SOC 19-3022 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations · May 2025

How much do Survey Researchers make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Survey Researchers in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is $92,160. The 10th percentile is $53,490 and the 90th percentile is $142,500. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$92,160

10th percentile
$53,490
25th percentile
$66,220
Median
$92,160
75th percentile
$122,820
90th percentile
$142,500
Mean
$96,130

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Survey Researchers, the published 10th percentile is $53,490 and the 90th percentile is $142,500. The difference is $89,010, which is 96.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $66,220 to the 75th at $122,820, covers $56,600.

The mean annual wage is $96,130, which sits above the median of $92,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC median is 32.7% higher than the national median of $69,460 for Survey Researchers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $94,671, which is 36.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.6% lower than the North Carolina median of $96,560.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses North Carolina, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $92,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Survey Researchers at $94,671 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Survey Researchers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Survey Researchers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (40 of 1,358,370). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,290 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.55 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Survey Researchers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Survey Researchers make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Survey Researchers in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is $92,160. The 10th percentile is $53,490 and the 90th percentile is $142,500. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Survey Researchers?

The local median is 32.7% higher than the national median of $69,460.

What is Survey Researchers pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $92,160 is $94,671. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.