Education Analysis

Education Requirements for Survey Researchers

Does degree level affect salary? Based on education data in DOL PERM (green card) filings.

Salary by Education Level

What the Data Shows

For Survey Researchers positions, filings requiring a Master's degree carried an average declared salary of $58,436 versus $42,418 for those requiring a Bachelor's - a premium of +37.8%. Across all certified filings with a stated education level, 28.6% accepted a Bachelor's degree as the minimum requirement.

Education vs Salary

Education LevelAverage SalaryFilings% of Total
Doctorate$110,49168.6%
Master's$58,4363245.7%
Bachelor's$42,4182028.6%
None$37,0241217.1%

Education by Top Employer

EmployerMost Common Minimum% Bachelor's% Master'sMedian Salary
Facebook Inc. Doctorate 0% 33.3% $125,000
American Institutes for Research Doctorate 0% 0% $45,011
The Hanover Research Council Bachelor's 50% 50% $55,000
BPA International Inc Master's 0% 100% $37,523
GOOGLE LLC N/A N/A N/A $138,500
YOUGOV AMERICA INC N/A N/A N/A $61,000
MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH N/A N/A N/A $119,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine N/A N/A N/A $62,000
Comscore Inc. N/A N/A N/A $60,584
University of Michigan N/A N/A N/A $67,021
Lodging Econometrics, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $30,000
ADVANTAGENE, INC N/A N/A N/A $42,910
EVEREST EDWIN FOUNDATION N/A N/A N/A $31,793
Westat Master's 0% 100% $66,500
LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE AMERICA, INC. N/A N/A N/A $42,951
MMI, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $43,680
The Johns Hopkins University N/A N/A N/A $60,000
University of Florida N/A N/A N/A $61,800
JBS Corp N/A N/A N/A $50,768
SRI International N/A N/A N/A $64,527