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Research Associate

Estimated Salary
$61,000 - $90,500 /yr

Estimated salary range for jobs in this role

6-month job volume
305

Job openings advertised on Diversity in Research in the past 6 months

Job openings trend
Growing

Growth trend for job openings on Diversity in Research

 
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Skills and Expertise

Skill and expertise held by people in the Research Associate role
  • Assays
  • Proteins
  • Tissue Culture
  • Cell Culture
  • Microsoft Excel
  • HPLC
  • ELISA
  • Western Blotting
  • Lab Equipment
  • Bioreactors

Education

Education held by people in the Research Associate role
Most common education level
Post-graduate
Education Subjects Studied
Computer Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Psychology
Mathematics

Recruitment trends

Recruitment data for Research Associate jobs on Diversity in Research

New job openings over time

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  • August 2025 New jobs: 1
  • September 2025 New jobs: 15
  • October 2025 New jobs: 12
  • November 2025 New jobs: 101
  • December 2025 New jobs: 104
  • January 2026 New jobs: 68

Job openings trend Growing Growth trend for job openings on Diversity in Research

Salary

Estimated salary for Research Associate jobs based on location

United States

Average annual salary
$76,000 /yr
Average salary of job openings for this role
Estimated salary
$61,000 - $90,500 /yr
Estimated salary range for jobs in this role

Career path

Real world examples of career paths taken by those in the Research Associate role

Data recently sourced from Research Associate CVs

    1. Graduate Student
    2. Research Assistant
    3. Research Associate
    4. Postdoctoral Fellow
    5. Senior Scientist
    1. Research Analyst
    2. Research Associate
    3. Assistant Professor
    4. Professor
    1. Graduate Student
    2. Research Associate
    3. Scientist
    4. Senior Scientist

Research Associate jobs

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate: GeoAI and Remote Sensing for Invasive Species Ecology

    • Gainesville, Florida, United States
    • Competitive Salary
    • University of Florida
    3 days to apply
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

    • Houston, Texas, United States
    • Competitive Salary
    • Texas A&M University
    3 days to apply
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Scalable AI and Computational Imaging

    • Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
    • Competitive Salary
    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    3 days to apply