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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago, IL | $109,717 | $52.75 |
| 2 | Washington, DC | $104,086 | $50.04 |
| 3 | Des Moines, IA | $92,224 | $44.34 |
| 4 | Dallas, TX | $88,633 | $42.61 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Research Fellow | $155,444 | $75 | - |
| 2 | Policy Internship | $109,423 | $53 | 4 |
| 3 | Graduate Fellow | $98,741 | $47 | - |
| 4 | Junior Research Fellow | $86,092 | $41 | - |
| 5 | Postdoctoral Scholar | $76,965 | $37 | - |
| 6 | Research Fellow | $68,014 | $33 | - |
| 7 | Technical Fellow | $63,272 | $30 | - |
| 8 | Political Internship | $62,273 | $30 | 2 |
| 9 | Doctoral Fellow | $61,619 | $30 | - |
| 10 | Summer Research Fellow | $49,566 | $24 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urban Institute | $121,589 | $58 | 1 |
| 2 | The Cato Institute | $116,189 | $56 | - |
| 3 | The Heritage Foundation | $113,448 | $55 | 2 |
| 4 | Center for American Progress | $110,904 | $53 | - |
| 5 | CSIS | $107,030 | $51 | 2 |
| 6 | The Brookings Institution | $106,786 | $51 | - |
| 7 | Institute for Policy Studies | $104,527 | $50 | - |
| 8 | Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | $101,886 | $49 | - |
| 9 | Independence Institute | $98,757 | $47 | - |
| 10 | Center for a New American Security | $93,125 | $45 | - |
| 11 | Manhattan Institute | $88,579 | $43 | - |
| 12 | Hoover Institution | $88,343 | $42 | - |
| 13 | Council on Foreign Relations | $88,028 | $42 | - |
| 14 | New America | $87,786 | $42 | - |
| 15 | OpenSecrets | $84,857 | $41 | - |
| 16 | Hudson Institute | $84,743 | $41 | 2 |
| 17 | School for Advanced Research | $82,910 | $40 | - |
| 18 | The Heartland Institute | $75,366 | $36 | - |
| 19 | Princeton Federalist Society | $58,485 | $28 | - |
| 20 | The Center for Public Integrity | $57,467 | $28 | - |