Operations Research Analysts
Salary benchmarks based on 741 public records across 23 cities.
What do Operations Research Analysts do?
Formulate and apply mathematical modeling and other optimizing methods to develop and interpret information that assists management with decisionmaking, policy formulation, or other managerial functions. May collect and analyze data and develop decision support software, services, or products. May develop and supply optimal time, cost, or logistics networks for program evaluation, review, or implementation.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, SOC 2018 (SOC 15-2031)
What our data shows for Operations Research Analysts
RoleHue publishes 741 salary records for Operations Research Analysts, across 23 cities. Weighted by how many records each city contributes, the band runs from $114,225 at the 25th percentile to $179,913 at the 75th, a spread of $65,688 around $145,119. Each of those three figures averages the city-level percentiles rather than ranking the pooled records, and weights each city by how many records it holds, so the cities we hold most data for pull them hardest. Measured against that $145,119 figure rather than in dollars (45% of it), that spread is wider than 80% of the roles we cover, so a single figure summarises this title worse than it does most others.
Miami, FL carries the highest median we hold for the role at $250,000; Fort Worth, TX the lowest at $89,190, a gap of $160,810. The middle half of those city medians, weighted by how many records each city contributes, spans $24,120, narrower than the $65,688 band within cities: for Operations Research Analysts, where a record sits within its own metro separates our numbers more than which metro it came from.
No single metro carries most of this: the largest share is New York, NY, with 184 of the 741 records we publish for this role (25%). Evidence clears 25 records in 11 of the 23 cities; for the rest, the city median we show rests on fewer records than that.
Salary Overview
Weighted average across all cities with available data. Based on 741 data points.
$114K
P25
$145K
P50
$180K
P75
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor disclosure filings for Operations Research Analysts roles, plus anonymous submissions.
Benchmarks last recalculated: 2026-06-08. That is when we recomputed the statistics · the underlying filings are older. See methodology for how current the data is.