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Market Research Jobs > Salary by Job Title > Statistician 

Statistician 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 


Statistician salary by:

Region in which employee is located Base Bonus Total
North East (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) $77,500 $3,000 $80,500
Mid Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA) $64,500 $1,000 $65,500
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) $89,000 $8,500 $97,500
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) $180,000 $54,000 $234,000
South Atlantic (DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) $99,500 $1,000 $100,500
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)      
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)      
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY)      
Pacific Coast (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) $103,500 $6,000 $109,500
Canada      
Mexico/Central and South America      
Europe $40,000 $0 $40,000
Asia $20,000 $1,000 $21,000
Middle East      
Africa      
Australia/New Zealand      
Average $77,867 $6,786 $84,652
 
   
Annual revenues/sales of organization Base Bonus Total
< $1Million US dollars $20,000 $0 $20,000
$1M - $3M $110,000 $2,000 $112,000
$3M - $6M $80,000 $0 $80,000
$6M - $10M      
$10M - $50M $74,000 $6,000 $80,000
$50M - $100M $90,667 $4,000 $94,667
$100M - $300M $96,333 $18,667 $115,000
$300M - $500M      
$500M - $1 Billion      
>$1 Billion US dollars $77,500 $7,000 $84,500
Average $77,867 $6,786 $84,652
     
Number of full-time equivalent market researchers on staff Base Bonus Total
0      
1 - 2      
3 - 5 $20,000 $0 $20,000
6 - 10      
11 - 15 $80,000 $0 $80,000
16  - 25      
>25 $82,154 $7,917 $90,071
Average $77,867 $6,786 $84,652
     
Number of  years of experience in marketing research Base Bonus Total
< 1 year      
1 - 2      
3 - 5 $92,500 $4,750 $97,250
6 - 10 $47,429 $2,333 $49,762
11 - 15 $95,333 $2,667 $98,000
16  - 25      
>25 $180,000 $54,000 $234,000
Average $77,867 $6,786 $84,652
   
Amount of work time spent conducting, coordinating and analyzing marketing research Base Bonus Total
0%      
< 15%      
15% - 25%      
26% - 50%      
51% - 75% $52,333 $3,333 $55,667
> 75% $84,250 $7,727 $91,977
Average $77,867 $6,786 $84,652
   
Number of employees supervised Base Bonus Total
0 (None) $73,000 $1,333 $74,333
1 - 2 $90,000 $6,200 $96,200
3 - 5 $20,000 $2,000 $22,000
6 - 10 $100,000 $27,000 $127,000
> 10 $60,000  $0 $60,000
Average $77,867 $6,786 $84,652
     
Highest degree achieved Base Bonus Total
High-school graduate $60,000   $60,000
College graduate $130,000 $27,000 $157,000
Masters program graduate $66,400 $3,400 $69,800
Ph.D. graduate $92,000 $3,500 $95,500
Average $77,867 $6,786 $84,652
   
Do you hold a marketing research industry certification? (Riva, Burke, PRC etc.) Base Bonus Total
Yes      
No $77,867 $6,786 $84,652
Average $77,867 $6,786 $84,652
 
Gender Base Bonus Total
Male $81,250 $5,571 $86,821
Female $56,333 $333 $56,667
Average $70,571 $3,154 $73,725
   
Age Base Bonus Total
< 25      
25 - 30 $84,333 $7,667 $92,000
31 - 35 $45,000 $667 $45,667
36 - 45 $76,000 $2,800 $78,800
46 - 55 $87,500 $1,000 $88,500
56 - 65      
66+      
Average $70,571 $3,154 $73,725