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Operations Research Analysts · SOC 15-2031

Operations Research Analysts Salary in the Durham Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area

Figures describe the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Durham city limits.

Median annual wage$109,110
Median hourly wage$52.46

Operations Research Analysts in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area earned a median of $109,110 per year ($52.46 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $52,530 at the 10th percentile to $184,450 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Operations Research Analysts in the Durham metro area earn more than $109,110 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $78,970 and $143,710.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$52,530$78,970$109,110$143,710$184,450
Hourly$25.26$37.97$52.46$69.09$88.68

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Durham metro areathis metro area
    $109,110
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $97,290
  • United Statesnational
    $88,940

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +12% vs North Carolina overall and +23% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$46,570$77,910$109,250$140,590Tallahassee, FL — $46,570Oklahoma City, OK — $53,730Macon-Bibb County, GA — $56,390San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $56,880Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $59,470Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $60,160Ocala, FL — $60,730Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $61,010Kenosha, WI — $62,210Chattanooga, TN-GA — $62,540Eau Claire, WI — $62,630Columbia, MO — $62,830Baton Rouge, LA — $63,210Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $63,520Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $63,520Springfield, IL — $63,620Springfield, OH — $63,620St. Louis, MO-IL — $63,650Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $64,610Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $64,990Topeka, KS — $65,230Janesville-Beloit, WI — $65,240Charleston, WV — $65,440Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $65,760Athens-Clarke County, GA — $66,000Amarillo, TX — $66,020La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $66,860Salisbury, MD — $67,160Green Bay, WI — $67,340Santa Fe, NM — $67,480Fort Wayne, IN — $68,010Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $68,270Wausau, WI — $71,610Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $71,680Lexington-Fayette, KY — $72,500Appleton, WI — $72,630Tulsa, OK — $72,680El Paso, TX — $72,740Gainesville, FL — $72,800Springfield, MA — $72,800San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $72,890McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $73,260Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $73,280Reno, NV — $74,110Columbus, GA-AL — $74,210Sheboygan, WI — $74,420Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $74,850Albuquerque, NM — $75,000Medford, OR — $75,110Abilene, TX — $75,310Savannah, GA — $75,340Madison, WI — $75,650Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $75,990Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $76,400Visalia, CA — $76,510Bloomington, IL — $76,890Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $77,510Lincoln, NE — $77,570Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $77,730Cedar Rapids, IA — $77,850Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $77,900Winston-Salem, NC — $77,910Waco, TX — $77,970Naples-Marco Island, FL — $78,060Tyler, TX — $78,240Montgomery, AL — $78,410Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $79,140Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $79,190Jacksonville, FL — $79,250Columbia, SC — $79,560Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $79,660Lubbock, TX — $79,790College Station-Bryan, TX — $79,870Lancaster, PA — $79,890Port St. Lucie, FL — $79,920Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $79,940Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $79,940Modesto, CA — $80,240Greensboro-High Point, NC — $80,300Toledo, OH — $80,360Helena, MT — $80,400Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $80,530Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $80,570Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $80,870North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $81,220Eugene-Springfield, OR — $81,530Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $81,530Stockton-Lodi, CA — $81,540Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $81,590Utica-Rome, NY — $81,600Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $82,290Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $82,500Pittsburgh, PA — $82,560Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $83,120Vallejo, CA — $83,340Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $83,410Raleigh-Cary, NC — $83,630Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $83,820Fargo, ND-MN — $84,130Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $84,140Ann Arbor, MI — $84,290Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $84,500Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $84,590Rochester, NY — $84,980Kansas City, MO-KS — $85,380Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $85,840Syracuse, NY — $86,040Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $86,380Spartanburg, SC — $86,380Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $86,500Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $86,510Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $86,660Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $86,910Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $87,050Lawrence, KS — $87,380Worcester, MA — $87,420Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $88,190Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $88,910New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $89,670Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $89,790Birmingham, AL — $89,940Killeen-Temple, TX — $90,000Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $91,980Charlottesville, VA — $93,290Bend, OR — $94,350Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $94,440Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $94,710Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $95,380Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $95,450Tucson, AZ — $95,620Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $95,810Boise City, ID — $97,010Salinas, CA — $97,410Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $97,450Warner Robins, GA — $97,970Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $98,270San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $99,230Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $99,560Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $99,630Midland, TX — $100,390Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $100,460Urban Honolulu, HI — $100,600Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $100,700Corvallis, OR — $101,440Cleveland, OH — $101,560Fresno, CA — $101,780Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $101,900Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $102,480Salem, OR — $102,520Akron, OH — $102,670Ogden, UT — $102,730Portland-South Portland, ME — $102,860Wichita, KS — $102,880Omaha, NE-IA — $102,900Roanoke, VA — $102,930Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $102,930New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $103,110Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $104,210Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $104,220Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $104,640Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $104,680Columbus, OH — $104,970Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $105,180Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $105,360Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $105,570Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $106,380Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $109,110New Haven, CT — $109,540Richmond, VA — $109,650San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $110,560Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $114,070Las Cruces, NM — $114,150Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $115,920York-Hanover, PA — $117,740Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $118,810Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $119,020Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $122,570San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $123,360Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $127,600Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $127,810Peoria, IL — $129,300Huntsville, AL — $132,000Lexington Park, MD — $135,300Colorado Springs, CO — $140,590

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Durham metro area has the 18th-highest published median for this occupation among the 184 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for operations research analysts, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Durham metro areathis page
    $109,110
  • Charlotte metro area
    $105,180
  • Raleigh metro area
    $83,630
  • Greensboro metro area
    $80,300
  • Winston-Salem metro area
    $77,910

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Software Developers$135,620Computer Systems Analysts$106,410Computer User Support Specialists$71,750Computer Occupations, All Other$126,300Data Scientists$106,500Network and Computer Systems Administrators$110,640

Highest-paying metro areas for operations research analystss · Highest-paying occupations in Durham Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.