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Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

Springfield, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,050.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 13-1161
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$85,970 · 50th
$48,57010th
$62,43025th
$85,97050th
$122,51075th
$147,36090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in Springfield earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$85,970 in Springfield buys what $89,500 buys across the country as a whole.

Springfield's regional price parity is 96.1 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Springfield
Boston$102,390$94,600108.3+5.7%
Worcester$90,300$88,100102.5−1.6%
Springfield This page$85,970$89,50096.1
Barnstable Town$79,150$80,50098.4−10.1%
Pittsfield$75,940$79,80095.1−10.8%
Amherst Town$72,550$72,400100.2−19.1%

Price parity and difference against Springfield are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Employment
1,050 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 13-1161, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists. Mapped to our taxonomy as market-research-analysts-and-marketing-specialists.

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