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Title: Insights Analyst rate in the United States | Deftridge
Summary: Survey & Insights Analyst pay in the United States: median wage $51 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $85. Free for professionals.

United States · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Survey & Insights Analyst hourly rate in United States

The market median wage for a Survey & Insights Analyst in the United States is **$50.64 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$85 an hour** on Deftridge.

**$85/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$50.64/hr** median wage

**$38-70** middle half of wages

**$1,840** a month at 5 hours a week

## Survey & Insights Analyst wage percentiles in United States

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $27.89 | $600 | $58,000 |
| 25th | $37.51 | $810 | $78,000 |
| Median | $50.64 | $1,100 | $105,300 |
| 75th | $69.62 | $1,510 | $144,800 |
| 90th | $99.95 | $2,170 | $207,900 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025; aged to October 2026; about 861,140 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## United States in numbers

What sets the United States apart for a Survey & Insights Analyst, from the same sources as the table above.

- **$70.83** highest median wage, California

- **$34.04** lowest median wage, West Virginia

- **861,140** people employed in the role

- **$106.23** median wage in the San Jose metro area, the highest in the country

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

- Self-employment tax is 15.3%: 12.4% Social Security plus 2.9% Medicare; the employer-equivalent half is deductible in working out adjusted gross income. [Source](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/self-employment-tax-social-security-and-medicare-taxes)

- For 2026 the first $184,500 of combined wages, tips and net self-employment earnings is subject to the Social Security part. [Source](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/self-employment-tax-social-security-and-medicare-taxes)

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Survey & Insights Analyst in the United States by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $70 | $1,520 |
| Senior | $85 | $1,840 |
| Manager | $100 | $2,170 |

- Regular role **$75**

- One-off task **$85**

- Task bundle **$75**

## Survey & Insights Analyst pay by region in United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Survey & Insights Analyst, highest first; 9 of 51 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $70.83 | $115 |
| Delaware | $66.78 | $110 |
| New York | $62.61 | $105 |
| Washington | $61.15 | $100 |
| Massachusetts | $60.08 | $100 |
| Colorado | $59.82 | $100 |
| District of Columbia | $56.42 | $95 |
| Rhode Island | $52.54 | $85 |
| New Jersey | $52.48 | $85 |

## Highest-paying metro areas

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [San Jose $106.23/hr median wage · range $63-154](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [San Francisco $95.32/hr median wage · range $61-130](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [Seattle $66.40/hr median wage · range $51-89](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/washington/)

- [New York City $66.37/hr median wage · range $49-88](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/new-york/)

- [Denver $63.67/hr median wage · range $45-83](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/colorado/)

- [Durham $61.86/hr median wage · range $43-90](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/north-carolina/)

- [Boston $61.69/hr median wage · range $46-84](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/massachusetts/)

- [Los Angeles $60.79/hr median wage · range $47-89](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [San Diego $60.67/hr median wage · range $46-86](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [Sacramento $60.65/hr median wage · range $46-81](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Survey & Insights Analyst rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/) · [Survey & Insights Analyst jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/survey-and-insights-analyst/united-states/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
