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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkeley, CA | $95,068 | $45.71 |
| 2 | Silver Spring, MD | $94,668 | $45.51 |
| 3 | Princeton, NJ | $90,106 | $43.32 |
| 4 | Chanhassen, MN | $87,550 | $42.09 |
| 5 | Boulder, CO | $81,306 | $39.09 |
| 6 | Madison, WI | $78,915 | $37.94 |
| 7 | Morrisville, NC | $78,641 | $37.81 |
| 8 | Ann Arbor, MI | $72,280 | $34.75 |
| 9 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $71,557 | $34.40 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Research Scientist | $96,465 | $46 | - |
| 2 | Junior Research Scientist | $92,747 | $45 | - |
| 3 | Research Scholar | $89,703 | $43 | - |
| 4 | Researcher | $88,659 | $43 | - |
| 5 | Assistant Project Scientist | $81,318 | $39 | - |
| 6 | Cancer Researcher | $77,811 | $37 | - |
| 7 | Post Doctoral Researcher | $77,183 | $37 | - |
| 8 | Visiting Researcher | $76,985 | $37 | - |
| 9 | Doctoral Research Assistant | $75,998 | $37 | - |
| 10 | Doctoral Student | $75,990 | $37 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | $77,383 | $37 | - |
| 2 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | $77,314 | $37 | 3 |
| 3 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | $77,005 | $37 | 20 |
| 4 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $76,634 | $37 | 25 |
| 5 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | $76,563 | $37 | 48 |
| 6 | Civil & Environmental Consultants | $62,270 | $30 | - |
| 7 | Santa Fe Institute | $61,738 | $30 | - |
| 8 | Morgridge Institute for Research | $61,506 | $30 | 1 |
| 9 | International Labor Rights Forum | $60,515 | $29 | - |
| 10 | CUBRC | $59,455 | $29 | - |
| 11 | SRI International | $59,094 | $28 | - |
| 12 | Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene Inc | $58,892 | $28 | 3 |
| 13 | University of California-Berkeley | $58,399 | $28 | - |
| 14 | National Academy of Sciences | $58,224 | $28 | - |
| 15 | Innovations for Poverty Action | $56,413 | $27 | - |
| 16 | Fermi Research Alliance | $54,091 | $26 | - |
| 17 | Braun Intertec | $52,886 | $25 | 1 |
| 18 | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | $50,398 | $24 | 11 |