United States
Materials Scientists salary in the United States
Median annual pay
$104,160
Materials Scientists in the United States earn a median of $104,160 a year, about $50.08 an hour.
Median
$104,160
per year
Hourly
$50.08
as published
Mean
$111,410
pulled up by top earners
Workers
8,330
in this occupation
Where it pays more in the United States
Median pay for this occupation by area, highest-employing first.
| Area | Type | Median | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Metro | $100,400 | -4% |
| Massachusetts | State | $118,270 | +14% |
| Ohio | State | $101,950 | -2% |
| New York | State | $125,490 | +20% |
| New Jersey | State | $83,120 | -20% |
| California | State | $131,530 | +26% |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | Metro | $118,010 | +13% |
| Illinois | State | $120,320 | +16% |
| Texas | State | $80,560 | -23% |
| North Carolina | State | $94,730 | -9% |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Metro | $130,440 | +25% |
| Minnesota | State | $114,070 | +10% |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | Metro | $119,600 | +15% |
| Washington | State | $110,470 | +6% |
| Pennsylvania | State | $103,060 | -1% |
| Georgia | State | $81,420 | -22% |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | Metro | $126,950 | +22% |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | Metro | $109,080 | +5% |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | Metro | $102,450 | -2% |
| Maryland | State | $106,320 | +2% |
| Oregon | State | $103,980 | -0% |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | Metro | $126,240 | +21% |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | Metro | $106,190 | +2% |
| Iowa | State | $95,990 | -8% |
| Michigan | State | $93,350 | -10% |
Regional figures come from the same release as the national one. Where an area is missing, the source suppressed it for sample-size reasons rather than reporting an unreliable estimate.
How United States measured this
Employer payroll survey of ~1.1m establishments
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 · Public domain (US Government work)
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