Researcher 2
In 2025, 174 positions at Ohio State carried the job title Researcher 2, held by 174 people across 64 departments. Median base pay was $64,259, ranging from $47,792 to $92,839.
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Pay by year
| Year | Positions | People | Lowest pay | Median pay | Highest pay |
|---|
| 2025 | 174 | 174 | $47,792 | $64,259 | $92,839 |
| 2024 | 186 | 186 | $45,327 | $62,774 | $89,699 |
| 2023 | 199 | 199 | $27,572 | $60,000 | $89,600 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — |
The 2022 file has no Health System or Athletics positions (only 22,315 rows in total), so counts and totals for that year run low.
Departments with this title in 2025
| Department | Positions | Median pay |
|---|
| CCC | Comprehensive Cancer Center | 19 | $64,222 |
| CCC | Sponsored Research | 14 | $65,621 |
| Medicine | Neuroscience | 13 | $62,035 |
| EHE | Center on Education and Training for Employment | 11 | $62,415 |
| Medicine | IM Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep | 6 | $66,783 |
| Arts and Sciences | Chemistry and Biochemistry Administration | 6 | $60,754 |
| Arts and Sciences | Center for Human Resource Research | 4 | $86,142 |
| Engineering | Materials Science and Engineering | 4 | $68,863 |
| Medicine | Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology (BCP) | 4 | $64,226 |
| Arts and Sciences | Microbiology Administration | 4 | $63,138 |
| Medicine | Neurology | 4 | $63,030 |
| FAES | Horticulture and Crop Science | 4 | $59,465 |
| FAES | Agriculture and Natural Resources | 4 | $58,836 |
| CCC | Genomics | 3 | $70,063 |
| Medicine | Ophthalmology | 3 | $63,335 |
| FAES | School of Environment and Natural Resources | 3 | $58,700 |
| Arts and Sciences | Molecular Genetics Administration | 3 | $57,208 |
| Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2 | $78,504 |
| ERIK | Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center | 2 | $76,235 |
| Medicine | Neurological Surgery | 2 | $74,189 |
| Medicine | Psychiatry | 2 | $72,305 |
| Dentistry | Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology | 2 | $70,686 |
| Medicine | Pathology | 2 | $68,289 |
| Medicine | Anesthesiology | 2 | $67,169 |
| Medicine | Surgery Critical Care Trauma and Burn | 2 | $65,492 |
Showing the 25 largest of 64 departments.
Highest base pay in 2025
| Name | Department | FTE | Base pay |
|---|
| Sugavanam, Nithin | Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 1 | $92,839 |
| McClaskie, Stephen | Arts and Sciences | Center for Human Resource Research | 1 | $91,840 |
| Bell, Francis | Arts and Sciences | Center for Human Resource Research | 1 | $87,276 |
| Zimmerman, Tammy | Arts and Sciences | Center for Human Resource Research | 1 | $85,009 |
| Hampton, Chris | Engineering | Biomedical Engineering | 1 | $84,019 |
| Welk, Brian | Engineering | Materials Science and Engineering | 1 | $82,993 |
| Wei, Ping | Medicine | Neuroscience | 1 | $82,694 |
| Wang, Sheng-Hung | ERIK | Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center | 1 | $82,255 |
| Fisher, Lesley | Medicine | Health and Rehabilitation Sciences | 1 | $81,422 |
| Wang, Daren | Dentistry | Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology | 1 | $80,911 |
| Waterman, Joe | Pharmacy | Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology | 1 | $80,458 |
| Williams, Sean | Medicine | Psychiatry | 1 | $79,763 |
| Lee, Inhee | ERIK | Center for Emergent Materials | 1 | $78,540 |
| Wright, Valerie | Medicine | Neurological Surgery | 1 | $78,378 |
| Bao, Shengying | Medicine | IM Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep | 1 | $78,009 |
| Liu, Yue | Medicine | Neuroscience | 1 | $77,120 |
| Grandinetti, Giovanna | Engineering | Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis | 1 | $76,590 |
| Wang, Lingling | Medicine | Biomedical Informatics (BMI) | 1 | $76,564 |
| Knight, Deborah | Medicine | Pathology | 1 | $75,078 |
| Zhao, Fangli | Medicine | Neuroscience | 1 | $74,884 |
| Yadav, Arti | CCC | Comprehensive Cancer Center | 1 | $74,530 |
| Liu, Denny | FAES | Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering | 1 | $73,945 |
| Anthony, Sarah | Medicine | Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (MMT) | 1 | $73,915 |
| Chen, Xi | CCC | Genomics | 1 | $73,840 |
| Emond, Michelle | Medicine | Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology (BCP) | 1 | $73,484 |
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