2021 Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States
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Physicists
conduct research into physical phenomena, develop theories on the basis of observation and experiments, and devise methods to apply physical laws and theories.
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Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Physicists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $67,450 to $95,020 per year or $32 to $46 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
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Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Physicists to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $100+ | $208,000+ |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $82 | $170,810 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $62 | $129,850 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $46 | $95,020 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $32 | $67,450 |
[custom_headline id=”states” class=”subheading” type=”left” level=”h3″] Highest paying states [/custom_headline]
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| CT | $84 | $173,970 |
| NM | $81 | $168,480 |
| SC | $79 | $165,120 |
| NY | $79 | $163,290 |
| LA | $78 | $162,930 |
| DC | $73 | $151,860 |
| MA | $73 | $150,990 |
| NJ | $71 | $147,900 |
| FL | $70 | $146,180 |
| MN | $70 | $145,770 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Physicist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CT doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CT might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Physicists are in the states of CT, NM, SC, NY and LA.
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