Doctorate (PhD), Computer Science (CS) Degree Salary

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Updated: 18 May 2013

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Employees with a Doctorate (PhD), Computer Science (CS) Degree

Salary Ranges by Job

Job Title	National Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are gross, national 10th to 90th percentile ranges. Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. )	$0	$80K	$160K
Software Engineer	$72,308 - $124,894
Sr. Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer	$82,844 - $142,262
Senior Software Engineer	$89,497 - $154,331
Computer Scientist	$83,247 - $143,218
Research Scientist	$51,064 - $135,690
Software Development Engineer (SDE)	$92,598 - $133,788
Computer and Information Scientist, Research	$78,297 - $132,767
Country: United States \| Currency: USD \| Updated: 18 May 2013 \| Individuals Reporting: 552

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Key Statistics for Employees with a Doctorate (PhD), Computer Science (CS) Jobs

Popular Schools

Salary Range


Stanford University	$112,500 - $208,153
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	$84,494 - $227,851
University of Southern California (USC)	$70,957 - $152,880
University of California - Berkeley	$50,684 - $167,675
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)	$100,278 - $173,826

Popular Companies

Salary Range


Google, Inc.	$97,290 - $150,106
Microsoft Corp	$91,578 - $140,569
International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.	$120,864 - $173,815
Amazon.com Inc	$116,130 - $158,654
Oracle Corp.	$113,003 - $132,257

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Popular Cities

Salary Range


San Francisco, California	$80,811 - $165,543
Seattle, Washington	$88,403 - $161,073
San Jose, California	$98,633 - $173,405
Mountain View, California	$91,231 - $147,949
Palo Alto, California	$105,529 - $159,889

Gender

	Female 9%			Male 91%
Salary:	$83,544 - $114,838			$93,197 - $132,968

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