Research Associate
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Job overview
The Research Associate will clean and manage data, conduct data analysis and research design, and produce scholarly work such as articles, research reports, and presentations. The role includes managing and organizing projects, collaborating with the research team, directing junior team members’ efforts, and contributing to grant writing.
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Full job description
Data cleaning and managementData analysis and research designProduce scholarly research, including articles, research reports, and presentationsProject management and organization, including collaborating with research team and directing the efforts junior team membersCollaborate on grant writingOther duties as assigned
How this job compares
Set against the 1,003 open Research Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–85K/yr282 salary ranges
- US median$16–18/hr120 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 185 open Research Associate jobs in Texas and 1,003 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)106 open
- Texas A&M University System30 open
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON13 open
- Experience
- Research Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (278 postings).
- Education
- 546 of the 1,003 open Research Associate jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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