2026 Vault Rankings
At a Glance
“They give you plenty of opportunity to prove yourself. They challenge us every step of the way.”
“Engaging and deep work, smart colleagues, collegial atmosphere across the levels.”
“Respectful coworkers, ability to make meaningful contributions early on, small project teams, interesting project work.”
“Work can be interesting, the pay is good, no travel, hybrid environment.”
“Our base pay relative to hours we work; promotion is based more on experience than performance.”
“Peaks and valleys of required time due to client deadlines.”
“Our brand name still doesn’t buy us enough with clients or recruits.”
“Dealing with poor communication habits from managers.”
About Charles River Associates
Charles River Associates is a global consulting firm specializing in economic, financial, and management consulting services. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance related issues. Clients engage CRA for its combination of analytical rigor, functional expertise, and industry knowledge, and for its objective solutions to complex problems.
Clients include national and international companies; federal, state, and local government agencies and foreign governments; public and private utilities; and trade associations, which operate in a number of industries. Among those industries are banking and capital markets, capital projects, chemicals, communications and media, energy and utilities, entertainment, financial services, health care, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, metals, mining and materials, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, retail, sports, telecommunications, and transportation.
Growth at CRA
CRA has grown its two main areas of business recently: litigation services and management consulting. Under the former, its consultants offer advice on corporate, business unit strategy, and managing for value.
Law firms, businesses, and government agencies turn to the firm for its litigation support, expert analysis, and guidance on regulatory and corporate matters. CRA’s consultants and academic affiliates have in-depth industry knowledge and expertise in economics, accounting, finance, and business. Service offerings include class certification, damages analysis, expert reports and testimony, and regulatory analysis. CRA also offers business advisory services, including strategy development, valuation of tangible and intangible assets, risk management, and transaction support.
CRA is a prolific publisher, regularly putting out studies, surveys, and reports. It also has a number of newsletters that focus on the energy industry, accounting and valuation, antitrust and competition issues, financial markets, life sciences, transfer pricing, and the oil and gas industry, among other subjects.
John Hancock Tower
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116-5092
Phone: (617) 425-3000
Employer Type: Public
Stock Symbol: CRAI
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
President, CEO and Chairman of the Board: Paul Maleh
2025 Employees (All Locations): 1,157
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
New York, NY
Oakland, CA
Washington DC
Brussels, Belgium
Cambridge, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
Munich, Germany
Sydney, Australia
- Antitrust & Competition Economics
- Auctions & Competitive Bidding
- Analytics
- CEO Advisory
- Class Actions
- Damages & Quantum
- Energy
- Employment & Compensation
- ESG and Sustainability
- Finance
- Financial Economics
- Financial Litigation & Regulation
- Forensic Accounting
- Forensic Services
- Information Security & Privacy
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration
- Investigation & Compliance
- Labor & Employment
- Life Sciences
- Management Consulting
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Risk, Investigations & Analytics
- Services
- Transfer Pricing