2015 Annual Survey of Market Research Professionals

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Overview

New Supplier Interactive Ranking Tool
More than ever, the Market Research Industry is experiencing change. Industry consolidation. New technology. Challenging and uncertain economic times. The need to do more with less.

The 2015 Annual Survey of Market Research Professionals can help you:

The 2015 Annual Survey of Market Research Professionals is based upon the attitudes and opinions of 675 Market research professionals.

Each invited participant completed our online survey between January 12 and February 1, 2015. The aggregate results have a data tolerance of +/- 3.8% at the 95% confidence level and include many questions from the 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2005 research initiatives -- providing an invaluable longitudinal perspective.


This new in-depth, 71 page report is available for $499.

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To purchase, open an employer account, select "Pricing Plans" and choose the "2015 Annual Survey of Market Research Professionals." The report will be emailed to you within 30 minutes after your purchase.

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Mike Carroll
Director Sales & Marketing
800-872-5401
mcarroll@marketresearchcareers.com

 

2015 Job Satisfaction

Despite most MR professionals citing they are overworked and being required to "do more with less," employee job satisfaction increased by five percentage points in the last year.

2015 Job Satisfaction

The in-depth report identifies those who are most satisfied and those who are at risk of finding another position.

 

Employee Compensation

While the "typical" market research professional currently earns $105,488 with average salaries increasing by 2.1% during the past year. Fortunately bonuses have surged by 32% to help drive morale and encourage employee retention.

Title
Average Salary
Average Annual Bonus
Average 2015 Raise
Project Director
$67,544
$12,722
2.5%
Senior Project Director
$76,404
$19,033
3.5%
Research Analyst
$54,125
$16,111
3.0%
Senior Research Analyst
$75,077
$7,890
3.5%
Research Manager/Director
$94,379
$16,679
3.1%
Senior Research Manager/Director
$116,250
$21,872
3.1%
Account Executive/Manager
$68,194
$5,700
1.9%
Senior Account Executive/Manager
$96,146
$29,909
2.1%
Statistician
$78,000
$4,250
3.4%
Assistant Vice President
$118,750
$23,833
3.3%
Vice President
$125,575
$27,470
2.7%
Senior Vice President
$161,190
$57,307
3.4%
President/General Manager
$147,209
$57,463
2.9%
Owner
$123,727
$49,250
3.2%
All Job Titles
$105,488
$25,134
3.0%

For additional compensation information revealing the impact of experience level, role, industry, and geographic location, please see the detailed report.

 

Perceptions of Market Research Suppliers

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MarketResearchCareers uniquely quantifies the perceptions for 112 market research suppliers along five critical dimensions, including;

Nearly 4,500 individual evaluations across five market segments (Full Service, Qualitative, Syndicated, Online Sample, and Online Survey Software) we have developed an online interactive ranking tool that enables MR Buyers and Suppliers to:

The list of evaluated firms include:

  • Full Service
    • BASES
    • Brain Juicer
    • Burke
    • C&R
    • Chadwick Martin
    • CMI
    • Data Monitor
    • Decision Analyst
    • Directions Research
    • GfK
    • Gongos
    • ICF International
    • Ipsos/Synovate
    • Kantar
    • Kelton Research
    • KS&R
    • Leo J. Schapiro
    • Lieberman Research
    Group (East)
    • Lieberman Research
    Worldwide (West)
    • LRA Worldwide
    • M/A/R/C
    • Maritz
    • Market Strategies
    • Market Vision
    • MarketTools
    • Millward Brown / DL /
    InsightExpress
    • Morpace
    • MVL Group
    • National Analysts
    • National Research Corp
    • Nielsen / Affinnova /
    Harris / Vizu
    • Opinion Research
    • Pert
    • Phoenix Marketing
    • Q Research Solutions
    • Radius
    • RDA Group
    • Research International
    • RTi
    • Strategy One
    • TNS
    • Vision Critical
    • Walker Information
    • YouGov
  • Qualitative
    • 7th Sense
    • Blackstone Group
    • C+R Research
    • Clear
    • CMI
    • Doyle Research
    • Firefly (MB)
    • Flamingo
    • Gongos Research
    • GutCheck
    • Hall and Partners
    • InsideOut Insights
    • Ipsos/Synovate
    • Murphy / Trendtown
    • Primary Insights
    • TNS
    • Truth
  • Syndicated
    • Arbitron
    • comScore
    • dunnhumby USA
    • Forrester
    • Frost & Sullivan
    • Gartner
    • IDC
    • IMS Health
    • J.D. Power
    • Nielsen
    • NPD
    • Scarborough
    • Simmons
    • Symphony Health
    • SymphonyIRI
    • Yankee Group
  • Online Sample
    • Authentic Response
    • CINT
    • Research Now
    • Experian
    • GMI
    • Ipsos
    • LightSpeed
    • Luth
    • SSI
    • SurveyMonkey
    • Toluna
    • uSamp/Instantly
    • Zoomerang
  • Online Survey Software
    • CfMC Survent
    • ConfirmIt
    • eSurveysPro
    • EZSurvey
    • GMI
    • In-House/Proprietary
    • Inquisite
    • Nebu
    • Qualtrics
    • QuestionPro
    • SAS
    • Sawtooth Software
    • Snap
    • SPSS
    • StatPac
    • SurveyGizmo
    • SurveyMonkey
    • SurveyWriter
    • Vision Critical
    • Vovici
    • Voxco
    • WebSurveyor
    • Zoomerang/Ztelligence

 

Career Actions

During 2015 a greater number of researchers received a performance review -- perhaps increasing comfort levels and helping to explain why fewer MR professionals have searched for a new position, been on an interview, received a job offer or actually switched jobs.

2015 Career Actions

 

Survey Methods

Online surveys have finally reached full penetration with 100% of MR Buyers using this method while telephone and mail surveys continue their annual decline.

2015 Survey Methods

 

Future of Market Research

In the next five years, researchers believe the importance of MR will continue to grow, be communicated through traditional written reports, require a longer time commitment from participants and rely upon consumer behaviors (vs. opinions).

2015 Future of Market Research

 

Detailed Report

The complete, in-depth report provides additional analysis and quantitative data.


Below is a Table of Contents for the 2015 Edition of the Report.

Topic
Pages
Key Findings
3
Research Methodology
4
Research Applications and Methods
5-8
Perceptions of Market Research Suppliers
9-20
2015 Market Research Budgets
21-24
Attitudes and Perceptions
25-31
Hiring and Staffing
32-44
Employee Compensation
45-51
Online Survey Cooperation and Completion Rates
52-57
Measurement of New Media
58-59
Attitudes Toward Behavioral Data
60-62
The "Future" of Market Research
63-65
Participant Profile
66-69
About MarketResearchCareers
70-71

The in-depth report is available for $499.

To purchase, open an employer account, select "Pricing Plans" and choose the "2015 Annual Survey of Market Research Professionals." The report will be emailed to you within 30 minutes after your purchase.

You may also contact:
Mike Carroll
Director Sales & Marketing
1-800-872-5401
mcarroll@marketresearchcareers.com


About MarketResearchCareers

MarketResearchCareers is the career website with the most comprehensive database of resumes and jobs focusing exclusively on the Market Research industry

Visited monthly by nearly half of all market research professionals in the United States and possessing the resumes of more than 50,000 market researchers, MarketResearchCareers is your market research staffing headquarters. See why so many corporate hiring managers, human resource professionals, market research suppliers, and thousands of skilled researchers turn to MarketResearchCareers to fill their market research jobs.

Please contact Mike Carroll at 1-800-872-5401 or mcarroll@marketresearchcareers.com for permission to use these results.

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