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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkeley, CA | $102,066 | $49.07 |
| 2 | Charlottesville, VA | $69,771 | $33.54 |
| 3 | Green Bank, WV | $61,025 | $29.34 |
| 4 | Socorro, NM | $55,040 | $26.46 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principal Research Scientist | $133,227 | $64 | - |
| 2 | Clinical Scientist | $127,418 | $61 | - |
| 3 | Senior Scientist | $115,293 | $55 | - |
| 4 | Senior Staff Scientist | $110,673 | $53 | - |
| 5 | Senior Principal Scientist | $109,669 | $53 | - |
| 6 | Principal Scientist | $106,313 | $51 | - |
| 7 | Associate Principal Scientist | $104,682 | $50 | - |
| 8 | Scientist, Project Leader | $98,653 | $47 | - |
| 9 | Lead Scientist | $95,442 | $46 | - |
| 10 | Senior Production Scientist | $92,997 | $45 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AURA | $86,464 | $42 | 1 |
| 2 | Space Telescope Science Institute | $83,269 | $40 | - |
| 3 | Las Cumbres Observatory | $81,375 | $39 | - |
| 4 | SRI International | $81,101 | $39 | 3 |
| 5 | W. M. Keck Observatory | $80,568 | $39 | 1 |
| 6 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $79,801 | $38 | 1 |
| 7 | Lowell Observatory | $79,180 | $38 | - |
| 8 | Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station - State Headquarters | $78,756 | $38 | - |
| 9 | Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center | $78,319 | $38 | - |
| 10 | Information Systems Laboratories | $77,829 | $37 | 2 |
| 11 | Jet Propulsion Labrator | $77,035 | $37 | - |
| 12 | RESPEC | $76,915 | $37 | 2 |
| 13 | IIT Research Institute | $76,824 | $37 | - |
| 14 | Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC | $76,472 | $37 | - |
| 15 | SETI Institute | $75,239 | $36 | - |
| 16 | IMEC | $75,141 | $36 | - |
| 17 | WEST Consultants | $74,959 | $36 | - |
| 18 | Festo Didactic | $74,824 | $36 | - |
| 19 | B612 | $74,662 | $36 | - |
| 20 | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | $72,900 | $35 | 16 |