $76,535 $5,122 $81,657
   
Amount of work time spent conducting, coordinating and analyzing marketing research Base Bonus Total
0% $80,889 $8,571 $89,460
< 15% $69,571 $4,429 $74,000
15% - 25% $32,000 $1,000 $33,000
26% - 50% $72,500 $4,500 $77,000
51% - 75% $69,333 $2,444 $71,778
> 75% $88,786 $6,143 $94,929
Average $76,535 $5,122 $81,657
   
Number of employees supervised Base Bonus Total
0 (None) $59,364 $1,150 $60,514
1 - 2 $102,750 $7,750 $110,500
3 - 5 $66,800 $14,800 $81,600
6 - 10 $144,750 $9,250 $154,000
> 10 $62,500 $3,500 $66,000
Average $76,535 $5,122 $81,657
     
Highest degree achieved Base Bonus Total
High-school graduate $66,000 $500 $66,500
College graduate $72,931 $5,778 $78,709
Masters program graduate $89,125 $5,000 $94,125
Ph.D. graduate $82,750 $3,250 $86,000
Average $76,535 $5,122 $81,657
   
Do you hold a marketing research industry certification? (Riva, Burke, PRC etc.) Base Bonus Total
Yes $109,000 $6,667 $115,667
No $71,270 $4,857 $76,127
Average $76,535 $5,122 $81,657
 
Gender Base Bonus Total
Male $99,929 $4,714 $104,643
Female $67,080 $5,500 $72,580
Average $78,872 $5,211 $84,082
   
Age Base Bonus Total
< 25 $34,000 $0 $34,000
25 - 30 $43,571 $1,429 $45,000
31 - 35 $74,000 $333 $74,333
36 - 45 $113,000 $11,750 $124,750
46 - 55 $75,857 $10,000 $85,857
56 - 65 $91,286 $2,000 $93,286
66+ $106,000 $2,000 $108,000
Average $80,947 $5,189 $86,137