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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newport News, VA | $134,763 | $64.79 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principal Research Scientist | $139,563 | $67 | - |
| 2 | Senior Staff Scientist | $135,418 | $65 | - |
| 3 | Research Scientist Lead | $132,911 | $64 | - |
| 4 | Principal Scientist | $132,212 | $64 | - |
| 5 | Staff Research Scientist | $130,902 | $63 | - |
| 6 | Senior Scientist | $125,500 | $60 | - |
| 7 | Senior Principal Scientist | $125,233 | $60 | - |
| 8 | Research And Development Scientist | $122,743 | $59 | - |
| 9 | Field Applications Scientist | $122,371 | $59 | - |
| 10 | Scientist Senior, Research And Development | $121,827 | $59 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | $136,543 | $66 | 38 |
| 2 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | $136,282 | $66 | 49 |
| 3 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | $135,599 | $65 | 6 |
| 4 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $135,435 | $65 | 37 |
| 5 | Argonne National Laboratory | $135,265 | $65 | 31 |
| 6 | National High Magnetic Field Laboratory | $129,960 | $62 | - |
| 7 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | $122,402 | $59 | - |
| 8 | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory | $89,303 | $43 | - |
| 9 | Semiconductor Research Corporation | $85,400 | $41 | - |
| 10 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $85,355 | $41 | 1 |
| 11 | Algenol Biotech | $84,441 | $41 | - |
| 12 | Aspen Research | $84,023 | $40 | - |
| 13 | Space Sciences | $83,888 | $40 | - |