Research Analyst Salary in 2025

💰 The median Research Analyst Salary in 2025 is USD 76,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 35 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Research Analyst salary lies between USD 16,000 and USD 100,000 globally. 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
Research Analyst
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
35
Top 10%
$ 168,000
Top 25%
$ 100,000
Median
$ 76,500
Bottom 25%
$ 16,000
Bottom 10%
$ 16,000

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 Research Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Research Analyst job listings are Research, Python and Statistics. 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:

Research | 48 jobs Python | 46 jobs Statistics | 34 jobs SQL | 32 jobs R | 28 jobs Data analysis | 27 jobs Machine Learning | 25 jobs Economics | 19 jobs Data visualization | 18 jobs Engineering | 17 jobs Mathematics | 14 jobs Data Analytics | 13 jobs Excel | 12 jobs Market research | 12 jobs Security | 10 jobs Business Analytics | 10 jobs Banking | 7 jobs Finance | 7 jobs Power BI | 7 jobs Data management | 7 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Research Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Research Analyst job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Competitive pay. 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 | 34 jobs Flex hours | 24 jobs Competitive pay | 22 jobs Health care | 19 jobs Flex vacation | 14 jobs Equity / stock options | 12 jobs Team events | 12 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Gear | 9 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs 401(k) matching | 7 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Flexible spending account | 6 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Signing bonus | 3 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs

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