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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas, TX | $64,670 | $31.09 |
| 2 | Chicago, IL | $59,227 | $28.47 |
| 3 | Washington, DC | $51,241 | $24.64 |
| 4 | Des Moines, IA | $49,652 | $23.87 |
| 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 | Research Assistant Member | $150,513 | $72 | - |
| 5 | Research Investigator | $149,697 | $72 | - |
| 6 | Research Staff Member | $134,966 | $65 | - |
| 7 | Economist Research Assistant | $133,082 | $64 | - |
| 8 | Research Affiliate | $127,856 | $61 | - |
| 9 | Research Leader | $127,070 | $61 | - |
| 10 | Research Scholar | $124,990 | $60 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urban Institute | $55,217 | $27 | 1 |
| 2 | The Center for Public Integrity | $52,576 | $25 | - |
| 3 | Independence Institute | $51,656 | $25 | - |
| 4 | The Heartland Institute | $51,201 | $25 | - |
| 5 | Center for American Progress | $50,494 | $24 | - |
| 6 | The Cato Institute | $50,463 | $24 | 2 |
| 7 | The Heritage Foundation | $49,585 | $24 | - |
| 8 | CSIS | $49,203 | $24 | 2 |
| 9 | School for Advanced Research | $48,902 | $24 | - |
| 10 | Manhattan Institute | $48,816 | $23 | 1 |
| 11 | OpenSecrets | $48,533 | $23 | - |
| 12 | Institute for Policy Studies | $47,447 | $23 | - |
| 13 | Princeton Federalist Society | $47,030 | $23 | - |
| 14 | The Brookings Institution | $46,980 | $23 | 7 |
| 15 | Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | $46,887 | $23 | 3 |
| 16 | Center for a New American Security | $44,831 | $22 | - |
| 17 | Hoover Institution | $43,498 | $21 | - |
| 18 | New America | $43,326 | $21 | - |
| 19 | Council on Foreign Relations | $41,832 | $20 | - |
| 20 | Hudson Institute | $41,588 | $20 | 9 |