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Research Associate salaries in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Explore Research Associate pay at 7 employers in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Employer industry and career are separate: this page focuses on the employers assigned to this sector, while the career can also appear elsewhere.
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Selected supported source cohorts for Research Associate salaries in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. These are individual benchmarks, not an average across employers or levels.
Research Associate · Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC · All reported locations
For Research Associate at Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $72,467.10. The sample denominator is 8 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.
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Research Associate · Fermi Research Alliance, LLC · All reported locations
For Research Associate at Fermi Research Alliance, LLC in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $65,000. The sample denominator is 6 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.
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Research Associate · Bay Area Environmental Research Institute · All reported locations
For Research Associate at Bay Area Environmental Research Institute in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $100,880. The sample denominator is 5 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.
Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.
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Only public source benchmarks with at least five samples and a disclosed median appear here. Samples can overlap and are never added into an employee total. Source sampling methods apply; published sample counts are not guaranteed to represent unique employees. Missing pay components stay undisclosed. Methodology.
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| EMPLOYER / ROLE | TOTAL COMP | BASE SALARY | STOCK / YEAR | CASH BONUS | CONTEXT | |
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FF Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLCResearch AssociateAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $72,467 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort8 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
FR Fermi Research Alliance, LLCResearch AssociateAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $65,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort6 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
BA Bay Area Environmental Research InstituteResearch AssociateAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $100,880 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
BR Beckman Research Institute of the City of HopeResearch AssociateAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $76,045 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
BN Brookhaven National LaboratoryResearch AssociateAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $89,232 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
CR Cornerstone Research, Inc.Research AssociateAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $160,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
TR The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's HospitalResearch AssociateAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $50,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 |
Questions about this pay market.
What are Research Associate salaries in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services?
The available evidence includes 7 supported public pay cohorts across 7 employers. The tables show individual employer benchmarks and their measurement definitions. We do not average employer medians into a single industry salary.
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Can Research Associate work in other industries?
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