Doctorate (PhD), Physics Degree Salary
Updated: 26 May 2012
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Employees with a Doctorate (PhD), Physics 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 | $100K | $200K |
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| Physicist | $50,684 - $142,198 |
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| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $37,391 - $80,822 |
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| Sr. Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer | $84,000 - $135,316 |
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| Research Scientist | $45,958 - $111,159 |
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| Assistant Professor, Postsecondary / Higher Education | $33,538 - $100,348 |
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| Professor, Postsecondary / Higher Education | $67,978 - $191,584 |
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| Senior Research Scientist (Unspecified Type) | $73,974 - $183,999 |
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Country: United States | Currency: USD | Updated: 26 May 2012 | Individuals Reporting: 479 |
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Key Statistics for Employees with a
Doctorate (PhD), Physics
Degree
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | $39,732 - $187,759 |
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| University of California, Berkeley | $60,402 - $148,994 |
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| California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | $92,430 - $158,927 |
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| University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) | $74,000 - $127,171 |
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| University Of Chicago | $86,476 - $116,000 |
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| New York, New York | $35,745 - $177,899 |
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| San Jose, California | $90,604 - $171,275 |
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| Chicago, Illinois | $67,314 - $143,378 |
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| Los Angeles, California | $47,010 - $127,661 |
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| San Francisco, California | $49,460 - $155,133 |
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