Assistant research scientists make $58,486 per year on average, or $28.12 per hour, in the United States. Assistant research scientists on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $42,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $80,000.
Location impacts how much an assistant research scientist can expect to make. Assistant research scientists make the most in California, Oregon, Delaware, Illinois, and Alaska.
The darker areas on the map show where assistant research scientists earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.
Rank | State | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Count |
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1 | Oregon | $74,310 | $35.73 | 813 |
2 | Delaware | $70,746 | $34.01 | 214 |
3 | District of Columbia | $81,930 | $39.39 | 250 |
4 | Illinois | $69,504 | $33.42 | 1,612 |
5 | California | $78,680 | $37.83 | 3,655 |
6 | Alaska | $69,489 | $33.41 | 143 |
7 | Maryland | $67,884 | $32.64 | 1,493 |
8 | New Jersey | $67,988 | $32.69 | 1,422 |
9 | West Virginia | $67,387 | $32.40 | 160 |
10 | Nevada | $68,969 | $33.16 | 165 |
11 | North Carolina | $64,665 | $31.09 | 1,292 |
12 | Georgia | $67,412 | $32.41 | 929 |
13 | New Mexico | $62,622 | $30.11 | 299 |
14 | Kentucky | $67,684 | $32.54 | 262 |
15 | Rhode Island | $63,181 | $30.38 | 197 |
16 | Ohio | $64,510 | $31.01 | 1,021 |
17 | Louisiana | $66,080 | $31.77 | 239 |
18 | Idaho | $64,517 | $31.02 | 190 |
19 | Washington | $62,882 | $30.23 | 1,188 |
20 | Massachusetts | $62,412 | $30.01 | 2,714 |
21 | Utah | $59,910 | $28.80 | 436 |
22 | Colorado | $60,453 | $29.06 | 1,027 |
23 | Wyoming | $58,757 | $28.25 | 91 |
24 | Mississippi | $62,553 | $30.07 | 144 |
25 | Virginia | $59,974 | $28.83 | 1,665 |
26 | Missouri | $60,759 | $29.21 | 713 |
27 | Pennsylvania | $57,663 | $27.72 | 1,854 |
28 | Minnesota | $60,561 | $29.12 | 832 |
29 | Arizona | $61,083 | $29.37 | 684 |
30 | Indiana | $61,269 | $29.46 | 490 |
31 | South Carolina | $61,486 | $29.56 | 342 |
32 | Florida | $62,047 | $29.83 | 1,650 |
33 | Connecticut | $57,160 | $27.48 | 529 |
34 | New Hampshire | $56,423 | $27.13 | 273 |
35 | Tennessee | $56,571 | $27.20 | 638 |
36 | Michigan | $56,778 | $27.30 | 874 |
37 | South Dakota | $51,818 | $24.91 | 174 |
38 | New York | $53,951 | $25.94 | 2,653 |
39 | Arkansas | $57,717 | $27.75 | 181 |
40 | Wisconsin | $55,046 | $26.46 | 677 |
41 | Nebraska | $55,512 | $26.69 | 264 |
42 | Montana | $54,466 | $26.19 | 149 |
43 | Hawaii | $55,153 | $26.52 | 113 |
44 | Vermont | $39,376 | $18.93 | 143 |
45 | North Dakota | $49,647 | $23.87 | 116 |
46 | Iowa | $51,383 | $24.70 | 306 |
47 | Texas | $48,122 | $23.14 | 2,244 |
48 | Kansas | $49,630 | $23.86 | 273 |
49 | Maine | $47,102 | $22.65 | 160 |
50 | Alabama | $49,719 | $23.90 | 273 |
51 | Oklahoma | $46,891 | $22.54 | 249 |
Rank | City | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate |
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1 | San Francisco, CA | $82,523 | $39.67 |
2 | Chicago, IL | $69,633 | $33.48 |
3 | New Brunswick, NJ | $68,300 | $32.84 |
4 | College Park, MD | $68,233 | $32.80 |
5 | Atlanta, GA | $67,558 | $32.48 |
6 | Gainesville, FL | $63,884 | $30.71 |
7 | Albuquerque, NM | $62,534 | $30.06 |
8 | Boston, MA | $62,211 | $29.91 |
9 | Bloomington, IN | $61,526 | $29.58 |
10 | Tempe, AZ | $61,085 | $29.37 |
11 | Richmond, VA | $60,182 | $28.93 |
12 | Laramie, WY | $59,036 | $28.38 |
13 | West Haven, CT | $57,631 | $27.71 |
14 | Ann Arbor, MI | $57,556 | $27.67 |
15 | Madison, WI | $55,568 | $26.72 |
Percentile | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate |
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90th Percentile | $80,000 | $6,667 | $38 |
75th Percentile | $69,000 | $5,750 | $33 |
Average | $58,486 | $4,874 | $28 |
25th Percentile | $49,000 | $4,083 | $24 |
10th Percentile | $42,000 | $3,500 | $20 |
Job Title | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
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Research Fellow | $52,724 | $4,394 | $25.35 | 59,746 |
Scientist | $94,940 | $7,912 | $45.64 | 62,467 |
Research Internship | $34,445 | $2,870 | $16.56 | 95,123 |
Staff Scientist | $84,998 | $7,083 | $40.86 | 121,054 |
Graduate Research Student | $36,586 | $3,049 | $17.59 | 58,921 |
Research Scientist | $84,125 | $7,010 | $40.44 | 93,013 |
Here are the five companies hiring the most now:
Rank | Company | Average Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
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1 | University of California, Berkeley | $78,939 | $37.95 | 586 |
2 | UC Santa Barbara | $78,265 | $37.63 | 12 |
3 | UW-Milwaukee | $74,076 | $35.61 | 6 |
4 | Johnson & Johnson | $73,902 | $35.53 | 504 |
5 | University of California | $73,505 | $35.34 | |
6 | University of Illinois Springfield | $73,416 | $35.30 | 1 |
7 | Arizona State University | $73,041 | $35.12 | 12 |
8 | University of Michigan | $68,522 | $32.94 | 190 |
9 | Yale University | $66,144 | $31.80 | 93 |
10 | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | $66,092 | $31.77 | 157 |
11 | University | $65,582 | $31.53 | 33 |
12 | University of Wisconsin System | $65,570 | $31.52 | 44 |
13 | Michigan Technological University | $64,562 | $31.04 | 17 |
14 | BD | $64,328 | $30.93 | 61 |
15 | My Florida Regional Mls | $64,051 | $30.79 | 31 |
16 | University of Rhode Island | $63,900 | $30.72 | 2 |
17 | APi Group | $63,052 | $30.31 | |
18 | Texas A&m University At Galveston | $62,316 | $29.96 | |
19 | The Research Corporation of the University of Hawai'i | $61,777 | $29.70 | |
20 | The University of Alabama | $61,368 | $29.50 |
Compare salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.
Year | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | % Change |
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2022 | $58,500 | $28.12 | +3.5% |
2021 | $56,500 | $27.15 | +1.8% |
2020 | $55,400 | $26.65 | +1.4% |
2019 | $54,700 | $26.28 | +6.1% |
2018 | $51,300 | $24.68 | +1.6% |
Company | Job | Location | Date Added | Salary |
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University of Florida | Research Assistant Scientist (Neuroscience) | Gainesville, FL | 05/18/2022 | $53,000 |
New York State Civil Service | Assistant Research Scientist/Research Scientist 1 or Research Scientist 2 (Biostatistics)or (Health | Albany, NY | 05/18/2022 | $49,202 |
International Association for Great Lakes Research | Assistant Research Scientist: Large River Ecology | Havana, IL | 05/18/2022 | $47,500 |
Miami University | Assistant Research Scientist | Oxford, OH | 04/19/2022 | $80,000 |
Health Research, Inc. | Assistant Research Scientist (Nysphc Fellowship Program) | Albany, NY | 04/12/2022 | $47,885 |
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station | Assistant Research Scientist | College Station, TX | 03/23/2022 | $62,000 |
University of Michigan | Assistant Research Scientist/Leo Adjunct Lecturer | Ann Arbor, MI | 03/23/2022 | $103,500 |
The University of Georgia | Assistant Research Scientist | Athens, GA | 03/22/2022 | $57,600 |
University of California, San Francisco | Assistant Researcher | San Francisco, CA | 03/18/2022 | $80,800 |
University of California, San Francisco | Assistant Researcher | San Francisco, CA | 03/16/2022 | $80,800 |
California pays Assistant Research Scientists the most in the United States, with an average salary of $81,930 per year, or $39.39 per hour.
You know if you are being paid fairly as an Assistant Research Scientist if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in California you should be paid close to $78,680 per year.
Scientist gets paid the most. Scientist made a median salary of $94,940. The best-paid 10 percent make $114,000, while the lowest-paid 10 percent make $78,000.
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