Operations Research Analysts Salary
Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Operations Research Analysts positions across the United States.
Median Annual Salary
$91,290
National average
Salary Range
$53,910 – $159,280
10th–90th percentile
Data Year
2024
Source: BLS
Operations Research Analysts Salary by City
| Location | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $153,340 | $88,920 | $191,880 |
| Lexington Park, MD | $135,390 | $77,020 | $181,850 |
| Peoria, IL | $134,500 | $74,980 | $173,640 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $133,720 | $74,360 | $169,080 |
| Huntsville, AL | $132,620 | $82,210 | $185,180 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $127,030 | $63,120 | $135,000 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $124,090 | $65,110 | $191,880 |
| Virginia | $123,050 | $61,730 | $181,210 |
| Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | $121,700 | $47,670 | $178,710 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $118,320 | $62,800 | $180,330 |
| Alabama | $117,540 | $62,340 | $171,790 |
| District of Columbia | $115,980 | $62,490 | $197,160 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $115,950 | $57,910 | $168,600 |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $114,810 | $79,690 | $124,190 |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $113,730 | $50,650 | $140,920 |
| Las Cruces, NM | $112,670 | $59,950 | $158,850 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $112,550 | $78,250 | $196,770 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $110,000 | $74,860 | $199,440 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $109,860 | $62,930 | $161,080 |
| New York | $109,440 | $53,270 | $181,240 |
| Columbus, OH | $109,440 | $60,560 | $132,530 |
| Vermont | $108,800 | $63,120 | $135,000 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $108,680 | $48,720 | $178,390 |
| York-Hanover, PA | $108,430 | $45,740 | $171,910 |
| Boulder, CO | $108,230 | $47,730 | $163,030 |
| Kennewick-Richland, WA | $107,990 | $86,200 | $148,750 |
| Lynchburg, VA | $107,430 | $74,170 | $177,790 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $107,360 | $66,100 | $166,690 |
| Richmond, VA | $106,420 | $52,220 | $157,270 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $105,840 | $62,780 | $151,550 |
| Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $105,100 | $55,880 | $135,490 |
| Ohio | $104,610 | $57,770 | $135,400 |
| Colorado | $104,560 | $61,350 | $164,580 |
| Ogden, UT | $102,890 | $65,540 | $145,650 |
| Illinois | $102,750 | $61,480 | $166,130 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $102,710 | $61,840 | $158,580 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $102,140 | $61,470 | $193,670 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $101,750 | $60,150 | $132,380 |
| Rockford, IL | $101,440 | $69,590 | $155,160 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $101,390 | $70,330 | $156,310 |
| New Jersey | $101,220 | $67,220 | $162,900 |
| Delaware | $101,210 | $60,510 | $145,290 |
| Maryland | $100,990 | $47,010 | $176,550 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $100,820 | $63,870 | $128,290 |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $100,800 | $50,060 | $126,120 |
| Knoxville, TN | $100,780 | $50,520 | $135,680 |
| New Haven, CT | $100,750 | $67,180 | $135,480 |
| Anchorage, AK | $100,710 | $76,060 | $131,620 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $100,690 | $62,010 | $134,430 |
| North Carolina | $100,630 | $59,650 | $130,350 |
| Midland, TX | $100,320 | $63,070 | $122,810 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $100,310 | $68,990 | $157,860 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $100,100 | $47,010 | $178,530 |
| Wichita, KS | $100,060 | $80,630 | $129,430 |
| Alaska | $99,960 | $76,060 | $126,270 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $99,890 | $61,110 | $165,660 |
| Kansas | $99,740 | $60,900 | $140,090 |
| Oregon | $99,250 | $65,230 | $141,080 |
| Connecticut | $99,210 | $62,310 | $128,290 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $99,170 | $58,760 | $149,960 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $99,000 | $65,430 | $233,950 |
| Toledo, OH | $98,980 | $63,710 | $126,570 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $98,540 | $60,360 | $147,260 |
| Birmingham, AL | $98,270 | $52,740 | $135,650 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $97,900 | $47,270 | $193,620 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $97,630 | $59,780 | $156,100 |
| Hawaii | $97,630 | $59,810 | $156,100 |
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $97,350 | $48,620 | $126,460 |
| Charlottesville, VA | $97,220 | $62,130 | $168,400 |
| Nebraska | $96,990 | $58,760 | $145,030 |
| California | $96,920 | $63,790 | $167,170 |
| Texas | $96,660 | $56,090 | $173,380 |
| Washington | $96,490 | $65,920 | $162,830 |
| Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $96,450 | $79,370 | $122,580 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | $95,640 | $81,380 | $142,560 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $94,710 | $62,990 | $123,750 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $94,500 | $59,650 | $134,860 |
| Warner Robins, GA | $94,350 | $59,950 | $132,390 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $94,100 | $63,400 | $142,250 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $93,980 | $57,910 | $148,870 |
| Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $93,600 | $60,520 | $126,940 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $92,840 | $60,490 | $135,030 |
| Vallejo, CA | $92,830 | $61,670 | $132,170 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $92,750 | $68,830 | $155,140 |
| Akron, OH | $92,530 | $57,950 | $138,980 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $92,470 | $67,490 | $148,200 |
| Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | $91,740 | $49,900 | $161,700 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | $91,330 | $54,880 | $136,890 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $91,180 | $64,210 | $135,810 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $90,750 | $58,130 | $150,780 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $90,490 | $64,530 | $160,020 |
| Bend, OR | $90,430 | $54,650 | $116,900 |
| Maine | $90,420 | $60,270 | $136,890 |
| Bloomington, IL | $90,140 | $55,550 | $128,530 |
| Massachusetts | $90,030 | $66,390 | $144,900 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $89,960 | $60,510 | $153,880 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $89,460 | $63,340 | $148,240 |
| Minnesota | $89,240 | $60,510 | $135,030 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $88,980 | $66,230 | $144,290 |
| Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $88,900 | $61,890 | $124,300 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | $88,380 | $61,680 | $114,060 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $88,150 | $62,090 | $161,650 |
| Mississippi | $87,550 | $50,050 | $126,280 |
| Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $87,330 | $65,080 | $113,100 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $87,250 | $64,520 | $141,680 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | $86,940 | $53,680 | $134,430 |
| New Hampshire | $86,380 | $57,630 | $134,010 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | $86,320 | $68,580 | $167,320 |
| Rhode Island | $86,120 | $59,500 | $199,990 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $86,100 | $49,330 | $138,490 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $85,370 | $64,380 | $165,420 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $85,270 | $51,430 | $135,200 |
| Maryland nonmetropolitan area | $84,420 | $63,430 | $130,320 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $84,220 | $52,680 | $128,860 |
| Indiana | $84,150 | $58,010 | $133,810 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | $84,150 | $52,740 | $111,950 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $84,140 | $43,780 | $136,250 |
| Michigan | $84,100 | $61,830 | $146,730 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $84,080 | $51,590 | $136,700 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $83,990 | $57,240 | $137,630 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $83,810 | $58,430 | $143,160 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $83,690 | $58,310 | $135,550 |
| Arizona | $83,500 | $50,760 | $127,880 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $83,320 | $47,590 | $142,060 |
| Waco, TX | $83,090 | $54,700 | $140,950 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | $82,920 | $61,170 | $107,680 |
| Fresno, CA | $82,770 | $62,330 | $120,540 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $82,640 | $62,100 | $146,740 |
| Salem, OR | $82,530 | $59,320 | $118,340 |
| Rochester, NY | $82,410 | $59,010 | $121,800 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $82,230 | $50,970 | $123,150 |
| Utah | $82,230 | $43,280 | $124,380 |
| Nevada | $82,120 | $61,690 | $145,500 |
| Worcester, MA | $82,110 | $60,510 | $124,780 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $82,050 | $61,050 | $107,700 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $82,050 | $55,210 | $143,930 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $82,000 | $45,070 | $112,690 |
| Kentucky | $81,760 | $56,910 | $127,200 |
| Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $81,750 | $73,780 | $132,040 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $81,710 | $63,340 | $123,800 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $81,550 | $50,160 | $126,760 |
| Lincoln, NE | $81,420 | $49,270 | $136,850 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $81,240 | $57,230 | $132,670 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $81,190 | $61,990 | $115,640 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $81,180 | $62,560 | $116,620 |
| Springfield, MA | $80,820 | $63,160 | $124,450 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $80,760 | $59,500 | $199,990 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | $80,520 | $59,510 | $114,990 |
| Helena, MT | $80,290 | $61,520 | $103,400 |
| Salinas, CA | $80,270 | $60,280 | $158,750 |
| North Dakota | $80,080 | $51,860 | $102,730 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | $80,080 | $51,860 | $102,730 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $79,990 | $51,390 | $94,300 |
| Gainesville, FL | $79,780 | $43,780 | $134,920 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | $79,470 | $59,220 | $115,340 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | $79,200 | $51,080 | $124,220 |
| Syracuse, NY | $78,980 | $56,900 | $178,060 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $78,890 | $60,510 | $115,730 |
| Cleveland, OH | $78,640 | $57,770 | $129,900 |
| Madison, WI | $78,620 | $51,720 | $113,640 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $78,450 | $42,000 | $128,810 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $78,430 | $46,490 | $136,510 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $78,310 | $46,320 | $128,940 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $78,200 | $59,490 | $126,280 |
| Iowa | $78,140 | $38,600 | $136,700 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $78,020 | $51,900 | $166,730 |
| New Mexico | $77,930 | $49,000 | $143,640 |
| Florida | $77,670 | $44,930 | $129,360 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $77,600 | $49,370 | $118,350 |
| Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | $77,590 | $52,000 | $104,000 |
| Idaho | $77,460 | $48,980 | $146,960 |
| Lubbock, TX | $77,430 | $60,030 | $100,230 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $77,350 | $49,400 | $119,370 |
| Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $77,080 | $51,410 | $139,260 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $77,070 | $56,410 | $101,850 |
| Janesville-Beloit, WI | $76,990 | $50,900 | $105,180 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $76,980 | $51,020 | $121,400 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $76,930 | $52,800 | $165,360 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $76,640 | $45,160 | $120,640 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | $76,340 | $37,340 | $98,550 |
| Pennsylvania | $75,760 | $51,330 | $134,990 |
| Arkansas | $75,650 | $48,720 | $98,200 |
| Tucson, AZ | $75,610 | $46,210 | $115,790 |
| Visalia, CA | $75,520 | $54,340 | $91,210 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $75,510 | $45,790 | $128,110 |
| Tennessee | $75,370 | $50,330 | $128,290 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | $75,370 | $50,830 | $104,320 |
| Springfield, IL | $75,140 | $38,480 | $119,120 |
| Wisconsin | $74,970 | $49,580 | $113,640 |
| South Carolina | $74,880 | $54,150 | $120,900 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $74,880 | $50,000 | $133,330 |
| Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $74,760 | $59,080 | $119,200 |
| Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area | $74,670 | $59,490 | $98,500 |
| North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $74,610 | $43,530 | $117,160 |
| Spartanburg, SC | $74,320 | $57,360 | $106,380 |
| Georgia | $73,890 | $49,250 | $131,530 |
| Savannah, GA | $73,760 | $50,100 | $107,450 |
| Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $72,750 | $51,860 | $105,530 |
| Modesto, CA | $72,340 | $58,440 | $113,970 |
| Columbia, SC | $72,090 | $54,150 | $103,460 |
| Eau Claire, WI | $71,870 | $47,060 | $133,520 |
| Boise City, ID | $71,850 | $56,780 | $150,720 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $71,640 | $51,110 | $104,390 |
| Montana | $71,350 | $61,520 | $100,070 |
| Albuquerque, NM | $70,830 | $47,320 | $139,940 |
| Tulsa, OK | $70,540 | $44,940 | $95,670 |
| Reno, NV | $70,330 | $61,450 | $129,270 |
| Kenosha, WI | $70,170 | $49,600 | $111,360 |
| Sheboygan, WI | $70,060 | $57,210 | $115,610 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $69,990 | $56,090 | $129,230 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $69,930 | $48,720 | $123,950 |
| Wausau, WI | $69,600 | $46,340 | $100,790 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $69,420 | $54,090 | $118,140 |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | $69,360 | $52,520 | $90,420 |
| Columbia, MO | $69,280 | $50,110 | $112,120 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | $69,060 | $43,780 | $123,590 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $68,930 | $47,890 | $103,340 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | $68,290 | $61,330 | $104,910 |
| Topeka, KS | $68,240 | $48,400 | $95,570 |
| South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $67,200 | $45,680 | $107,140 |
| Medford, OR | $66,860 | $60,650 | $98,290 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | $66,730 | $42,210 | $122,120 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | $66,440 | $49,560 | $111,790 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $66,340 | $48,760 | $115,020 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | $66,200 | $50,170 | $101,330 |
| Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $66,120 | $41,720 | $101,380 |
| Appleton, WI | $65,560 | $47,060 | $106,560 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | $65,270 | $52,650 | $102,770 |
| Green Bay, WI | $65,200 | $51,890 | $103,570 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | $64,770 | $44,480 | $113,780 |
| Santa Fe, NM | $64,710 | $61,820 | $108,360 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $64,370 | $33,970 | $116,230 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $64,240 | $64,240 | $99,860 |
| Louisiana | $64,240 | $54,700 | $99,860 |
| Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $63,980 | $50,390 | $107,270 |
| West Virginia | $63,760 | $47,400 | $113,030 |
| Charleston, WV | $63,180 | $47,400 | $98,180 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $62,970 | $54,700 | $88,900 |
| Ocala, FL | $62,940 | $43,780 | $156,680 |
| Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | $62,760 | $47,470 | $90,420 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | $62,600 | $49,030 | $87,780 |
| Oklahoma | $62,510 | $40,360 | $96,300 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $62,490 | $51,340 | $119,510 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $62,310 | $58,040 | $104,280 |
| Morgantown, WV | $62,060 | $53,100 | $84,310 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $61,950 | $45,880 | $88,910 |
| Puerto Rico | $61,950 | $40,820 | $92,640 |
| El Paso, TX | $61,660 | $50,200 | $98,790 |
| Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $61,380 | $42,570 | $123,550 |
| Tyler, TX | $60,840 | $47,710 | $113,450 |
| South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $60,590 | $44,820 | $101,760 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $59,970 | $40,360 | $89,200 |
| Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area | $59,340 | $51,480 | $102,560 |
| Lancaster, PA | $59,280 | $41,310 | $120,630 |
| Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $57,970 | $49,330 | $126,290 |
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | $57,750 | $39,970 | $94,690 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $57,720 | $50,330 | $128,290 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $57,670 | $50,440 | $80,600 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $57,120 | $43,180 | $124,840 |
| Albany, GA | $55,810 | $42,610 | $107,590 |
| Missouri | $55,640 | $46,340 | $119,990 |
| Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $54,280 | $54,280 | $93,020 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $52,370 | $46,340 | $123,530 |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $47,960 | $47,960 | $91,300 |
| North Florida nonmetropolitan area | $46,400 | $42,310 | $80,580 |
| Tallahassee, FL | $44,970 | $36,050 | $74,430 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Operations Research Analysts make?▾
The median annual salary for a Operations Research Analysts is $91,290, with a typical range of $53,910 – $159,280 depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the starting salary for a Operations Research Analysts?▾
Entry-level Operations Research Analysts positions typically start around $53,910 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.
Where do Operations Research Analystss earn the most?▾
Operations Research Analystss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.