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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newport News, VA | $73,905 | $35.53 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principal Research Scientist | $139,563 | $67 | - |
| 2 | Staff Scientist | $135,232 | $65 | - |
| 3 | Research Professor | $133,367 | $64 | - |
| 4 | Research Scientist Lead | $132,911 | $64 | - |
| 5 | Staff Research Scientist | $130,902 | $63 | - |
| 6 | Research And Development Scientist | $122,743 | $59 | - |
| 7 | Contract Research Scientist | $118,534 | $57 | - |
| 8 | Research Scientist | $118,384 | $57 | - |
| 9 | Scientist | $117,422 | $56 | - |
| 10 | Senior Research Investigator | $115,880 | $56 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argonne National Laboratory | $74,386 | $36 | 115 |
| 2 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | $73,650 | $35 | - |
| 3 | National High Magnetic Field Laboratory | $73,174 | $35 | - |
| 4 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $72,991 | $35 | 35 |
| 5 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | $72,809 | $35 | 36 |
| 6 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | $72,574 | $35 | 84 |
| 7 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | $68,699 | $33 | 12 |
| 8 | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory | $59,730 | $29 | - |
| 9 | Algenol Biotech | $56,883 | $27 | - |
| 10 | Space Sciences | $53,843 | $26 | - |
| 11 | Aspen Research | $52,477 | $25 | - |
| 12 | Semiconductor Research Corporation | $50,559 | $24 | - |
| 13 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $50,078 | $24 | - |