Postdoctoral scholars make $52,113 per year on average, or $25.05 per hour, in the United States. Postdoctoral scholars on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $37,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $71,000.
Location impacts how much a postdoctoral scholar can expect to make. Postdoctoral scholars make the most in New Jersey, California, Hawaii, Connecticut, and Tennessee.
The darker areas on the map show where postdoctoral scholars earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.
Rank | State | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Count |
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1 | New Jersey | $68,159 | $32.77 | 873 |
2 | California | $67,665 | $32.53 | 2,949 |
3 | Delaware | $61,992 | $29.80 | 97 |
4 | Rhode Island | $62,473 | $30.04 | 61 |
5 | Connecticut | $62,966 | $30.27 | 200 |
6 | Tennessee | $62,650 | $30.12 | 247 |
7 | Minnesota | $60,787 | $29.22 | 322 |
8 | Maine | $57,980 | $27.88 | 71 |
9 | Pennsylvania | $56,059 | $26.95 | 775 |
10 | New York | $58,087 | $27.93 | 1,191 |
11 | Indiana | $58,215 | $27.99 | 259 |
12 | Maryland | $57,168 | $27.48 | 630 |
13 | Massachusetts | $53,187 | $25.57 | 1,792 |
14 | Arizona | $60,200 | $28.94 | 125 |
15 | Illinois | $54,982 | $26.43 | 547 |
16 | Wisconsin | $51,932 | $24.97 | 293 |
17 | Montana | $53,475 | $25.71 | 51 |
18 | Colorado | $54,095 | $26.01 | 266 |
19 | Oklahoma | $56,202 | $27.02 | 52 |
20 | Hawaii | $64,263 | $30.90 | 22 |
21 | North Carolina | $49,849 | $23.97 | 547 |
22 | Wyoming | $51,568 | $24.79 | 25 |
23 | Nevada | $56,250 | $27.04 | 42 |
24 | Michigan | $51,052 | $24.54 | 289 |
25 | District of Columbia | $51,041 | $24.54 | 125 |
26 | Washington | $47,666 | $22.92 | 690 |
27 | Arkansas | $50,897 | $24.47 | 63 |
28 | Oregon | $48,331 | $23.24 | 355 |
29 | Missouri | $46,363 | $22.29 | 408 |
30 | New Hampshire | $47,635 | $22.90 | 85 |
31 | Ohio | $48,129 | $23.14 | 376 |
32 | New Mexico | $46,313 | $22.27 | 102 |
33 | Virginia | $50,249 | $24.16 | 392 |
34 | Nebraska | $46,062 | $22.15 | 99 |
35 | Kansas | $46,071 | $22.15 | 89 |
36 | South Dakota | $45,451 | $21.85 | 31 |
37 | Kentucky | $46,834 | $22.52 | 95 |
38 | Idaho | $44,939 | $21.61 | 64 |
39 | Iowa | $42,857 | $20.60 | 149 |
40 | West Virginia | $42,306 | $20.34 | 48 |
41 | Vermont | $41,460 | $19.93 | 37 |
42 | Texas | $43,279 | $20.81 | 756 |
43 | Alaska | $39,631 | $19.05 | 27 |
44 | North Dakota | $37,561 | $18.06 | 39 |
45 | Florida | $43,560 | $20.94 | 362 |
46 | Alabama | $41,823 | $20.11 | 81 |
47 | Louisiana | $40,035 | $19.25 | 87 |
48 | Mississippi | $40,292 | $19.37 | 50 |
49 | Utah | $38,222 | $18.38 | 110 |
50 | South Carolina | $38,411 | $18.47 | 95 |
51 | Georgia | $36,601 | $17.60 | 252 |
Rank | City | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate |
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1 | Santa Cruz, CA | $71,082 | $34.17 |
2 | Tempe, AZ | $60,183 | $28.93 |
3 | New York, NY | $58,680 | $28.21 |
4 | Reno, NV | $58,401 | $28.08 |
5 | Chicago, IL | $55,113 | $26.50 |
6 | Pittsburgh, PA | $54,538 | $26.22 |
7 | Boulder, CO | $53,840 | $25.88 |
8 | Boston, MA | $53,086 | $25.52 |
9 | Greenville, NC | $51,120 | $24.58 |
10 | Eugene, OR | $49,937 | $24.01 |
11 | Cleveland, OH | $48,973 | $23.54 |
12 | Seattle, WA | $47,823 | $22.99 |
13 | Albuquerque, NM | $46,356 | $22.29 |
14 | Tampa, FL | $43,903 | $21.11 |
15 | Iowa City, IA | $43,131 | $20.74 |
Percentile | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate |
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90th Percentile | $71,000 | $5,917 | $34 |
75th Percentile | $61,000 | $5,083 | $29 |
Average | $52,113 | $4,343 | $25 |
25th Percentile | $44,000 | $3,667 | $21 |
10th Percentile | $37,000 | $3,083 | $18 |
Job Title | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
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Research Chemist | $78,999 | $6,583 | $37.98 | 53,769 |
Research And Development Chemist | $73,381 | $6,115 | $35.28 | 100,225 |
Quality Control Analyst | $51,248 | $4,271 | $24.64 | 85,546 |
Quality Control Chemist | $56,317 | $4,693 | $27.08 | 90,467 |
Chemist | $58,294 | $4,858 | $28.03 | 20,221 |
Graduate Research Student | $36,586 | $3,049 | $17.59 | 58,921 |
Here are the five companies hiring the most now:
Rank | Company | Average Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
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1 | Microsoft | $145,471 | $69.94 | 36 |
2 | $141,794 | $68.17 | 136 | |
3 | Amd | $94,217 | $45.30 | |
4 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | $81,109 | $38.99 | 100 |
5 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $80,732 | $38.81 | |
6 | Sandia National Labs | $80,151 | $38.53 | 75 |
7 | Argonne National Laboratory | $77,043 | $37.04 | 57 |
8 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | $71,013 | $34.14 | |
9 | Stanford University | $70,503 | $33.90 | 32 |
10 | Bayer | $67,771 | $32.58 | 18 |
11 | The University of Chicago | $64,438 | $30.98 | |
12 | Novartis | $63,913 | $30.73 | 56 |
13 | Western Digital | $63,464 | $30.51 | 2 |
14 | UC Santa Barbara | $63,116 | $30.34 | 3 |
15 | Univ Of Colorado-Colorado Spgs | $61,985 | $29.80 | 141 |
16 | Nationwide Children's Hospital | $61,671 | $29.65 | 54 |
17 | University of California, Berkeley | $61,132 | $29.39 | 23 |
18 | Sephora | $60,994 | $29.32 | 1 |
19 | Miriam Hospital | $60,529 | $29.10 | 9 |
20 | Arizona State University | $60,364 | $29.02 | 4 |
Compare salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.
Year | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | % Change |
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2022 | $52,100 | $25.05 | +3.0% |
2021 | $50,600 | $24.31 | +4.5% |
2020 | $48,300 | $23.22 | +3.2% |
2019 | $46,700 | $22.48 | +1.9% |
2018 | $45,900 | $22.05 | -2.1% |
Company | Job | Location | Date Added | Salary |
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Accu-Mold | Accumold Scholar | Ankeny, IA | 05/31/2022 | $31,305 |
University of Kentucky | Post Doctoral Scholar | Lexington, KY | 05/29/2022 | $50,000 |
University of Pennsylvania | Measey Surgical Scholar (Surgery Dept.) | Philadelphia, PA | 05/23/2022 | $35,568 |
Northern Arizona University | Postdoctoral Scholar-Ethics & Leadership | Flagstaff, AZ | 05/12/2022 | $41,084 |
Uc San Diego | Postdoctoral Scholars | San Diego, CA | 05/09/2022 | $53,760 |
BMW Group | 2022 BMW Fast Track Scholars | Spartanburg, SC | 05/09/2022 | $37,566 |
Johns Hopkins University | Johns Hopkins Neuroscience Scholar | Baltimore, MD | 05/08/2022 | $31,305 |
University of Nevada, Reno | Postdoctoral Scholar, Nres | Reno, NV | 05/08/2022 | $53,000 |
Teaneck School District | Hawthorne Scholars Summer Program 2022 | Teaneck, NJ | 05/07/2022 | $104,350 |
California Museum-Photography | Postdoctoral Position In The Interfacial Science Laboratory | Riverside, CA | 05/07/2022 | $54,540 |
New Jersey pays Postdoctoral Scholars the most in the United States, with an average salary of $68,159 per year, or $32.77 per hour.
You know if you are being paid fairly as a Postdoctoral Scholar 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 $67,665 per year.
Research Scientist gets paid the most. Research Scientist made a median salary of $84,125. The best-paid 10 percent make $107,000, while the lowest-paid 10 percent make $65,000.
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