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Market Research Jobs > Salary by Job Title > Senior Research Project Director/Manager 

Senior 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 


Senior research project director/manager salary by:

Region in which employee is located Base Bonus Total
North East (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) $83,800 $8,400 $92,200
Mid Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA) $82,667 $10,400 $93,067
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) $79,583 $6,583 $86,167
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) $79,273 $1,778 $81,051
South Atlantic (DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) $81,800 $4,000 $85,800
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) $59,000 $0 $59,000
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) $57,000 $1,333 $58,333
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY) $67,400 $3,750 $71,150
Pacific Coast (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) $73,182 $3,100 $76,282
Canada $60,000 $0 $60,000
Mexico/Central and South America $60,000  $0 $60,000
Europe $68,800 $2,400 $71,200
Asia $37,857 $1,000 $38,857
Middle East      
Africa      
Australia/New Zealand $90,500 $1,500 $92,000
Average $75,568 $5,083 $80,651
 
   
Annual revenues/sales of organization Base Bonus Total
< $1Million US dollars $71,600 $3,625 $75,225
$1M - $3M $65,615 $2,864 $68,479
$3M - $6M $86,571 $12,500 $99,071
$6M - $10M $86,500 $9,167 $95,667
$10M - $50M $77,565 $2,818 $80,383
$50M - $100M $72,583 $9,083 $81,667
$100M - $300M $81,625 $3,286 $84,911
$300M - $500M $82,500 $2,000 $84,500
$500M - $1 Billion $69,400 $800 $70,200
>$1 Billion US dollars $63,667 $1,000 $64,667
Average $75,365 $5,095 $80,460
     
Number of full-time equivalent market researchers on staff Base Bonus Total
0      
1 - 2 $71,857 $4,000 $75,857
3 - 5 $77,538 $1,800 $79,338
6 - 10 $70,800 $4,786 $75,586
11 - 15 $78,222 $5,222 $83,444
16  - 25 $94,250 $37,500 $131,750
>25 $75,186 $3,734 $78,920
Average $75,568 $5,083 $80,651
     
Number of  years of experience in marketing research Base Bonus Total
< 1 year      
1 - 2 $30,000 $0 $30,000
3 - 5 $60,647 $13,375 $74,022
6 - 10 $73,881 $3,732 $77,613
11 - 15 $80,161 $5,920 $86,081
16  - 25 $82,409 $1,600 $84,009
>25 $91,000 $400 $91,400
Average $75,568 $5,083 $80,651
   
Amount of work time spent conducting, coordinating and analyzing marketing research Base Bonus Total
0% $78,000 $0 $78,000
< 15% $47,500 $0 $47,500
15% - 25% $66,333 $800 $67,133
26% - 50% $55,429 $2,429 $57,857
51% - 75% $74,208 $4,381 $78,589
> 75% $79,208 $5,973 $85,180
Average $75,568 $5,083 $80,651
   
Number of employees supervised Base Bonus Total
0 (None) $78,375 $4,881 $83,256
1 - 2 $75,879 $2,727 $78,606
3 - 5 $73,071 $9,160 $82,231
6 - 10 $92,667 $6,667 $99,333
> 10 $54,500 $1,000 $55,500
Average $75,568 $5,083 $80,651
     
Highest degree achieved Base Bonus Total
High-school graduate $61,167 $750 $61,917
College graduate $73,508 $5,057 $78,565
Masters program graduate $78,360 $5,673 $84,033
Ph.D. graduate $98,333 $0 $98,333
Average $75,568 $5,083 $80,651
   
Do you hold a marketing research industry certification? (Riva, Burke, PRC etc.) Base Bonus Total
Yes $80,375 $3,286 $83,661
No $74,340 $5,517 $79,858
Average $75,568 $5,083 $80,651
 
Gender Base Bonus Total
Male $75,864 $6,953 $82,817
Female $76,155 $4,032 $80,187
Average $76,043 $5,229 $81,272
   
Age Base Bonus Total
< 25 $30,000 $0 $30,000
25 - 30 $63,941 $13,750 $77,691
31 - 35 $70,282 $2,559 $72,841
36 - 45 $81,778 $6,727 $88,505
46 - 55 $91,000 $1,125 $92,125
56 - 65 $81,167 $400 $81,567
66+      
Average $76,043 $5,229 $81,272