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Market Research Jobs > Salary by Job Title > Sales/Account Representative 

Sales/account rep. 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 


Sales/account representative salary by:

Region in which employee is located Base Bonus Total
North East (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) $101,333 $67,667 $169,000
Mid Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA) $74,000 $31,857 $105,857
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) $40,000 $5,000 $45,000
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) $115,000 $35,000 $150,000
South Atlantic (DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) $62,667 $500 $63,167
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)      
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) $70,000 $27,000 $97,000
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY) $67,000 $6,000 $73,000
Pacific Coast (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) $67,167 $25,833 $93,000
Canada      
Mexico/Central and South America      
Europe $20,500 $5,000 $25,500
Asia      
Middle East      
Africa      
Australia/New Zealand      
Average $74,517 $28,464 $102,982
 
   
Annual revenues/sales of organization Base Bonus Total
< $1Million US dollars      
$1M - $3M $44,000 $0 $44,000
$3M - $6M $60,000 $30,000 $90,000
$6M - $10M $58,000 $8,000 $66,000
$10M - $50M $88,375 $15,750 $104,125
$50M - $100M $67,667 $25,000 $92,667
$100M - $300M $90,000 $67,000 $157,000
$300M - $500M $71,667 $28,333 $100,000
$500M - $1 Billion $140,000 $138,000 $278,000
>$1 Billion US dollars $100,000 $50,000 $150,000
Average $77,444 $30,615 $108,060
     
Number of full-time equivalent market researchers on staff Base Bonus Total
0      
1 - 2      
3 - 5 $71,000 $0 $71,000
6 - 10      
11 - 15 $55,000  $0 $55,000
16  - 25 $51,000 $3,000 $54,000
>25 $77,583 $32,958 $110,542
Average $74,517 $28,464 $102,982
     
Number of  years of experience in marketing research Base Bonus Total
< 1 year      
1 - 2 $32,250 $3,750 $36,000
3 - 5 $47,400 $7,000 $54,400
6 - 10 $91,667 $51,556 $143,222
11 - 15 $81,600 $35,250 $116,850
16  - 25 $113,333 $33,667 $147,000
>25 $74,000 $13,667 $87,667
Average $74,517 $28,464 $102,982
   
Amount of work time spent conducting, coordinating and analyzing marketing research Base Bonus Total
0% $76,429 $40,571 $117,000
< 15% $78,000 $2,000 $80,000
15% - 25% $80,800 $48,750 $129,550
26% - 50% $44,200 $19,200 $63,400
51% - 75% $70,750 $5,500 $76,250
> 75% $96,800 $38,800 $135,600
Average $74,517 $28,464 $102,982
   
Number of employees supervised Base Bonus Total
0 (None) $72,588 $17,882 $90,471
1 - 2 $63,000 $17,500 $80,500
3 - 5 $120,000 $81,500 $201,500
6 - 10      
> 10 $120,000 $190,000 $310,000
Average $74,517 $28,464 $102,982
     
Highest degree achieved Base Bonus Total
High-school graduate $67,333 $17,333 $84,667
College graduate $66,083 $25,167 $91,250
Masters program graduate $83,286 $34,077 $117,363
Ph.D. graduate      
Average $74,517 $28,464 $102,982
   
Do you hold a marketing research industry certification? (Riva, Burke, PRC etc.) Base Bonus Total
Yes $73,000 $27,750 $100,750
No $74,760 $28,583 $103,343
Average $74,517 $28,464 $102,982
 
Gender Base Bonus Total
Male $80,100 $38,105 $118,205
Female $62,375 $6,875 $69,250
Average $75,036 $28,852 $103,888
   
Age Base Bonus Total
< 25 $26,000 $7,500 $33,500
25 - 30 $47,250 $5,000 $52,250
31 - 35 $85,250 $67,500 $152,750
36 - 45 $84,889 $27,500 $112,389
46 - 55 $85,714 $31,286 $117,000
56 - 65 $77,500 $17,500 $95,000
66+      
Average $75,036 $28,852 $103,888