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Senior research project director salary at a market research company

Note: The market research salary and compensation survey was conducted online in April 2013 among Quirk’s subscribers. In total we received 3,539 responses. We received 1,760 usable surveys from provider-side researchers (market research company employees) and achieved an interval of 2.2 at the 95 percent confidence level. (Not all respondents answered all questions.)  

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Region in which employee is located	Count	Base	Bonus	Other	Total
North East (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)	12	$82,333	$13,667	$3,500	$99,500
Mid Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)	25	$86,560	$5,933	$12,500	$104,993
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)	32	$77,125	$10,000		$87,125
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)	12	$77,333	$4,667	$1,400	$83,400
South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)	25	$78,400	$6,556	$3,500	$88,456
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)	8	$80,625	$5,714		$86,339
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY)	6	$68,000	$4,250		$72,250
Pacific Coast (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)	15	$82,600	$11,667	$14,000	$108,267
Canada	1	$70,000	$5,000		$75,000
Mexico			$20,000	$20,000	$40,000
Central and South America	3	$63,667	$37,000	$2,000	$102,667
Eastern Europe	1	$33,000			$33,000
Western Europe	6	$45,333	$5,500		$50,833
Asia	4	$103,500	$22,667	$15,000	$141,167
Middle East	3	$41,667	$7,500		$49,167
Africa	1	$40,000	$4,000		$44,000
Australia/New Zealand	1	$113,000	$10,000		$123,000
Average	155	$77,794	$9,021	$6,789	$93,604

 

Annual revenue/sales of organization	Count	Base	Bonus	Other	Total
< $1 Million US dollars	13	$69,615	$9,000	$20,000	$98,615
$1M - $3M	26	$73,000	$10,077	$15,000	$98,077
$3M - $6M	24	$79,542	$11,563	$7,333	$98,438
$6M - $10M	7	$82,286	$13,600	$2,000	$97,886
$10M - $50M	33	$80,636	$10,280	$5,250	$96,166
$50M - $100M	10	$93,100	$5,167	$14,000	$112,267
$100M - $300M	12	$75,500	$2,375	$2,000	$79,875
$300M - $500M	3	$72,333	$8,333		$80,667
$500M - $1 Billion	4	$83,500	$8,500	$6,000	$98,000
>$1 Billion US dollars	12	$70,000	$2,833	$1,667	$74,500
Average	144	$77,618	$8,933	$6,789	$93,341

 

Number of full-time equivalent market researchers on staff	Count	Base	Bonus	Other	Total
0
1 - 2	1	$60,000			$60,000
3 - 5	22	$71,591	$9,700	$18,000	$99,291
6 - 10	14	$72,214	$5,571	$2,000	$79,786
11 - 15	10	$92,800	$9,375	$15,000	$117,175
16  - 25	18	$66,000	$10,600	$2,000	$78,600
>25	89	$81,079	$9,000	$4,727	$94,806
Average	154	$77,779	$9,021	$6,789	$93,590

 

Number of years of experience in marketing research	Count	Base	Bonus	Other	Total
< 1 year
1 - 2	1	$60,000			$60,000
3 - 5	21	$65,571	$7,714	$3,500	$76,786
6 - 10	57	$72,509	$8,059	$4,714	$85,282
11 - 15	40	$87,400	$9,600	$5,625	$102,625
16  - 25	23	$80,435	$6,929	$14,000	$101,363
>25	12	$88,500	$16,333	$30,000	$134,833
Average	154	$77,779	$9,021	$6,789	$93,590

 

Amount of work time spent conducting, coordinating and analyzing marketing research	Count	Base	Bonus	Other	Total
0%	1	$57,000	$6,000		$63,000
< 15%	2	$75,500	$4,000		$79,500
15% - 25%	11	$80,636	$5,000	$2,000	$87,636
26% - 50%	7	$92,571	$17,500		$110,071
51% - 75%	40	$78,425	$12,385	$10,500	$101,310
> 75%	93	$76,323	$7,618	$6,750	$90,691
Average	154	$77,779	$9,021	$6,789	$93,590

 

Number of Employees Supervised	Count	Base	Bonus	Other	Total
0 (None)	55	$77,455	$5,429	$15,000	$97,883
1 - 2	56	$78,054	$8,000	$5,571	$91,625
3 - 5	20	$80,900	$11,462	$6,600	$98,962
6 - 10	13	$81,846	$16,400	$4,000	$102,246
> 10	10	$66,500	$13,857	$2,000	$82,357
Average	154	$77,779	$9,021	$6,789	$93,590

 

Highest Degree Achieved	Count	Base	Bonus	Other	Total
High-school graduate	5	$48,600	$13,333		$61,933
College graduate	82	$75,122	$9,216	$7,818	$92,156
Masters program graduate	63	$84,667	$8,550	$5,375	$98,592
Ph.D. graduate	4	$60,250	$7,000		$67,250
Average	154	$77,779	$9,021	$6,789	$93,590

 

Do you hold a marketing research certification? (RIVA, Burke, PRC etc.)	Count	Base	Bonus	Other	Total
Yes	28	$72,786	$6,286	$3,000	$82,071
No	126	$78,889	$9,787	$7,235	$95,911
Average	154	$77,779	$9,021	$6,789	$93,590

 

Gender	Count	Base	Bonus	Other	Total
Male	66	$80,409	$8,800	$6,273	$95,482
Female	88	$75,807	$9,179	$7,500	$92,485
Average	154	$77,779	$9,021	$6,789	$93,590

 

Age	Count	Base	Bonus	Other	Total
< 25
25 - 30	30	$68,333	$8,783	$8,667	$85,783
31 - 35	42	$72,548	$9,208	$2,500	$84,256
36 - 45	55	$82,109	$8,567	$6,000	$96,676
46 - 55	16	$81,750	$7,083	$8,000	$96,833
56 - 65	11	$96,091	$14,429	$30,000	$140,519
66+
Average	154	$77,779	$9,021	$6,789	$93,590