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Operations Research Analyst salary: median $115,000 a year

Operations Research Analyst listings that state pay run from $100,000 to $128,000 for the middle half, based on 33 current job listings. 108 operations research analyst roles are open now.

Operations Research Analyst pay range

From 33 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$100,000
Median
$115,000
Upper quarter
$128,000

Do AI skills change operations research analyst pay?

For Investment roles in general, as of November 10, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for operations research analyst alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Investment listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise a median $180,000, against $135,000 for those that never mention AI (+33.6%). That raw gap is not matched on level or industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$180,000
median, from 73 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$135,000
median, from 202 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings

More pay data: Investment pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

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Operations Research Analyst salary questions

How much does a operations research analyst make?
Among 33 open operations research analyst listings that state pay, the median is $115,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $100,000 and $128,000.
Where does this operations research analyst pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Which state pays operations research analysts the most?
Of the states with enough listings, Virginia has the highest median listed pay at $122,000.

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