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Working As a Graduate Research Assistant

  • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
  • Thinking Creatively
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
  • Getting Information
  • Documenting/Recording Information

  • $31,000

    Average Salary

What Does A Graduate Research Assistant Do

A Graduate Research Assistant participates in all stages of a survey, such as data collection and analysis. They work with different survey instruments and large datasets using a variety of analytical techniques to prepare research reports.

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Average Length of Employment
Graduate Research Associate 3.2 years
Postdoctoral Research Scientist 3.2 years
Graduate Research Assistant 3.0 years
Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant 2.8 years
Postdoctoral Research Associate 2.8 years
Graduate Researcher 2.8 years
Graduate Student Assistant 2.4 years
Doctoral Research Assistant 2.4 years
Research Fellow 2.4 years
Assistant Research Scientist 2.2 years
Junior Research Fellow 1.7 years
Research Scholar 1.7 years
Research Assistant 1.6 years
Laboratory Research Assistant 1.6 years
Program Research Specialist 1.5 years
Student Research Assistant 1.5 years
Graduate Research Student 1.2 years
Research Trainee 0.8 years
Research Internship 0.5 years
Summer Research Fellow 0.3 years
Top Careers Before Graduate Research Assistant
Research Assistant 25.2%
Internship 17.2%
Graduate Teaching Assistant 13.2%
Teaching Assistant 11.8%
Research Internship 4.3%
Engineering Internship 3.0%
Researcher 3.0%
Volunteer 2.9%
Laboratory Assistant 2.1%
Graduate Assistant 2.0%
Instructor 2.0%
Tutor 1.9%
Research Associate 1.8%
Graduate Research Student 1.7%
Laboratory Technician 1.6%
Software Engineer 1.4%
Research And Development Internship 1.4%
Assistant 1.2%
Student Internship 1.2%
Teacher 1.1%
Top Careers After Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Teaching Assistant 14.3%
Internship 8.3%
Teaching Assistant 8.3%
Research Assistant 8.1%
Research Associate 7.6%
Research Fellow 7.2%
Postdoctoral Research Associate 7.0%
Doctoral Fellow 6.1%
Instructor 4.5%
Research Scientist 3.9%
Consultant 3.5%
Graduate Assistant 3.0%
Scientist 2.7%
Adjunct Professor 2.4%
PHD Researcher 2.4%
Senior Scientist 2.4%
Assistant Professor 2.3%
Adjunct Faculty 2.1%
Volunteer 2.0%
Project Manager 1.9%

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Average Salary For A Graduate Research Assistant

Average Yearly Salary
$31,000
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$19,000
Min 10%
$31,000
Median 50%
$31,000
Median 50%
$31,000
Median 50%
$31,000
Median 50%
$31,000
Median 50%
$31,000
Median 50%
$31,000
Median 50%
$50,000
Max 90%
Best Paying Company
University of Nebraska Omaha
Highest Paying City
Washington, DC
Highest Paying State
Hawaii
Avg Experience Level
2.5 years
How much does a Graduate Research Assistant make at top companies?
The national average salary for a Graduate Research Assistant in the United States is $31,269 per year or $15 per hour. Those in the bottom 10 percent make under $19,000 a year, and the top 10 percent make over $50,000.

Real Graduate Research Assistant Salaries

Job Title Company Location Start Date Salary
Graduate Research Assistant University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT Aug 17, 2015 $80,266
Graduate Research Assistant Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY Jan 04, 2016 $48,000
Graduate Research Assistant General Hospital Corporation Boston, MA Jul 01, 2012 $46,498
Graduate Research Assistant General Hospital Corporation Boston, MA Jul 01, 2012 $46,342
Graduate Research Assistant Legacy Health System Portland, OR Jun 01, 2010 $45,142
Graduate Research Assistant Emory University WA Sep 01, 2010 $43,034
Graduate Research Assistant General Hospital Corporation Cambridge, MA Jun 01, 2015 $42,000 -
$67,455
Graduate Research Assistant General Hospital Corporation Cambridge, MA Jan 06, 2015 $42,000 -
$67,455
Graduate Research Assistant Peter J. Chelkowski New York, NY Oct 06, 2016 $41,860
Graduate Research Assistant General Hospital Corporation MA Jun 01, 2012 $40,352
Graduate Research Assistant Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY Mar 06, 2011 $39,504
Graduate Research Assistant General Hospital Corporation Boston, MA Jul 01, 2011 $39,486
Graduate Research Assistant Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY Jan 11, 2016 $39,293
Graduate Research Assistant Peter J. Chelkowski New York, NY Aug 26, 2016 $38,189
Graduate Research Assistant University of The Pacific Stockton, CA Jun 15, 2011 $37,044
Graduate Research Assistant University of The Pacific Pacifica, CA May 15, 2011 $37,044

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Top Skills for A Graduate Research Assistant

  1. Technical Reports
  2. Research Projects
  3. Data Analysis
You can check out examples of real life uses of top skills on resumes here:
  • Participated in meetings with academic as well as industry personnel, prepared technical reports, presentations and reviewed and recommended design changes
  • Developed ideas for both individual and collaborative research projects; authored and submitted corresponding grant applications to provide funding for research.
  • Provided technical assistance to five graduate and undergraduate trainees in laboratory techniques, experimental design, data analysis, and presentation skills
  • Developed an independent research project involving design of various microbiological assays involving growth of bacteria and mammalian cell culture.
  • Graduate research involved assessing the contribution of sympathetic nervous system in long-term regulation of blood pressure and development of hypertension.

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  1. New Jersey
  2. Connecticut
  3. Massachusetts
  4. District of Columbia
  5. Delaware
  6. Wisconsin
  7. Arizona
  8. Hawaii
  9. Maryland
  10. Kansas
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Graduate Research Assistant Demographics

Gender

Male

45.9%

Female

36.9%

Unknown

17.2%
Ethnicity

White

45.2%

Asian

27.9%

Hispanic or Latino

11.2%

Black or African American

9.9%

Unknown

5.8%
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Foreign Languages Spoken

Spanish

32.6%

Chinese

12.7%

French

12.3%

Mandarin

8.6%

German

5.7%

Japanese

3.6%

Hindi

3.3%

Arabic

3.3%

Russian

2.9%

Portuguese

2.5%

Italian

2.5%

Korean

2.1%

Cantonese

1.7%

Turkish

1.1%

Carrier

1.0%

Persian

0.9%

Urdu

0.9%

Bengali

0.8%

Vietnamese

0.7%

Hebrew

0.7%
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Graduate Research Assistant Education

Schools

Texas A&M University

8.2%

Georgia Institute of Technology -

8.0%

University of Texas at Austin

7.3%

Georgia State University

7.1%

University of Florida

5.7%

University of Texas at Arlington

5.5%

Purdue University

5.3%

Auburn University

4.7%

Iowa State University

4.6%

West Virginia University

4.5%

Clemson University

4.2%

Oklahoma State University

4.2%

Pennsylvania State University

4.2%

Arizona State University

4.1%

University of Tennessee - Knoxville

4.0%

Missouri University of Science and Technology

3.9%

University of Maryland - College Park

3.9%

Kansas State University

3.7%

University of Georgia

3.6%

University of Oklahoma

3.5%
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Majors

Mechanical Engineering

12.7%

Chemistry

12.2%

Electrical Engineering

8.3%

Computer Science

6.8%

Civil Engineering

6.4%

Chemical Engineering

5.8%

Biomedical Engineering

4.7%

Computer Engineering

4.6%

Biology

4.5%

Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology

4.4%

Physics

4.3%

Business

4.2%

Materials Science And Engineering

3.6%

Public Health

3.5%

Psychology

2.6%

Ecology, Population Biology, And Epidemiology

2.4%

Geology

2.4%

Environmental Science

2.3%

Social Work

2.1%

Pharmacy

2.1%
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Degrees

Masters

57.2%

Doctorate

31.7%

Bachelors

6.3%

Other

3.5%

Certificate

1.0%

Associate

0.2%

Diploma

0.1%

License

0.0%
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