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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Socorro, NM | $67,292 | $32.35 |
| 2 | Berkeley, CA | $61,524 | $29.58 |
| 3 | Green Bank, WV | $53,301 | $25.63 |
| 4 | Charlottesville, VA | $50,303 | $24.18 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principal Research Scientist | $133,227 | $64 | - |
| 2 | Research Professor | $123,427 | $59 | - |
| 3 | Senior Scientist | $115,293 | $55 | - |
| 4 | Research Associate Professor | $102,289 | $49 | - |
| 5 | Senior Research Investigator | $99,096 | $48 | - |
| 6 | Principal Research Economist | $97,029 | $47 | - |
| 7 | Research Leader | $95,689 | $46 | - |
| 8 | Senior Research Manager | $94,355 | $45 | - |
| 9 | Research Scientist Lead | $92,749 | $45 | - |
| 10 | Staff Research Scientist | $92,736 | $45 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AURA | $67,119 | $32 | 1 |
| 2 | B612 | $63,592 | $31 | - |
| 3 | Festo Didactic | $61,414 | $30 | - |
| 4 | IMEC | $61,273 | $29 | - |
| 5 | Jet Propulsion Labrator | $60,956 | $29 | - |
| 6 | Space Telescope Science Institute | $60,605 | $29 | 6 |
| 7 | WEST Consultants | $59,839 | $29 | - |
| 8 | RESPEC | $59,400 | $29 | - |
| 9 | SRI International | $59,206 | $28 | 8 |
| 10 | Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC | $59,004 | $28 | - |
| 11 | IIT Research Institute | $58,616 | $28 | - |
| 12 | Las Cumbres Observatory | $58,438 | $28 | - |
| 13 | Lowell Observatory | $58,015 | $28 | - |
| 14 | W. M. Keck Observatory | $57,317 | $28 | 1 |
| 15 | Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center | $57,314 | $28 | - |
| 16 | Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station - State Headquarters | $57,258 | $28 | 2 |
| 17 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $57,191 | $28 | 2 |
| 18 | Information Systems Laboratories | $57,162 | $27 | - |
| 19 | SETI Institute | $55,677 | $27 | - |
| 20 | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | $49,820 | $24 | 14 |