The market research salary and compensation survey is based on data gathered from an invite-only online survey sent to pre-qualified marketing research subscribers of Quirk’s and members of ESOMAR.
The survey was fielded from June 6 to June 28, 2018. In total there were 3,483 respondents. We received 966 usable surveys from client-side researchers (corporate market research) and 1,708 usable surveys from provider-side researchers (market research company employees). An interval (margin of error) of 1.9 at the 95 percent confidence level was achieved. (Not all respondents answered all questions.)
For a complete survey results follow the link below:
Market research salaries by job title
Statistician salary by:
| Region in which located | ||||||
| Count | Base | Bonus | Div.* | Other* | Total | |
| North East (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) | 1 | $45,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $46,000 |
| Mid Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA) | ||||||
| East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) | 3 | $100,000 | $16,667 | $0 | $0 | $116,667 |
| West N. Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) | 1 | $108,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $108,000 |
| S. Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) | 2 | $63,500 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $64,500 |
| 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) | ||||||
| Canada | ||||||
| Mexico | ||||||
| Central and South America | ||||||
| Eastern Europe | 2 | $42,500 | $1,000 | $0 | $500 | $44,000 |
| Western Europe | 2 | $52,500 | $7,500 | $0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| Asia | ||||||
| Middle East | ||||||
| Africa | 1 | $110,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $110,000 |
| Australia/New Zealand | ||||||
| Mean | 12 | $73,333 | $5,667 | $167 | $83 | $79,250 |
| Annual revenue/sales of organization | ||||||
| Count | Base | Bonus | Div.* | Other* | Total | |
| < $1 Million US dollars | 2 | $87,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $87,500 |
| $1M - $3M | 1 | $100,000 | $50,000 | $0 | $0 | $150,000 |
| $3M - $6M | ||||||
| $6M - $10M | 2 | $52,500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $53,000 |
| $10M - $50M | 1 | $68,000 | $0 | $2,000 | $0 | $70,000 |
| $50M - $100M | 1 | $59,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $59,000 |
| $100M - $300M | ||||||
| $300M - $500M | ||||||
| $500M - $1 Billion | 1 | $110,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $110,000 |
| >$1 Billion US dollars | 3 | $51,667 | $5,667 | $0 | $333 | $57,667 |
| Mean | 11 | $70,182 | $6,182 | $182 | $91 | $76,636 |
| Number of full-time equivalent market researchers on staff | ||||||
| Count | Base | Bonus | Div.* | Other* | Total | |
| 0 | ||||||
| 1 - 2 | 2 | $87,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $87,500 |
| 3 - 5 | ||||||
| 6 - 10 | 1 | $100,000 | $50,000 | $0 | $0 | $150,000 |
| 11 - 15 | 1 | $60,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| 16 - 25 | ||||||
| >25 | 8 | $68,125 | $2,250 | $250 | $125 | $70,750 |
| Mean | 12 | $73,333 | $5,667 | $167 | $83 | $79,250 |
| Number of years of experience in marketing research | ||||||
| Count | Base | Bonus | Div.* | Other* | Total | |
| < 1 year | 1 | $60,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| 1 - 2 | 1 | $45,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $46,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 2 | $79,500 | $25,000 | $0 | $0 | $104,500 |
| 6 - 10 | 1 | $70,000 | $15,000 | $0 | $0 | $85,000 |
| 11 - 15 | ||||||
| 16 - 25 | 2 | $42,500 | $1,000 | $0 | $500 | $44,000 |
| >25 | 5 | $92,200 | $0 | $400 | $0 | $92,600 |
| Mean | 12 | $73,333 | $5,667 | $167 | $83 | $79,250 |
| Years at current job | ||||||
| Count | Base | Bonus | Div.* | Other* | Total | |
| < 1 year | 1 | $60,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| 1 - 2 | 2 | $57,500 | $8,000 | $0 | $0 | $65,500 |
| 3 - 5 | 4 | $61,000 | $13,000 | $0 | $250 | $74,250 |
| 6 - 10 | ||||||
| 11 - 15 | 2 | $89,000 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $90,000 |
| 16 - 25 | 3 | $94,333 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $94,333 |
| >25 | ||||||
| Mean | 12 | $73,333 | $5,667 | $167 | $83 | $79,250 |
| Number of employees supervised | ||||||
| Count | Base | Bonus | Div.* | Other* | Total | |
| 0 (None) | 10 | $73,500 | $1,800 | $200 | $100 | $75,600 |
| 1 - 2 | 1 | $100,000 | $50,000 | $0 | $0 | $150,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 1 | $45,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $45,000 |
| 6 - 10 | ||||||
| > 10 | ||||||
| Mean | 12 | $73,333 | $5,667 | $167 | $83 | $79,250 |
| Highest degree achieved | ||||||
| Count | Base | Bonus | Div.* | Other* | Total | |
| High-school graduate | ||||||
| College graduate | 4 | $73,250 | $4,000 | $500 | $0 | $77,750 |
| Masters program graduate | 6 | $75,333 | $333 | $0 | $167 | $75,833 |
| Ph.D. graduate | 2 | $67,500 | $25,000 | $0 | $0 | $92,500 |
| Mean | 12 | $73,333 | $5,667 | $167 | $83 | $79,250 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Count | Base | Bonus | Div.* | Other* | Total | |
| Male | 7 | $80,286 | $286 | $0 | $143 | $80,714 |
| Female | 5 | $63,600 | $13,200 | $400 | $0 | $77,200 |
| Mean | 12 | $73,333 | $5,667 | $167 | $83 | $79,250 |
| Age | ||||||
| Count | Base | Bonus | Div.* | Other* | Total | |
| < 25 | 1 | $45,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $46,000 |
| 25 - 30 | 1 | $60,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| 31 - 35 | 2 | $85,000 | $32,500 | $0 | $0 | $117,500 |
| 36 - 45 | 3 | $48,000 | $667 | $0 | $333 | $49,000 |
| 46 - 55 | 2 | $104,000 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $105,000 |
| 56 - 65 | 3 | $84,333 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $84,333 |
| 66+ | ||||||
| Mean | 12 | $73,333 | $5,667 | $167 | $83 | $79,250 |
*Bonus was defined as bonus or commission for 2017 in US dollars.
*Dividends were defined as compensation in the form of dividends, stock options or profit sharing in US dollars for 2017.
*Other was defined as annual value of other compensation (company car, health club membership, mobile phone etc.) in US dollars.