Survey Researchers
Marketing, Sales and ServiceO*NET 19-3022.00United States
Plan, develop, or conduct surveys. May analyze and interpret the meaning of survey data, determine survey objectives, or suggest or test question wording.
- Median annual earnings
- $66,631
- Projected change
- −0.6%
- Typical education
- Bachelor's degree
- Employment
- 9.84K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
50% of the workforce
Growing to 9.78K by 2035
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The work
What survey researchers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Conduct surveys and collect data, using methods such as interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, market analysis surveys, public opinion polls, literature reviews, and file reviews.
- Prepare and present summaries and analyses of survey data, including tables, graphs, and fact sheets that describe survey techniques and results.
- Consult with clients to identify survey needs and specific requirements, such as special samples.
- Determine and specify details of survey projects, including sources of information, procedures to be used, and the design of survey instruments and materials.
- Support, plan, and coordinate operations for single or multiple surveys.
- Monitor and evaluate survey progress and performance, using sample disposition reports and response rate calculations.
- Collaborate with other researchers in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of surveys.
- Conduct research to gather information about survey topics.
- Direct and review the work of staff members, including survey support staff and interviewers who gather survey data.
- Direct updates and changes in survey implementation and methods.
- Produce documentation of the questionnaire development process, data collection methods, sampling designs, and decisions related to sample statistical weighting.
- Write proposals to win new projects.
- Review, classify, and record survey data in preparation for computer analysis.
- Analyze data from surveys, old records, or case studies, using statistical software.
- Write training manuals to be used by survey interviewers.
- Hire and train recruiters and data collectors.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $36,241
- 25th percentile
- $48,570
- 50th percentile
- $66,631
- 75th percentile
- $97,569
- 90th percentile
- $132,946
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $66,631 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
−0.6%projected to decline
20259,836 jobs
2035 projected9,779 jobs
57 fewer positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Bachelor's degree
- 50%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 46.2%
- Doctoral degree or more
- 3.9%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Research Specialists90 postings
- 02Feasibility Managers55 postings
- 03Research Coordinators47 postings
- 04Survey Managers34 postings
- 05Data Collection Specialists28 postings
- 06Study Managers27 postings
- 07Geography Teachers24 postings
- 08Researchers24 postings
- 09Survey Researchers16 postings
- 10Market Researchers14 postings
- 11Research Area Specialists14 postings
- 12Research Support Specialists14 postings
- 13Research Teaching Specialists13 postings
- 14Study Start Up Specialists12 postings
- 15Survey Interns12 postings
- 16Field Representatives11 postings
- 17Nurse Epidemiologists10 postings
- 18Research and Innovation Managers10 postings
- 19Evaluation Specialists9 postings
- 20Governor's Interns9 postings
Top employers
- 01PayPal109 postings
- 02Parexel54 postings
- 03Ipsos39 postings
- 04American Institutes For Research30 postings
- 05Leidos26 postings
- 06University of Minnesota23 postings
- 07Herc19 postings
- 08University Of Michigan19 postings
- 09Mystery Shopping Service17 postings
- 10JLL16 postings
- 11Lionbridge15 postings
- 12University of Florida14 postings
- 13Integration.Ag13 postings
- 14Medix™12 postings
- 15Robert Half12 postings
- 16Boston Public Health Commission11 postings
- 17Johns Hopkins University11 postings
- 18Kalibrate11 postings
- 19Rutgers University11 postings
- 20University of California10 postings
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