Research Lead Salary in California

How much does a Research Lead make in CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Research Lead in California is $196,432. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $169,846 to $229,031, with most professionals earning between $145,641 and $258,711.

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Coachella, CA	Avg. Salary $186,584	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acampo, CA	Avg. Salary $190,431	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acton, CA	Avg. Salary $196,005	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adelanto, CA	Avg. Salary $186,442	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adin, CA	Avg. Salary $182,114	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Agoura Hills, CA	Avg. Salary $193,440	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Aguanga, CA	Avg. Salary $186,833	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Ahwahnee, CA	Avg. Salary $177,377	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alameda, CA	Avg. Salary $217,482	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alamo, CA	Avg. Salary $216,984	Date Updated April 01, 2025

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What does a Research Lead do?

Common responsibilities of a Research Lead

Demonstrates initiative for continuous learning, both self-directed and as evidenced by attendance of educational and professional development opportunities.

January 07, 2023

Provides mentoring and training to staff and other business partners (both internal and external to OSP) as needed regarding financial reporting, data warehouse, GMAS, and sponsored and University policies, with an emphasis on compliance and mitigating financial and institutional risk.

January 27, 2023

Actively identifies the need for and participates in training, education, and development activities to improve own knowledge and that of the research department and to learn about and improve research related processes .

February 07, 2023

Participates in the ongoing informed consent process, ensuring that human subjects, their families, and other health care providers clearly understand what is expected of and from them in the course of participating in a clinical/translational trial.

February 18, 2023

Understands and actively participates in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training and team member involvement activities.

March 13, 2023

Maintains staff oversite at assigned enrollment site and responsible for resource allocation throughout the day to meet site metrics.

March 20, 2023

Works with clients and local institutions to design and implement Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning plans, processes, and activities, including integrating M&E frameworks into Missions' strategic plans and overall objectives.

March 23, 2023

Performs procedures for research as they are described in the protocol, deviating from the protocol only when a subject's safety is at risk and reporting as required by policy, regulations or protocol, to the sponsor and regulatory agencies.

April 17, 2023

Develops custom scalable and sustainable integrated mathematical models by leveraging technical skills across Python, R, Spark, Hadoop and other big data tools and optimization solvers such as Gurobi, CBC, Cplex etc.

April 23, 2023

Assists with developing and conducting special studies and research initiatives, by designing survey instruments, gathering data and information from department staff, developing data analysis tools, conducting statistical analyses, initiating literature reviews, etc.

May 11, 2023

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California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, S...

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