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| Rank | City | Avg. salary | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkeley, CA | $124,800 | $60.00 |
| 2 | Princeton, NJ | $102,005 | $49.04 |
| 3 | Chanhassen, MN | $94,390 | $45.38 |
| 4 | Silver Spring, MD | $93,107 | $44.76 |
| 5 | Morrisville, NC | $84,676 | $40.71 |
| 6 | Boulder, CO | $80,113 | $38.52 |
| 7 | Ann Arbor, MI | $79,673 | $38.30 |
| 8 | Madison, WI | $76,152 | $36.61 |
| 9 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $68,731 | $33.04 |
| Rank | Job title | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principal Research Scientist | $134,502 | $65 | - |
| 2 | Senior Computer Scientist | $129,543 | $62 | - |
| 3 | Senior Staff Scientist | $128,811 | $62 | - |
| 4 | Clinical Scientist | $126,313 | $61 | - |
| 5 | Principal Scientist | $123,860 | $60 | - |
| 6 | Staff Scientist | $123,530 | $59 | - |
| 7 | Senior Clinical Scientist | $123,294 | $59 | - |
| 8 | Senior Principal Scientist | $122,487 | $59 | - |
| 9 | Atmospheric Scientist | $120,715 | $58 | - |
| 10 | Nuclear Scientist | $120,491 | $58 | - |
| Rank | Company | Average salary | Hourly rate | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | $120,021 | $58 | 26 |
| 2 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | $119,078 | $57 | 43 |
| 3 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $118,293 | $57 | 30 |
| 4 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | $118,040 | $57 | 215 |
| 5 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | $116,651 | $56 | - |
| 6 | Innovations for Poverty Action | $98,118 | $47 | - |
| 7 | SRI International | $96,680 | $46 | 1 |
| 8 | CUBRC | $95,760 | $46 | - |
| 9 | Fermi Research Alliance | $95,254 | $46 | - |
| 10 | Santa Fe Institute | $93,112 | $45 | 1 |
| 11 | Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene Inc | $90,100 | $43 | - |
| 12 | Morgridge Institute for Research | $88,746 | $43 | 1 |
| 13 | Braun Intertec | $87,486 | $42 | 3 |
| 14 | University of California-Berkeley | $85,490 | $41 | - |
| 15 | International Labor Rights Forum | $84,738 | $41 | - |
| 16 | Civil & Environmental Consultants | $83,904 | $40 | 4 |
| 17 | National Academy of Sciences | $81,991 | $39 | - |
| 18 | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | $78,325 | $38 | 25 |