Salary for Entry-level / Junior Research Analyst in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Research Analyst in United States during 2025 is USD 82,900

✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Research Analyst salary lies between USD 70,000 and USD 100,000 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
Research Analyst
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 185,000
Top 25%
$ 100,000
Median
$ 82,900
Bottom 25%
$ 70,000
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 Entry-level / Junior Research Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Research Analyst job listings are Research, Python 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:

Research | 30 jobs Python | 29 jobs SQL | 22 jobs Statistics | 20 jobs Data analysis | 20 jobs Machine Learning | 19 jobs R | 17 jobs Economics | 14 jobs Data visualization | 12 jobs Market research | 10 jobs Business Analytics | 9 jobs Engineering | 7 jobs Data Analytics | 7 jobs Excel | 6 jobs Banking | 5 jobs Big Data | 4 jobs Finance | 4 jobs Security | 4 jobs Power BI | 4 jobs Azure | 4 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Research Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior 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 | 22 jobs Flex hours | 15 jobs Competitive pay | 14 jobs Team events | 10 jobs Gear | 9 jobs Health care | 8 jobs Equity / stock options | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs

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