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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago, IL | $60,190 | $28.94 |
| 2 | Washington, DC | $54,162 | $26.04 |
| 3 | Des Moines, IA | $42,343 | $20.36 |
| 4 | Dallas, TX | $39,765 | $19.12 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Research Investigator | $161,431 | $78 | - |
| 2 | Research Professor | $160,537 | $77 | - |
| 3 | Senior Research Fellow | $155,444 | $75 | - |
| 4 | Principal Research Economist | $151,170 | $73 | - |
| 5 | Research Assistant Member | $150,513 | $72 | - |
| 6 | Research Investigator | $149,697 | $72 | - |
| 7 | Postdoc Research Associate | $138,152 | $66 | - |
| 8 | Research Associate Professor | $135,651 | $65 | - |
| 9 | Research Staff Member | $134,966 | $65 | - |
| 10 | Chemical Research Worker | $134,708 | $65 | - |
| Job | Location | Date added | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Assistant, Education Policy Studies | Washington, DC | 05/11/2025 | $50,000 |
| Research Assistant: Foreign and Defense Policy; Congress, Budgets, and National Defense Planning | Washington, DC | 04/26/2025 | $50,000 |
| Research Assistant, Science Policy | Washington, DC | 01/30/2025 | $50,000 |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urban Institute | $54,849 | $26 | 2 |
| 2 | Independence Institute | $51,910 | $25 | - |
| 3 | The Heartland Institute | $51,214 | $25 | - |
| 4 | The Center for Public Integrity | $50,902 | $24 | - |
| 5 | The Cato Institute | $50,620 | $24 | 3 |
| 6 | Center for American Progress | $50,548 | $24 | - |
| 7 | School for Advanced Research | $49,692 | $24 | - |
| 8 | The Heritage Foundation | $49,682 | $24 | - |
| 9 | Manhattan Institute | $49,376 | $24 | 1 |
| 10 | OpenSecrets | $49,302 | $24 | - |
| 11 | CSIS | $49,200 | $24 | 3 |
| 12 | Institute for Policy Studies | $47,818 | $23 | - |
| 13 | Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | $47,159 | $23 | 3 |
| 14 | The Brookings Institution | $46,949 | $23 | 5 |
| 15 | Center for a New American Security | $45,166 | $22 | - |
| 16 | Princeton Federalist Society | $44,261 | $21 | - |
| 17 | Hoover Institution | $43,389 | $21 | - |
| 18 | New America | $43,315 | $21 | - |
| 19 | Council on Foreign Relations | $41,027 | $20 | - |
| 20 | Hudson Institute | $40,903 | $20 | 13 |