Biological Scientists, All Other Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Biological Scientists, All Other positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$93,330

National average

Salary Range

$54,500 – $159,780

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Biological Scientists, All Other Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Boulder, CO$137,940$68,940$174,140
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$132,670$74,120$205,720
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$132,630$74,580$197,000
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$131,250$76,440$167,940
New Haven, CT$124,400$79,080$196,830
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$123,080$74,720$205,880
Connecticut$120,880$70,430$189,000
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$119,450$51,690$175,300
Maryland$115,710$63,280$190,170
California$112,010$65,210$171,740
Vallejo, CA$111,840$49,250$139,050
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$111,220$65,350$165,360
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$110,440$59,420$202,920
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$110,390$80,500$146,720
Portland-South Portland, ME$108,060$69,570$171,940
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$107,910$60,850$172,190
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$106,550$64,750$165,590
Lexington Park, MD$106,410$68,970$140,320
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$105,990$49,960$120,860
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$105,580$60,710$191,880
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$105,230$63,620$156,150
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$105,160$67,160$157,840
Salinas, CA$104,750$67,780$152,670
Stockton-Lodi, CA$103,930$63,140$160,450
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$103,370$63,110$163,780
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$103,120$64,170$168,070
New Jersey$102,760$63,730$155,190
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$102,150$67,860$171,480
Raleigh-Cary, NC$102,030$68,280$159,840
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$101,600$60,720$159,690
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$101,500$67,720$149,180
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$101,240$73,760$142,530
Massachusetts$101,140$64,170$168,070
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$101,110$61,010$160,480
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$100,890$63,220$158,280
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$100,190$67,140$126,570
Rhode Island$98,990$73,740$141,270
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$98,750$64,970$162,920
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$98,590$73,740$141,270
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$98,560$69,330$146,860
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$98,490$56,880$170,480
Alaska$98,220$61,890$127,690
Anchorage, AK$98,220$61,890$127,690
Modesto, CA$97,910$46,970$148,010
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$97,780$61,280$162,090
North Carolina$97,020$63,330$147,840
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$96,780$57,830$138,290
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$96,780$63,860$132,250
Urban Honolulu, HI$96,700$68,760$117,850
Colorado$96,680$59,950$137,940
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$96,240$62,780$128,040
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$96,140$64,400$134,370
Washington$96,120$63,430$162,200
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$95,740$55,170$136,280
Pennsylvania$95,640$57,320$132,540
Asheville, NC$95,640$54,030$139,350
Hawaii$94,700$62,500$117,850
Billings, MT$94,310$58,900$107,240
El Paso, TX$94,310$48,200$107,240
Kennewick-Richland, WA$94,310$59,280$182,080
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$94,090$74,570$122,390
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$94,060$72,470$121,480
Wilmington, NC$93,950$60,440$133,050
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$93,650$61,010$166,650
Casper, WY$93,530$83,600$101,440
New York$93,070$62,100$166,160
Rochester, NY$92,840$57,090$163,370
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$92,750$59,950$157,380
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$92,750$49,000$107,240
Mobile, AL$92,750$51,540$124,300
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$92,750$39,910$159,930
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$92,730$61,100$136,440
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$92,410$60,130$115,940
Colorado Springs, CO$92,080$61,440$106,930
Georgia$91,890$65,670$113,320
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$91,890$65,670$116,160
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$91,710$39,870$113,380
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$91,600$61,130$138,980
Tucson, AZ$91,460$58,720N/A
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$91,420$49,410$119,890
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$90,920$38,500$186,850
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$90,790$57,390$128,550
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$90,700$51,110$117,850
Fairbanks-College, AK$90,150$61,240$117,870
Utah$89,860$59,950$133,260
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$89,860$49,000$107,240
Jackson, MS$89,860$36,380$132,710
Las Cruces, NM$89,460$37,440$107,240
Arizona$88,610$52,290$168,300
Corvallis, OR$88,440$63,540$121,600
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$87,250$49,950$113,030
Ogden, UT$87,050$59,950$113,030
Indiana$87,050$50,080$165,590
Wyoming$87,050$59,950$104,330
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$87,050$59,550$124,630
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$87,050$59,950$104,330
Savannah, GA$86,940$59,950$104,330
Bend, OR$86,940$59,950$104,330
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$86,940$63,960$103,400
South Carolina$86,940$56,320$157,380
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$86,940$57,210$132,040
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$86,940$42,200$107,240
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$86,940$54,220$167,690
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$86,940$49,000$116,190
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$86,690$50,080$153,380
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$86,270$59,950$131,500
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$86,210$51,430$134,030
Oregon$85,840$56,040$115,360
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$85,370$39,560$107,240
El Centro, CA$84,810$56,990$124,700
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$84,710$49,000$113,030
Montana$84,640$48,000$107,240
Idaho Falls, ID$84,640$39,560$118,540
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$84,640$56,990$113,030
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$84,640$36,190$107,240
Mississippi$84,610$36,380$148,160
Maine$84,550$59,950$120,550
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$84,390$34,240$126,250
Omaha, NE-IA$84,370$49,480$111,200
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$84,290$54,480$101,830
Carson City, NV$84,220$54,180$105,750
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$83,660$59,690$148,910
Ann Arbor, MI$83,420$53,280$136,620
Virginia$83,370$60,800$134,750
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$83,350$40,890$106,230
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$82,760$36,400$114,990
District of Columbia$82,760$48,790$212,970
West Virginia$82,760$49,000$107,580
Greensboro-High Point, NC$82,510$57,690$130,620
New Hampshire$82,450$59,550$124,630
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$82,220$43,680$107,240
Flagstaff, AZ$82,220$59,950$109,840
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$82,220$39,560$113,030
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$82,220$50,530$108,690
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$82,220$49,000$106,180
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$82,220$54,140$115,940
Kansas$81,780$49,770$113,030
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$81,430$39,560$102,190
Michigan$81,200$49,000$132,040
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$81,060$49,800$162,290
Texas$81,020$48,920$149,340
Lancaster, PA$80,990$58,800$139,820
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$80,970$51,960$124,820
Winston-Salem, NC$80,670$60,700$100,240
Pittsburgh, PA$80,640$50,670$121,540
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$80,600$52,810$159,020
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$80,600$51,260$121,440
Worcester, MA$80,550$60,560$135,320
Redding, CA$80,310$49,000$120,570
Alabama$80,230$49,000$111,510
Kansas City, MO-KS$80,170$49,770$111,860
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$79,960$49,000$106,950
Manhattan, KS$79,940$36,190$113,720
Idaho$79,790$37,560$110,140
Puerto Rico$79,790$41,020$107,240
Boise City, ID$79,790$45,690$110,140
Bozeman, MT$79,790$48,000$109,840
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$79,790$46,850$104,330
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$79,790$59,950$95,640
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$79,790$39,560$162,880
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$79,790$59,950$98,680
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$79,790$49,000$103,270
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$79,790$39,560$107,240
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$79,610$79,610$119,000
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$79,570$59,430$109,450
Huntsville, AL$79,430$47,430$114,160
Alexandria, LA$79,380$44,020$104,330
Fresno, CA$79,350$60,130$118,460
Iowa$79,170$39,870$110,400
Ames, IA$79,170$38,840$107,310
Birmingham, AL$78,760$58,660$108,240
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$78,750$59,940$122,480
Missoula, MT$78,610$48,000$104,330
Illinois$78,600$51,070$123,970
Oklahoma City, OK$78,350$51,350$110,140
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$78,290$52,090$108,740
Richmond, VA$78,230$55,550$119,060
New Mexico$78,190$47,840$119,580
Ohio$78,170$47,340$128,860
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$78,170$62,230$101,440
Athens-Clarke County, GA$78,150$27,720$110,260
Albuquerque, NM$77,990$47,840$114,230
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$77,960$49,690$115,710
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$77,940$41,020$107,240
Tulsa, OK$77,940$49,000$107,240
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$77,940$36,700$104,330
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$77,940$35,840$109,840
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$77,940$49,000$104,330
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$77,940$49,000$101,440
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$77,810$55,440$97,600
Minnesota$77,650$41,820$125,760
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$77,650$43,060$133,550
Wisconsin$77,520$59,790$108,980
Rapid City, SD$77,380$59,950$98,550
College Station-Bryan, TX$77,380$48,650$147,250
Jacksonville, FL$77,380$41,600$110,140
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$77,380$49,150$112,760
Madison, WI$77,340$60,650$110,240
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$77,270$43,680$114,210
Ithaca, NY$77,000$64,990$143,620
Delaware$76,970$51,990$118,000
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$76,960$38,210$113,030
Syracuse, NY$76,880$63,250$142,670
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$76,770$39,960$109,390
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$76,750$36,190$114,230
Oklahoma$76,670$39,560$107,240
Vermont$76,340$39,560$119,130
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$76,340$36,000$119,130
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$76,300$53,580$111,340
Charlottesville, VA$76,260$54,490$104,330
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$76,240$58,530$108,410
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$75,980$41,000$95,640
Nebraska$75,670$39,940$113,030
Columbus, OH$75,630$51,110$117,850
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$75,560$45,870$98,330
Arkansas$74,960$39,910$111,520
Kentucky$74,960$48,070$110,240
North Dakota$74,960$39,560$108,410
Guam$74,960$49,000$98,550
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$74,960$36,190$126,840
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$74,800$43,600$114,860
Columbia, SC$74,530$51,280$215,650
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$74,320$51,210$117,560
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$74,300$40,890$107,240
Nevada$74,050$52,460$102,210
Chico, CA$74,000$39,100$110,910
Eugene-Springfield, OR$73,940$50,650$97,390
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$73,940$50,650$98,550
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$73,840$37,080$120,850
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$73,360$42,160$113,030
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$73,250$35,710$97,090
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$72,550$36,400$110,240
Tennessee$72,550$41,600$107,240
Columbia, MO$72,550$52,290$104,330
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$72,550$38,420$126,840
Lafayette, LA$72,550$49,000$98,550
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$72,550$35,790$137,780
Yuma, AZ$72,550$49,000$98,550
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$72,550$53,510$109,900
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$72,550$39,560$94,310
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$72,550$36,190$113,030
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$72,550$39,560$95,640
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$72,550$42,700$95,680
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$72,550$49,000$107,240
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$71,690$36,630$140,810
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$71,090$43,680$104,960
Louisiana$69,950$44,830$104,330
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$69,950$39,560$153,280
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$69,730$37,290$98,550
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$68,990$40,850$120,500
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$67,950$40,250$104,330
Baton Rouge, LA$67,610$49,260$103,940
South Dakota$67,180$39,560$99,800
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$66,890$46,750$154,990
Iowa City, IA$66,080$54,240$106,820
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$65,310$40,930$98,550
Lexington-Fayette, KY$65,240$53,260$117,190
Florida$65,060$41,600$114,210
Champaign-Urbana, IL$64,930$38,030$116,440
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$64,190$54,160$105,950
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$63,960$35,480$94,310
Missouri$63,290$50,270$95,640
Akron, OH$62,830$35,480$98,490
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$62,620$38,480$135,120
Fargo, ND-MN$61,000$38,220$126,260
Monroe, LA$60,270$36,600$92,750
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$60,140$49,000$110,140
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$60,050$46,860$94,310
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$60,010$43,680$95,180
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$59,340$39,560$110,140
Reno, NV$59,290$52,460$95,890
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$59,250$36,190$89,860
Knoxville, TN$59,130$43,030$92,750
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$58,450$45,020$107,830
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$58,010$39,160$77,860
Gainesville, FL$56,600$37,440$101,440
Tallahassee, FL$54,640$42,910$102,210
Jefferson City, MO$54,080$23,770$74,960
Port St. Lucie, FL$52,000$42,890$114,400
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$48,920$44,840$79,970
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$43,680$39,520$65,960

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Biological Scientists, All Other make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Biological Scientists, All Other is $93,330, with a typical range of $54,500 – $159,780 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Biological Scientists, All Other?β–Ύ

Entry-level Biological Scientists, All Other positions typically start around $54,500 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Biological Scientists, All Others earn the most?β–Ύ

Biological Scientists, All Others tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.