Market Researcher salary
What a market researcher actually earns, from 123 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
What the number means
A market researcher earns a blended US median near 100,097 dollars, with the typical middle running from 76,787 dollars to 129,144 dollars. The official OEWS median is 76,950 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 21 percent since 2019. Demand is rated moderate, and 6% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is marketing manager, at 20 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open market researcher roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Research Analyst (Non-Data) (Job 1370) at DLH CorporationUnited States · Remote$50k–$70k1d agoApply- Operations Research Analyst at Missile Defense AgencyMultiple Locations$42k–$158k3d agoApply
- Education Research Analyst at Department of War Education ActivityQuantico, Virginia$116k–$155k3d agoApply
Senior Consumer Insights Manager (Contract) at OuraRemote - United States$173k–$203k3d agoApply- Research Analyst (Santiago) at Trc RecruitmeSantiago, Región Metropolitana3d agoApply
Equity Research Analyst/Associate- Payments, Processors & IT Services at Bank of AmericaNew York, NY4d agoApply
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'509/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 24 Betriebswirte und vergleichbare Spezialisten: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 114'108 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$94,300
- California$92,770
- New York$91,840
- New Jersey$85,190
- Oregon$82,600
- Colorado$80,670
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a market researcher profile already covers.
- 28 open actuary roles$147,204 median · +$47,107 · 39% readiness
- 600 open marketing manager roles$137,211 median · +$37,114 · 20% readiness
- 62 open economist roles$135,063 median · +$34,966 · 45% readiness
- 37 open ux researcher roles$125,877 median · +$25,780 · 38% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a market researcher.
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Related salaries
- Marketing Manager salary$137,211 median
- Actuary salary$147,204 median
- Economist salary$135,063 median
Quick answers
How much does a market researcher make?
The blended US median is about 100,097 dollars, with a typical range from 76,787 dollars to 129,144 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 76,950 dollars.
Is market researcher a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated moderate in our July 2026 corpus, with 6% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a market researcher move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is marketing manager, at 20 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 13-1161. Live corpus 123 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.