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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington, DC | $80,429 | $38.67 |
| 2 | Glenside, PA | $80,118 | $38.52 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Research Investigator | $164,166 | $79 | - |
| 2 | Research Professor | $161,191 | $78 | - |
| 3 | Principle Investigator | $158,620 | $76 | - |
| 4 | Senior Research Fellow | $156,491 | $75 | - |
| 5 | Research Investigator | $151,441 | $73 | - |
| 6 | Postdoc Research Associate | $145,639 | $70 | - |
| 7 | Lead Research Specialist | $143,430 | $69 | - |
| 8 | Principal Research Scientist | $143,180 | $69 | - |
| 9 | Research Staff Member | $135,665 | $65 | - |
| 10 | Research Associate Professor | $134,754 | $65 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urban Institute | $109,643 | $53 | 3 |
| 2 | Independence Institute | $96,695 | $46 | - |
| 3 | Center for American Progress | $83,180 | $40 | - |
| 4 | The Heritage Foundation | $70,951 | $34 | 1 |
| 5 | National Bureau of Economic Research | $70,792 | $34 | - |
| 6 | Manhattan Institute | $70,570 | $34 | - |
| 7 | American Enterprise Institute | $68,014 | $33 | 4 |
| 8 | Middle East Institute | $66,406 | $32 | - |
| 9 | Economic Policy Institute | $66,125 | $32 | - |
| 10 | OpenSecrets | $65,703 | $32 | - |
| 11 | Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | $64,732 | $31 | 1 |
| 12 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | $62,867 | $30 | - |
| 13 | The Brookings Institution | $62,404 | $30 | 6 |
| 14 | CSIS | $62,218 | $30 | 4 |
| 15 | Council on Foreign Relations | $61,536 | $30 | - |
| 16 | Center for a New American Security | $60,993 | $29 | - |
| 17 | Hoover Institution | $59,755 | $29 | - |
| 18 | Hudson Institute | $58,561 | $28 | 13 |
| 19 | Common Cause | $54,688 | $26 | - |
| 20 | Center for Media and Democracy | $52,665 | $25 | - |