Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Research Associate: $80K median posted pay.
From 55 salary bands employers posted on 219 open research associate roles in science & clinical research. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 182 | $78K | — |
| Senior | 35 | $102K | — |
| Intern | 1 | — (0 of 8 bands) | — |
| Management | 1 | — (0 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| Umiami | 59 | — |
| University of Texas at Austin | 11 | — |
| University of Texas at Austin Staff | 11 | — |
| Tamus (System Wide External) | 10 | — |
| Montefiore | 9 | — |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 7 | — |
| Louisiana State University | 6 | — |
| Usc (Externalusccareers) | 6 | — |
| Thermofisher | 6 | — |
| Usc (ExternalKeckUSCCareers) | 4 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open research associate roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Investigation | 86 | — |
| Data Analysis | 53 | — |
| Statistics | 42 | — |
| Classroom Teaching | 39 | — |
| Python | 28 | — |
| Spreadsheet Analysis | 28 | — |
| Clinical Trials | 27 | — |
| Benefits Administration | 27 | — |
| Process Documentation | 26 | — |
| Machine Learning | 23 | — |
Where the work is
1% of these roles are remote.
- Remote1%2 roles
- Hybrid2%5 roles
- On site83%181 roles
- Not stated14%31 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 219 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 55 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Research Associate (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in science & clinical research, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.