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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton, NJ | $124,614 | $59.91 |
| 2 | Oakland, CA | $107,727 | $51.79 |
| 3 | Cambridge, MA | $104,018 | $50.01 |
| 4 | Woodlawn, MD | $97,936 | $47.08 |
| 5 | Chicago, IL | $94,402 | $45.39 |
| 6 | Ann Arbor, MI | $91,218 | $43.85 |
| 7 | Seattle, WA | $91,036 | $43.77 |
| 8 | Washington, DC | $87,027 | $41.84 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Research Professor | $144,912 | $70 | - |
| 2 | Legal Researcher | $119,800 | $58 | - |
| 3 | Senior Research Investigator | $115,484 | $56 | - |
| 4 | Scientist | $96,158 | $46 | - |
| 5 | Marketing Researcher | $95,049 | $46 | - |
| 6 | Health Researcher | $89,020 | $43 | - |
| 7 | Contract Researcher | $88,639 | $43 | - |
| 8 | Medical Health Researcher | $88,184 | $42 | - |
| 9 | Research Scientist | $86,276 | $41 | - |
| 10 | Internet Researcher | $85,370 | $41 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Aspen Institute | $130,738 | $63 | - |
| 2 | CFA Institute | $116,499 | $56 | - |
| 3 | Educational Testing Service | $112,355 | $54 | 2 |
| 4 | Stanford University | $106,189 | $51 | 59 |
| 5 | Reed College | $102,230 | $49 | - |
| 6 | RAND | $88,281 | $42 | 3 |
| 7 | National Bureau of Economic Research | $84,694 | $41 | - |
| 8 | Social Science Research Council | $83,218 | $40 | - |
| 9 | American Political Science Association | $80,405 | $39 | - |
| 10 | Institute for Advanced Study | $79,077 | $38 | - |
| 11 | University of California-Berkeley | $69,271 | $33 | - |