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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Mateo, CA | $154,247 | $74.16 |
| 2 | Madison, WI | $129,855 | $62.43 |
| 3 | Washington, DC | $128,791 | $61.92 |
| 4 | Chapel Hill, NC | $124,125 | $59.68 |
| 5 | Chicago, IL | $121,363 | $58.35 |
| 6 | Waltham, MA | $121,061 | $58.20 |
| 7 | Arlington, VA | $120,747 | $58.05 |
| 8 | Rockville, MD | $114,513 | $55.05 |
| 9 | Austin, TX | $107,494 | $51.68 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Staff Scientist | $115,607 | $56 | - |
| 2 | Senior Principal Scientist | $113,631 | $55 | - |
| 3 | Principal Scientist | $109,429 | $53 | - |
| 4 | Senior Research Investigator | $109,190 | $53 | - |
| 5 | Associate Principal Scientist | $106,950 | $51 | - |
| 6 | Scientist, Project Leader | $102,735 | $49 | - |
| 7 | Senior Scientist | $100,064 | $48 | - |
| 8 | Senior Project Scientist | $99,839 | $48 | - |
| 9 | Senior Production Scientist | $99,186 | $48 | - |
| 10 | Lead Scientist | $98,553 | $47 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urban Institute | $155,339 | $75 | 2 |
| 2 | Battelle | $137,371 | $66 | 22 |
| 3 | Educational Testing Service | $135,509 | $65 | 54 |
| 4 | Walden University | $133,075 | $64 | - |
| 5 | RAND | $131,570 | $63 | 3 |
| 6 | Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching | $129,702 | $62 | - |
| 7 | UC Hastings Law | $126,435 | $61 | - |
| 8 | Phi Beta Kappa | $121,165 | $58 | - |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | $116,906 | $56 | 2 |
| 10 | Association of American Law Schools | $116,395 | $56 | - |
| 11 | Research institute | $115,121 | $55 | - |
| 12 | Stevens Institute of Technology | $114,061 | $55 | 17 |
| 13 | IDA | $110,585 | $53 | 7 |
| 14 | Excelsior College | $105,491 | $51 | - |
| 15 | Fielding Graduate University | $105,347 | $51 | - |
| 16 | ECRI | $104,457 | $50 | - |
| 17 | NPower | $99,068 | $48 | - |
| 18 | National Academy of Public Administration | $95,076 | $46 | - |
| 19 | OCLC | $89,852 | $43 | 1 |
| 20 | University of California-Berkeley | $74,195 | $36 | - |