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Market Research Analysts

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 234,000 for market research analysts in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Of those surveyed, 13% of employees work part-time. Approximately 7% of market research analysts work for themselves.

Training and Education

Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining a bachelor's degree. Government data shows that 82% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 14% of market research analysts. For 4% of workers a high-school education was all they required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

The cities with the most employees jobs, compared to the population, are Framingham (Massachusetts), San Jose (California), and Wilmington (Delaware). Fewer are found in Mobile (Alabama), Eugene (Oregon), and Shreveport (Louisiana).

Market research analysts earn higher incomes in San Jose (California), Spartanburg (South Carolina), and Seattle (Washington), and lower incomes in College Station (Texas), Fort Walton Beach (Florida), and Myrtle Beach (South Carolina).

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Market Research Analysts: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Market Research Analysts, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Market Research Analysts are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Market Research Analysts are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaBirmingham190$65,4600.2
AlabamaMobile50$66,9400.2
AlabamaMontgomery50$59,4800.2
AlabamaTuscaloosa40 0.3
AlaskaAnchorage60$58,0200.2
ArizonaFlagstaff60$45,4600.7
ArizonaPhoenix2,950$60,1800.8
ArizonaPrescott70$61,3700.7
ArizonaTucson880$50,6501.3
ArkansasFayetteville240$53,2000.7
ArkansasFort Smith80$49,0600.4
ArkansasLittle Rock280$57,2400.4
CaliforniaBakersfield110 0.2
CaliforniaChico40$43,9000.3
CaliforniaFresno230$52,8200.4
CaliforniaModesto160$58,1200.5
CaliforniaNapa60$74,7500.6
CaliforniaOakland2,110$76,3801.1
CaliforniaOxnard600$61,9801.1
CaliforniaRiverside1,070$56,1900.4
CaliforniaSacramento1,320$55,3700.8
CaliforniaSalinas90$52,0000.3
CaliforniaSan Diego2,490$70,9901
CaliforniaSan Francisco4,500$83,590 2.4
CaliforniaSan Jose5,170$100,010 3
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo80$54,9100.5
CaliforniaSanta Ana3,770$64,0301.3
CaliforniaSanta Barbara320$75,7201.1
CaliforniaSanta Cruz110$69,8800.7
CaliforniaSanta Rosa240$53,8200.7
CaliforniaStockton180$66,9400.5
CaliforniaVallejo100$63,9600.5
CaliforniaVisalia40$46,3700.2
ConnecticutBridgeport1,430$76,5401.8
ConnecticutDanbury100$60,6400.8
ConnecticutHartford770$62,6000.7
ConnecticutNew Haven390$57,4100.8
ConnecticutNorwich140 0.6
DelawareDover60$41,2900.7
DelawareWilmington1,760$75,560 2.9
District of ColumbiaWashington9,680$74,950 2.2
FloridaCape Coral60$62,1300.2
FloridaDeltona70$41,0400.3
FloridaFort Lauderdale940$54,8300.7
FloridaFort Walton Beach40$38,0400.3
FloridaJacksonville990$55,5800.9
FloridaLakeland60$67,0300.2
FloridaMiami900$66,0700.5
FloridaNaples70$51,6800.3
FloridaOcala40$61,4000.2
FloridaOrlando650$54,8400.3
FloridaPalm Bay140$53,0700.4
FloridaPanama City50$50,1400.4
FloridaSarasota140$72,1900.3
FloridaTallahassee130$58,1500.4
FloridaTampa1,330$58,1300.6
FloridaWest Palm Beach510$65,5000.5
GeorgiaAthens40$37,2800.3
GeorgiaAtlanta5,180$61,6901.2
GeorgiaAugusta70$42,0700.2
GeorgiaColumbus100$56,9700.5
GeorgiaDalton60$52,9000.5
GeorgiaGainesville40$62,8100.3
GeorgiaMacon70$43,5300.4
GeorgiaSavannah80$51,9900.3
HawaiiHonolulu220$59,1900.3
IdahoBoise310$65,2300.6
IdahoCoeur Dalene90$56,0001
IllinoisBloomington130$70,8501.1
IllinoisChampaign180$51,4701.1
IllinoisChicago11,520$61,5401.6
IllinoisDecatur190$72,320 2.5
IllinoisPeoria210$58,8200.7
IllinoisRockford260$52,2501
IllinoisSpringfield310$58,7401.7
IndianaBloomington40$57,9500.3
IndianaEvansville100$51,0800.3
IndianaFort Wayne240$46,5900.6
IndianaGary120$52,7100.2
IndianaIndianapolis940$59,2600.6
IndianaKokomo30$74,6400.5
IndianaLafayette50$52,4200.4
IndianaMuncie40$53,1400.5
IndianaSouth Bend50$59,8100.2
IndianaTerre Haute40$53,3600.3
IowaAmes30$54,4000.5
IowaCedar Rapids310$66,8101.3
IowaDavenport250$52,0800.8
IowaDes Moines890$55,5101.5
IowaDubuque60$44,7100.7
IowaIowa City70$54,4000.6
IowaSioux City70$59,6200.6
IowaWaterloo100$42,5300.7
KansasLawrence60 0.8
KansasTopeka210$60,6601.1
KansasWichita540$52,7601
KentuckyLexington150$60,3300.3
KentuckyLouisville580$68,5300.5
LouisianaBaton Rouge150$49,4600.2
LouisianaLafayette70$50,9500.3
LouisianaNew Orleans280$43,4300.3
LouisianaShreveport30$41,4000.1
MainePortland100$58,3800.3
MarylandBaltimore2,320$68,2001
MarylandBethesda2,180$64,880 2.1
MarylandHagerstown40$65,2100.2
MarylandSalisbury50$78,5300.6
MassachusettsBarnstable Town130$48,7500.8
MassachusettsBoston6,800$75,310 2.1
MassachusettsBrockton140$66,5000.9
MassachusettsFramingham1,050$81,910 3.6
MassachusettsHaverhill120$65,6400.9
MassachusettsLawrence80$74,3600.9
MassachusettsLeominster50$49,3700.6
MassachusettsLowell390$81,7001.8
MassachusettsNew Bedford60$49,0100.6
MassachusettsPittsfield50$44,4401
MassachusettsSpringfield280$61,2500.5
MassachusettsTaunton40$68,3900.5
MassachusettsWorcester460$71,8601
MichiganAnn Arbor340$56,0401.2
MichiganBattle Creek50$61,3000.6
MichiganDetroit1,340$79,9401
MichiganFlint120$67,5400.5
MichiganGrand Rapids500$63,9700.7
MichiganHolland130$64,6100.7
MichiganKalamazoo130$54,0800.5
MichiganLansing250$64,5700.7
MichiganMuskegon40$49,4100.4
MichiganNiles160$73,4601.6
MichiganSaginaw40$61,7700.3
MichiganWarren2,690$71,9401.2
MinnesotaDuluth80$56,4400.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis6,740$74,190 2
MinnesotaRochester110$83,6800.7
MinnesotaSt Cloud100$66,3300.6
MississippiGulfport60 0.3
MississippiJackson100$61,7700.2
MissouriColumbia40$41,4400.3
MissouriJoplin40$64,8500.3
MissouriKansas City1,970$62,5201
MissouriSpringfield180$39,2700.5
MissouriSt Joseph40$65,0100.5
MissouriSt Louis2,390$62,3700.9
MontanaBillings70$53,3500.5
NebraskaLincoln310$51,8101.1
NebraskaOmaha1,280$64,6801.5
NevadaLas Vegas630$56,1500.4
NevadaReno140$55,6500.4
New HampshireManchester90$67,7300.5
New HampshireNashua120$63,8000.5
New HampshirePortsmouth100$58,4801.1
New HampshireRochester50$58,1900.5
New JerseyCamden520$66,0500.5
New JerseyEdison1,880$73,5201
New JerseyNewark1,620$82,2300.9
New JerseyTrenton470$66,0901.2
New MexicoAlbuquerque280$58,1000.4
New MexicoSanta Fe40$42,9600.4
New YorkAlbany850$61,3601.1
New YorkBinghamton160$70,7600.9
New YorkBuffalo920$61,7800.9
New YorkElmira30$62,3300.5
New YorkIthaca60$51,1500.9
New YorkKingston60$47,1700.6
New YorkNassau3,130$77,8401.3
New YorkNew York18,760$73,4002
New YorkPoughkeepsie230$70,2100.5
New YorkRochester1,190$67,7101.3
New YorkSyracuse500$56,3100.9
New YorkUtica100$60,2400.4
North CarolinaCharlotte1,280$61,5100.8
North CarolinaDurham690$86,5701.4
North CarolinaGreensboro520$53,2900.8
North CarolinaGreenville50$52,9200.4
North CarolinaHickory170$66,8000.6
North CarolinaRaleigh1,080$63,7201.1
North CarolinaWilmington80$58,0500.3
North CarolinaWinston Salem360$63,8400.9
North DakotaFargo130$61,1000.6
OhioAkron600$64,2801
OhioCanton150$60,4000.5
OhioCincinnati2,400$63,2801.2
OhioCleveland1,900$65,5801
OhioColumbus1,820$66,7301
OhioDayton700$57,1001
OhioToledo410$58,1300.7
OhioYoungstown150$53,6000.4
OklahomaOklahoma City820$44,2600.8
OklahomaTulsa670$53,8100.8
OregonEugene40$49,8600.2
OregonMedford30$62,9200.2
OregonPortland1,570$72,7100.8
PennsylvaniaAllentown560$59,2200.9
PennsylvaniaAltoona60$53,7600.6
PennsylvaniaErie130$53,4100.6
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg750$48,9901.3
PennsylvaniaJohnstown80$52,6900.9
PennsylvaniaLancaster420$56,4301
PennsylvaniaLebanon30$50,9500.4
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia6,320$61,0501.8
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh2,640$53,6901.2
PennsylvaniaReading220$50,1600.8
PennsylvaniaScranton290$49,4200.6
PennsylvaniaState College130$70,4701.4
PennsylvaniaYork220$50,2100.7
Rhode IslandProvidence360$57,0100.3
South CarolinaCharleston180$54,5000.3
South CarolinaColumbia210$56,9200.3
South CarolinaFlorence30$48,2600.2
South CarolinaGreenville580$65,1601
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach200$28,4801
South CarolinaSpartanburg60$91,1300.3
South DakotaSioux Falls100$49,2800.4
TennesseeChattanooga90$55,1500.2
TennesseeClarksville40$47,8500.3
TennesseeKnoxville250$46,1900.4
TennesseeNashville580$52,6100.4
TexasAbilene30$62,3000.3
TexasAmarillo130$48,4000.8
TexasAustin2,440$82,2001.7
TexasBeaumont80$62,3700.3
TexasBrownsville40$54,2600.2
TexasCollege Station40$36,3700.3
TexasCorpus Christi110$50,1500.4
TexasDallas5,440$73,5201.4
TexasEl Paso340$41,0500.7
TexasFort Worth1,470$56,0400.9
TexasHouston4,510$71,4300.9
TexasLaredo60$49,6400.4
TexasLongview90$55,3300.6
TexasLubbock150$50,6500.7
TexasMcallen90$43,3400.2
TexasMidland40$56,3900.4
TexasOdessa50$56,3800.5
TexasSan Angelo30$41,9300.5
TexasSan Antonio1,200$64,2300.8
TexasSherman30$45,9400.5
TexasTyler90$44,4300.6
TexasWaco260$75,1201.6
UtahOgden140$44,9200.4
UtahProvo280$55,0201
UtahSalt Lake City860$58,6800.7
UtahSt George50$50,0300.6
VermontBurlington410$49,600 2.2
VirginiaBlacksburg150$63,0701.5
VirginiaCharlottesville300$48,9201.9
VirginiaHarrisonburg100$40,5101.1
VirginiaLynchburg150$44,4900.9
VirginiaRichmond1,590$58,5101.4
VirginiaRoanoke160$47,2200.6
VirginiaVirginia Beach920$51,8500.7
VirginiaWinchester60$57,2700.7
WashingtonBellingham120$51,4100.9
WashingtonBremerton50$53,8000.4
WashingtonKennewick40$55,8600.3
WashingtonOlympia80$59,3900.5
WashingtonSeattle7,230$90,750 2.7
WashingtonSpokane290$53,8000.8
WashingtonTacoma330$70,9800.7
WashingtonYakima40$60,0400.3
West VirginiaCharleston40$45,5600.2
West VirginiaHuntington30$41,7900.2
West VirginiaWheeling70$41,2200.7
WisconsinAppleton100$60,2100.5
WisconsinEau Claire60$46,3200.5
WisconsinGreen Bay140$53,6400.5
WisconsinMadison620$64,7501
WisconsinMilwaukee1,340$72,3500.8
WisconsinOshkosh190$60,6701.3
WisconsinRacine220$64,9601.7
WisconsinSheboygan40$65,3500.4
WisconsinWausau80$56,6800.7
WyomingCheyenne70$43,7501
 

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