Survey Researcher
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Survey Researcher designs and conducts surveys, and analyzes data collected in surveys, including internet, phone, mail or personal interview surveys. Creates surveys designed to collect marketing information, information for scientific research, or public opinion information. Uses statistical analysis to look at how well a survey sample represents a larger population.
Job Outlook
There were 167 Survey Researcher job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 4763 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Survey Researcher industry, which includes the Survey Researcher career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new Survey Researcher jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $83,231.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $73,063.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Survey Researcher postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $66,200.
Education and Experience
Posted Survey Researcher jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 24.4% |
| Master's Degree | 15.7% |
| Doctoral Degree | 6.7% |
| Other | 4.26% |
Posted Survey Researcher jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 80.33% |
| 3 to 5 years | 15.23% |
| 6 to 8 years | 3.42% |
| 9+ years | 1.02% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Survey Researcher positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Research (54.76%)
- Honesty (26.16%)
- Communication (24.29%)
- Writing (19.57%)
- Detail Oriented (18.73%)
- Presentations (13.98%)
- Management (13.52%)
- Microsoft Excel (13.37%)
- Organizational Skills (8.27%)
- Coordinating (7.85%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Data Collection (41.79%)
- Online Surveys (Evaluation Methods) (29.62%)
- Survey Data Collection (12.11%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Quantitative Data Analysis (10.19%)
- Data Entry (12.08%)
- Data Analysis (23.02%)
- Data Management (13.96%)
- Social Work (5.09%)
- Data Quality (4.97%)
- R (Programming Language) (11.26%)
- Public Health (9.81%)
- Research Methodologies (9.25%)
- SPSS (Statistical Software) (9.97%)
- Psychology (11.76%)
- Marketing (4.43%)
- Focus Group (13.49%)
- Program Evaluation (10.06%)
- Project Management (11.38%)
- Statistics (13.4%)
- Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) (5.31%)
- Qualitative Research (5.63%)
- Social Sciences (11.13%)
- Surveys (28.05%)
- Literature Reviews (8.9%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Survey Researcher skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Research Specialist
- Evaluation Analyst
- Research Coordinator
- Researcher
- Technical Assistant
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Evaluation Specialist
- Neurofeedback Technician
- Data Collection Specialist
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Research Analyst
- Research Assistant
- Social Scientist
- Research Associate (General)
- Director of Institutional Research
- Graduate Research Fellow
- Statistician
- Data Specialist
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Survey Researcher jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- PayPal (180)
- Public Consulting Group (151)
- Mathematica Policy Research (53)
- Amazon (36)
- American Institutes For Research (34)
- University of Minnesota (33)
- University of Florida (32)
- University Of Michigan (29)
- Volt (27)
- University of California (26)
North Carolina
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (11)
- University of North Carolina (11)
- American Institutes For Research (5)
- Greene Resources (4)
- North Carolina State University (4)
- Public Consulting Group (3)
- Duke University (3)
- Wake Forest Baptist Health (3)
- Actalent (2)
- Us Probate Leads (2)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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