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

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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
Top 10%
$ 216,850
Top 25%
$ 170,000
Median
$ 133,300
Bottom 25%
$ 94,700
Bottom 10%
$ 70,000

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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Salary trend

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 jobs

Top 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 jobs

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Associate @ $ 136,900 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 150,000 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Associate @ $ 108,950 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 130,000 (global) Details
Associate @ $ 56,000 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Associate @ $ 108,950 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 56,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Associate @ $ 150,000 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Associate @ $ 140,400 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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