Associate Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Associate Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 133,300
✏️ This salary info is based on 237 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Associate salary lies between USD 94,700 and USD 170,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
- Job title
- Associate
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 237
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Associate roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Associate job listings are Python, Engineering and SQL. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Python | 678 jobs Engineering | 551 jobs SQL | 537 jobs Research | 437 jobs Machine Learning | 428 jobs Computer Science | 411 jobs Statistics | 369 jobs Data analysis | 315 jobs R | 293 jobs Data management | 286 jobs Security | 281 jobs Data Analytics | 276 jobs AWS | 253 jobs Testing | 253 jobs Data quality | 251 jobs Agile | 246 jobs Finance | 245 jobs Architecture | 235 jobs Mathematics | 232 jobs Excel | 219 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Associate roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Associate job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 793 jobs Health care | 343 jobs Flex hours | 245 jobs Competitive pay | 198 jobs Team events | 198 jobs Equity / stock options | 166 jobs Salary bonus | 163 jobs Startup environment | 162 jobs Flex vacation | 145 jobs Insurance | 137 jobs Wellness | 120 jobs Parental leave | 108 jobs Medical leave | 103 jobs 401(k) matching | 76 jobs Conferences | 49 jobs Transparency | 40 jobs Relocation support | 40 jobs Fitness / gym | 22 jobs Home office stipend | 19 jobs Flexible spending account | 14 jobsRelated salaries
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