Doctorate (PhD), Physics Degree Salary

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Updated: 7 May 2013

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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
Physicist	$65,370 - $150,441
Research Scientist	$65,436 - $146,807
Senior Research Scientist (Unspecified Type)	$90,000 - $182,659
Postdoctoral Research Associate	$39,095 - $96,000
Professor, Postsecondary / Higher Education	$74,500 - $169,500
Staff Scientist	$82,845 - $120,127
Sr. Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer	$93,408 - $152,880
Country: United States \| Currency: USD \| Updated: 7 May 2013 \| Individuals Reporting: 416

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Key Statistics for Employees with a Doctorate (PhD), Physics Jobs

Popular Schools

Salary Range


Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	$35,886 - $188,193
University of California - Berkeley	$61,277 - $244,679
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY	$78,523 - $191,706
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)	$87,493 - $167,048
University of Washington (UW) - Main Campus	$66,129 - $117,916

Popular Cities

Salary Range


New York, New York	$34,765 - $145,972
San Francisco, California	$64,111 - $167,366
Houston, Texas	$61,277 - $203,223
Chicago, Illinois	$67,898 - $137,020
Boston, Massachusetts	$63,320 - $195,743

Gender

	Female 12%			Male 88%
Salary:	$77,245 - $109,735			$81,340 - $136,816

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