Research Associate Salaries in California
How much does a Research Associate make in California?
Research Associates in California earn $51,000 annually on average, or $20.00 per hour, which is 23% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Research Associates work for Amgen at $100,000 annually while the lowest paid Research Associates work for CSU Northridge earning approximately $20,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$50K Nexus Dx's Average Research Associate Salary (1 salaries)
+$8K (17%) more than national average Research Associate salary ($42K)
-$18K (30%) less than average Nexus Dx salary ($68K)
Equal to average Nexus Dx Research Associate salary ($50K) in California
$43K Biosite's Average Research Associate Salary (7 salaries)
+$1K (2%) more than national average Research Associate salary ($42K)
-$7K (15%) less than average Biosite salary ($50K)
-$8K (20%) less than average Biosite Research Associate salary ($43K) in California
+$17K (33%) more than average Biosite Research Associate salary ($43K) in California
$45K Eman Biodiscoveries' Average Research Associate Salary (1 salaries)
+$3K (6%) more than national average Research Associate salary ($42K)
Equal to average Eman Biodiscoveries salary ($45K)
Equal to average Eman Biodiscoveries Research Associate salary ($45K) in California
$43K Lieberman Research Worldwide's Average Research Associate Salary (4 salaries)
+$1K (2%) more than national average Research Associate salary ($42K)
-$22K (40%) less than average Lieberman Research Worldwide salary ($65K)
+$2K (4%) more than average Lieberman Research Worldwide Research Associate salary ($43K) in California
$43K Platinum Equity's Average Research Associate Salary (1 salaries)
+$1K (2%) more than national average Research Associate salary ($42K)
-$27K (47%) less than average Platinum Equity salary ($70K)
Equal to average Platinum Equity Research Associate salary ($43K) in California
$42K Althea Technologies' Average Research Associate Salary (2 salaries)
Equal to national average Research Associate salary ($42K)
-$11K (23%) less than average Althea Technologies salary ($53K)
-$2K (4%) less than average Althea Technologies Research Associate salary ($42K) in California
$43K Xencor's Average Research Associate Salary (2 salaries)
+$1K (2%) more than national average Research Associate salary ($42K)
-$29K (50%) less than average Xencor salary ($72K)
-$3K (7%) less than average Xencor Research Associate salary ($43K) in California
$45K University of California, Irvine's Average Research Associate Salary (11 salaries)
+$3K (6%) more than national average Research Associate salary ($42K)
+$9K (22%) more than average University of California, Irvine salary ($36K)
-$9K (22%) less than average University of California, Irvine Research Associate salary ($45K) in California
$33K eBioscience's Average Research Associate Salary (2 salaries)
-$9K (24%) less than national average Research Associate salary ($42K)
-$11K (28%) less than average eBioscience salary ($44K)
+$2K (5%) more than average eBioscience Research Associate salary ($33K) in California
$55K Intel's Average Research Associate Salary (2 salaries)
+$13K (26%) more than national average Research Associate salary ($42K)
-$16K (25%) less than average Intel salary ($71K)
-$20K (44%) less than average Intel Research Associate salary ($55K) in California
Top companies for Research Associate in California
Below is the total pay for the top 10 highest paying companies for Research Associate in California
| Amgen | $100K | 1 salary |
| Naval Postgraduate School | $90K | 1 salary |
| Genentech Inc. | $85K | 1 salary |
| Stanford University | $80K | 1 salary |
| Bridgepoint Education | $75K | 1 salary |
| Kerr Drug | $73K | 1 salary |
| Galileo | $65K | 1 salary |
| Arena Pharmaceuticals | $62K | 2 salaries |
| Align Technology | $62K | 1 salary |
| Catalyst Biosciences | $60K | 1 salary |
Highest paying cities for Research Associate in California
Thousand Oaks, CA
$100K per year
1 salary > Monterey, CA
$90K per year
1 salary > Palo Alto, CA
$80K per year
1 salary > Orange, CA
$73K per year
1 salary > South San Francisco, CA
$72K per year
2 salaries > San Jose, CA
$63K per year
2 salaries > San Diego, CA
$52K per year
8 salaries > Garden Grove, CA
$50K per year
1 salary > Alameda, CA
$45K per year
1 salary >
$100K per year
1 salary > Monterey, CA
$90K per year
1 salary > Palo Alto, CA
$80K per year
1 salary > Orange, CA
$73K per year
1 salary > South San Francisco, CA
$72K per year
2 salaries > San Jose, CA
$63K per year
2 salaries > San Diego, CA
$52K per year
8 salaries > Garden Grove, CA
$50K per year
1 salary > Alameda, CA
$45K per year
1 salary >
Research Associate Salaries by By Cities
- Alameda
- Berkeley
- Century City
- Garden Grove
- Irvine
- Los Angeles
- Monrovia
- Monterey
- Mountain View
- Northridge
- Orange
- Palo Alto
- San Diego
- San Jose
- Santa Clara
- South San Francisco
- Thousand Oaks
- West Covina
- Westminster
Research Associate Salaries in Other States
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
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