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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurel, MD | $102,131 | $49.10 |
| 2 | Colorado Springs, CO | $97,981 | $47.11 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principal Project Engineer | $136,578 | $66 | - |
| 2 | Senior Engineering Manager | $129,409 | $62 | - |
| 3 | Development Engineer/Engineering Manager | $124,451 | $60 | - |
| 4 | Principal Engineer | $123,039 | $59 | - |
| 5 | Principal Systems Engineer | $121,493 | $58 | - |
| 6 | Principal Design Engineer | $121,185 | $58 | - |
| 7 | Senior Software Engineer Manager | $120,546 | $58 | - |
| 8 | Senior Staff Systems Engineer | $119,907 | $58 | - |
| 9 | Team Lead Engineer | $119,170 | $57 | - |
| 10 | Software Systems Engineer Lead | $119,079 | $57 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Space Telescope Science Institute | $118,977 | $57 | 5 |
| 2 | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | $113,699 | $55 | - |
| 3 | SPIE | $113,134 | $54 | - |
| 4 | SETI Institute | $106,020 | $51 | - |
| 5 | The Aerospace Corporation | $105,805 | $51 | 51 |
| 6 | National Science Foundation | $99,051 | $48 | - |
| 7 | Harvard University | $95,902 | $46 | - |
| 8 | Loma Linda University | $95,495 | $46 | - |
| 9 | The University of Chicago | $92,785 | $45 | 11 |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | $91,979 | $44 | - |
| 11 | Emory University | $89,352 | $43 | 2 |
| 12 | University of Louisville | $87,030 | $42 | - |
| 13 | University of Kentucky | $85,193 | $41 | - |
| 14 | Tulane University | $83,063 | $40 | - |
| 15 | The University of Alabama | $79,868 | $38 | 8 |
| 16 | University of Rochester | $77,266 | $37 | 12 |
| 17 | Florida Institute of Technology | $76,280 | $37 | - |
| 18 | Morehouse School of Medicine | $72,320 | $35 | - |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins University | $69,880 | $34 | 23 |
| 20 | Wayne State College | $66,177 | $32 | - |