19 Series · SOC 19-1042

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$100,590

per year

Median Hourly

$48.36/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$112,690

average

Employment

156,300

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$61,860$77,260$100,590$133,870$168,210
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$29.74$37.14$48.36$64.36$80.87
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$61,860

25th Percentile

$77,260

Median

$100,590

75th Percentile

$133,870

90th Percentile

$168,210

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 California $131,430 +31% above national
2 Massachusetts $129,230 +28% above national
3 Connecticut $128,140 +27% above national
4 New Jersey $127,210 +26% above national
5 District of Columbia $110,830 +10% above national
6 Maine $107,950 +7% above national
7 Rhode Island $104,330 +4% above national
8 North Carolina $104,300 +4% above national
9 Maryland $103,500 +3% above national
10 Arizona $102,250 +2% above national
11 Washington $101,140 +1% above national
12 Alaska $100,960 same as national
13 Nevada $100,580 same as national
14 Oregon $99,540 1% below national
15 Pennsylvania $99,440 1% below national
16 Florida $98,240 2% below national
17 Delaware $97,640 3% below national
18 Missouri $96,880 4% below national
19 Kansas $96,150 4% below national
20 Tennessee $95,580 5% below national
21 Virginia $95,080 5% below national
22 Georgia $94,320 6% below national
23 New Hampshire $92,490 8% below national
24 South Carolina $87,870 13% below national
25 Iowa $85,010 15% below national
26 New York $84,950 16% below national
27 West Virginia $84,350 16% below national
28 Minnesota $83,450 17% below national
29 Michigan $81,300 19% below national
30 Wisconsin $80,940 20% below national
31 Ohio $79,470 21% below national
32 Oklahoma $79,370 21% below national
33 Utah $78,570 22% below national
34 Illinois $78,430 22% below national
35 Texas $78,410 22% below national
36 Indiana $77,220 23% below national
37 South Dakota $77,070 23% below national
38 Colorado $76,770 24% below national
39 Nebraska $76,030 24% below national
40 North Dakota $75,870 25% below national
41 Idaho $75,580 25% below national
42 Kentucky $73,220 27% below national
43 Vermont $67,410 33% below national
44 Montana $67,120 33% below national
45 Alabama $65,750 35% below national
46 Arkansas $64,730 36% below national
47 New Mexico $60,680 40% below national
48 Mississippi $49,220 51% below national
49 Puerto Rico $47,520 53% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Vallejo, CA $158,810 +58% above national
2 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $155,990 +55% above national
3 Syracuse, NY $153,890 +53% above national
4 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $144,660 +44% above national
5 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $142,540 +42% above national
6 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $139,110 +38% above national
7 Eugene-Springfield, OR $137,200 +36% above national
8 Modesto, CA $136,180 +35% above national
9 Ames, IA $134,160 +33% above national
10 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $132,900 +32% above national
11 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $132,830 +32% above national
12 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $131,390 +31% above national
13 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $131,170 +30% above national
14 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $131,070 +30% above national
15 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $130,010 +29% above national
16 Fresno, CA $129,670 +29% above national
17 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $129,230 +28% above national
18 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $128,890 +28% above national
19 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $128,470 +28% above national
20 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $128,270 +28% above national
21 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $127,390 +27% above national
22 Stockton-Lodi, CA $127,030 +26% above national
23 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $126,990 +26% above national
24 Barnstable Town, MA $126,800 +26% above national
25 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $125,690 +25% above national
26 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $125,420 +25% above national
27 Tallahassee, FL $124,520 +24% above national
28 Manchester-Nashua, NH $124,480 +24% above national
29 Chico, CA $124,350 +24% above national
30 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $123,880 +23% above national
31 Boulder, CO $123,350 +23% above national
32 Greensboro-High Point, NC $122,650 +22% above national
33 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $122,220 +22% above national
34 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $121,170 +20% above national
35 Springfield, MA $118,870 +18% above national
36 Redding, CA $115,250 +15% above national
37 Kennewick-Richland, WA $113,230 +13% above national
38 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $112,120 +11% above national
39 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $109,340 +9% above national
40 Worcester, MA $108,080 +7% above national
41 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $107,710 +7% above national
42 Bend, OR $107,220 +7% above national
43 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $107,140 +7% above national
44 Naples-Marco Island, FL $106,690 +6% above national
45 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $105,320 +5% above national
46 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $105,160 +5% above national
47 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $105,140 +5% above national
48 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $104,660 +4% above national
49 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $104,300 +4% above national
50 New Haven, CT $103,530 +3% above national
51 Bloomington, IN $103,360 +3% above national
52 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $102,870 +2% above national
53 Raleigh-Cary, NC $102,470 +2% above national
54 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $102,440 +2% above national
55 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $102,250 +2% above national
56 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $101,500 +1% above national
57 Tucson, AZ $101,430 +1% above national
58 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $100,960 same as national
59 Anchorage, AK $99,990 1% below national
60 Knoxville, TN $99,600 1% below national
61 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $99,540 1% below national
62 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $99,310 1% below national
63 St. Louis, MO-IL $99,250 1% below national
64 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $98,810 2% below national
65 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $98,800 2% below national
66 Reno, NV $98,800 2% below national
67 Wilmington, NC $98,660 2% below national
68 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $98,400 2% below national
69 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $97,970 3% below national
70 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $97,030 4% below national
71 Portland-South Portland, ME $96,760 4% below national
72 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $96,310 4% below national
73 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $95,280 5% below national
74 Waco, TX $94,590 6% below national
75 Kansas City, MO-KS $94,360 6% below national
76 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $94,040 7% below national
77 Burlington, NC $93,390 7% below national
78 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $92,780 8% below national
79 Lexington Park, MD $91,760 9% below national
80 Duluth, MN-WI $91,560 9% below national
81 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $90,620 10% below national
82 St. Joseph, MO-KS $90,320 10% below national
83 Pittsburgh, PA $90,280 10% below national
84 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $89,710 11% below national
85 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $89,600 11% below national
86 Wichita, KS $89,140 11% below national
87 Jacksonville, FL $88,770 12% below national
88 Springfield, MO $88,000 13% below national
89 Charleston, WV $87,050 13% below national
90 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $85,040 15% below national
91 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $85,030 15% below national
92 Iowa City, IA $85,010 15% below national
93 Morgantown, WV $84,870 16% below national
94 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $84,850 16% below national
95 Winston-Salem, NC $83,810 17% below national
96 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $83,520 17% below national
97 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $83,450 17% below national
98 Salisbury, MD $83,370 17% below national
99 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $83,040 17% below national
100 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $82,920 18% below national
101 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $82,810 18% below national
102 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $82,480 18% below national
103 York-Hanover, PA $82,200 18% below national
104 Rockford, IL $82,180 18% below national
105 Youngstown-Warren, OH $81,640 19% below national
106 Green Bay, WI $81,600 19% below national
107 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $81,450 19% below national
108 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $81,300 19% below national
109 Madison, WI $80,940 20% below national
110 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $80,590 20% below national
111 Ann Arbor, MI $80,510 20% below national
112 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $80,370 20% below national
113 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $80,230 20% below national
114 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $80,110 20% below national
115 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $80,060 20% below national
116 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $79,640 21% below national
117 Cleveland, OH $79,470 21% below national
118 Columbus, OH $79,250 21% below national
119 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $78,890 22% below national
120 Oklahoma City, OK $78,860 22% below national
121 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $78,590 22% below national
122 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $78,570 22% below national
123 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $78,560 22% below national
124 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $78,430 22% below national
125 Rochester, MN $78,320 22% below national
126 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $78,210 22% below national
127 Toledo, OH $78,100 22% below national
128 Huntsville, AL $77,830 23% below national
129 Boise City, ID $77,810 23% below national
130 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $77,620 23% below national
131 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $77,510 23% below national
132 Rapid City, SD $77,510 23% below national
133 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $77,480 23% below national
134 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $77,470 23% below national
135 Columbia, SC $77,430 23% below national
136 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $77,430 23% below national
137 Akron, OH $77,210 23% below national
138 Evansville, IN $77,180 23% below national
139 Lincoln, NE $77,130 23% below national
140 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $76,860 24% below national
141 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $76,730 24% below national
142 Corpus Christi, TX $76,720 24% below national
143 Omaha, NE-IA $76,430 24% below national
144 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $76,390 24% below national
145 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $76,130 24% below national
146 Fargo, ND-MN $76,030 24% below national
147 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $75,520 25% below national
148 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $75,360 25% below national
149 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $75,000 25% below national
150 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $74,990 25% below national
151 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $74,940 25% below national
152 Ogden, UT $74,430 26% below national
153 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $73,610 27% below national
154 Springfield, IL $73,130 27% below national
155 Killeen-Temple, TX $72,920 28% below national
156 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $72,530 28% below national
157 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $72,130 28% below national
158 Tulsa, OK $71,560 29% below national
159 Champaign-Urbana, IL $70,930 29% below national
160 College Station-Bryan, TX $68,580 32% below national
161 Peoria, IL $67,250 33% below national
162 Grand Forks, ND-MN $66,770 34% below national
163 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $66,420 34% below national
164 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $66,140 34% below national
165 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $65,800 35% below national
166 Birmingham, AL $65,750 35% below national
167 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $65,720 35% below national
168 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $64,760 36% below national
169 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $64,730 36% below national
170 Mobile, AL $63,940 36% below national
171 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $63,430 37% below national
172 El Paso, TX $63,050 37% below national
173 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $62,900 37% below national
174 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $62,830 38% below national
175 Lexington-Fayette, KY $62,610 38% below national
176 Charlottesville, VA $61,990 38% below national
177 Missoula, MT $61,880 38% below national
178 Rochester, NY $60,940 39% below national
179 Tyler, TX $60,940 39% below national
180 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $60,940 39% below national
181 Florence, SC $60,040 40% below national
182 Bozeman, MT $59,770 41% below national
183 Idaho Falls, ID $58,660 42% below national
184 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $52,600 48% below national
185 Albuquerque, NM $50,350 50% below national
186 Jackson, MS $49,220 51% below national
187 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $47,520 53% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.