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OES Estimates by Area

Physical scientists, all other

May 2005 employment and annual earnings distribution, wage and salary workers

Physical Scientists, All Other: All physical scientists not listed separately.

May 2005 employment and annual earnings distribution, wage and salary workers

National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Earnings

Alabama  Alaska  Arizona  Arkansas  California  Colorado  Connecticut  District of Columbia  Florida  Idaho  Illinois  Indiana  Kansas  Kentucky  Louisiana  Maryland  Massachusetts  Michigan  Mississippi  Montana  Nevada  New Hampshire  New Jersey  New York  North Carolina  Ohio  Oklahoma  Oregon  Pennsylvania  Rhode Island  South Carolina  South Dakota  Tennessee  Texas  Utah  Virginia  Washington  West Virginia  Wisconsin  Wyoming  Puerto Rico 
State maximums: employment earnings: mean 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th
Metro maximums: employment earnings: mean 10th 25th 50th 75th
Physical scientists, all other
 Percentile annual earnings, $
10th25th50th75th90th
National
U.S.
employment: 23,800
mean earnings: $84,380		 41,260 59,440 83,300108,460125,910
State and Metro Area
Alabama (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 160
mean earnings: $97,570		 57,150 72,140 90,170115,010>145K
Huntsville, AL
employment: 90
mean earnings: $114,580		 70,850 88,670107,900136,480>145K
Alaska (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 70
mean earnings: $73,260		 34,640 51,870 75,770 88,990109,080
Anchorage, AK
employment: 50
mean earnings: $69,730		 31,180 48,740 72,560 86,480104,430
Arizona (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $57,270		 27,470 34,710 57,010 70,540 92,150
Arkansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $49,710		 25,030 31,260 53,300 63,500 69,790
California (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 3,050
mean earnings: $95,170		 46,670 65,320 92,210125,660144,580
Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 850
mean earnings: $82,690		 39,850 58,720 73,690107,790134,960
Oakland - Fremont - Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 200
mean earnings: $90,460		 48,740 61,020 75,330114,790>145K
Sacramento - - Arden - Arcade - - Roseville, CA
employment: 290
mean earnings: $66,630		 55,150 60,710 66,970 74,470 85,780
San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos, CA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $118,190		 74,410118,900129,320139,780>145K
San Francisco - San Mateo - Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 310
mean earnings: $80,630		 56,740 63,920 73,780 98,130112,250
San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara, CA
employment: 300
mean earnings: $127,640		 77,300 98,550119,310>145K>145K
Santa Ana - Anaheim - Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 130
mean earnings: $97,710		 43,670 59,020 92,590120,690>145K
Santa Barbara - Santa Maria, CA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $96,820		 83,580 94,290101,410108,540112,810
Colorado (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,290
mean earnings: $69,950		 40,630 51,170 67,960 86,720106,000
Denver - Aurora, CO
employment: 510
mean earnings: $78,500		 47,210 61,230 79,920 96,070111,530
Connecticut (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 90
mean earnings: $73,570		 30,420 41,660 77,430102,000119,900
Hartford - West Hartford - East Hartford, CT
employment: 60
mean earnings: $65,740		 28,510 39,020 52,940 95,420116,260
District of Columbia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 680
mean earnings: $99,420		 54,380 81,240101,250120,220138,980
Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC - VA - MD - WV Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,680
mean earnings: $104,920		 59,750 85,920104,390124,820143,050
Florida (ACS) (EAG)
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 730
mean earnings: $62,460		 39,060 47,490 61,140 72,180 88,500
Miami - Miami Beach - Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $57,410		 29,420 41,240 56,030 70,620 84,070
Orlando - Kissimmee, FL
employment: 60
mean earnings: $59,670		 45,030 51,360 61,300 68,520 72,860
Palm Bay - Melbourne - Titusville, FL
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 110
mean earnings: $68,660		 53,040 60,030 65,820 71,610 87,450
Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $60,940		 36,760 42,170 54,940 71,640 95,070
West Palm Beach - Boca Raton - Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
employment: 150
mean earnings: $59,550		 43,080 50,060 58,310 69,190 77,540
Idaho (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 80
mean earnings: $81,770		 34,920 54,990 83,630103,960120,160
Illinois (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,120
mean earnings: $80,350		 48,100 62,780 80,990 98,270113,840
Chicago - Naperville - Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division
employment: 970
mean earnings: $81,500		 52,230 65,090 82,090 98,340113,280
Indiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 70
mean earnings: $63,270		 37,780 55,640 65,600 76,940 87,580
Kansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 120
mean earnings: $72,620		 40,450 59,260 77,970 87,210 98,870
Kentucky (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 80
mean earnings: $62,830		 37,830 45,760 56,200 79,350100,300
Louisiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 90
mean earnings: $55,260		 28,060 36,020 51,680 71,990 88,630
New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner, LA
employment: 80
mean earnings: $53,810		 27,200 34,030 48,750 71,870 87,510
Maryland (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,600
mean earnings: $98,150		 55,830 75,290 97,580120,150140,330
Baltimore - Towson, MD
employment: 440
mean earnings: $88,880		 59,130 73,110 86,140105,450128,100
Bethesda - Gaithersburg - Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division
employment: 720
mean earnings: $101,330		 50,740 71,830101,540126,900144,610
Massachusetts (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 430
mean earnings: $85,790		 46,940 66,000 87,560105,890120,760
Boston - Cambridge - Quincy, MA NECTA Division
employment: 330
mean earnings: $85,320		 45,980 65,100 87,200105,540120,030
Framingham, MA NECTA Division
employment: 60
mean earnings: $94,380		 64,660 81,670 97,530110,850128,500
Michigan (ACS) (EAG)
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 480
mean earnings: $71,680		 39,960 51,190 71,480 90,380109,940
Ann Arbor, MI
employment: 120
mean earnings: $63,030		 21,980 39,710 62,330 85,170102,990
Detroit - Livonia - Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division
employment: 130
mean earnings: $89,580		 62,560 76,200 89,420107,490119,240
Warren - Troy - Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division
employment: 50
mean earnings: $68,650		 42,230 52,400 72,710 84,640 92,970
Mississippi (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 260
mean earnings: $72,080		 45,110 58,570 72,540 85,000 98,690
Gulfport - Biloxi, MS
employment: 220
mean earnings: $70,860		 45,950 58,490 71,140 83,820 93,520
Montana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 40
mean earnings: $65,470		 37,700 47,980 61,710 86,190103,220
Nevada (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 150
mean earnings: $78,200		 40,380 51,550 75,820102,510124,580
Las Vegas - Paradise, NV
employment: 100
mean earnings: $88,150		 46,300 67,490 89,230110,090132,580
New Hampshire (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 250
mean earnings: $67,450		 37,100 45,720 55,420 81,350113,430
Manchester, NH
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $67,350		 30,120 37,110 50,510 78,140120,220
New Jersey (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 640
mean earnings: $89,510		 50,890 66,920 86,600110,000134,230
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $74,830		 44,680 68,810 78,270 86,670 91,720
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 180
mean earnings: $83,820		 47,640 68,150 87,680103,910113,540
Newark - Union, NJ - PA Metropolitan Division
employment: 70
mean earnings: $105,290		 70,290 94,280108,500126,410141,220
Trenton - Ewing, NJ
employment: 140
mean earnings: $76,060		 48,950 55,570 71,290 90,010114,650
New York (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,830
mean earnings: $80,430		 40,590 53,810 74,850100,120131,420
Albany - Schenectady - Troy, NY
employment: 600
mean earnings: $69,230		 40,760 51,930 67,850 84,420103,800
New York - White Plains - Wayne, NY - NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 590
mean earnings: $88,000		 50,870 64,730 83,820108,120133,590
North Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 910
mean earnings: $59,130		 30,840 37,470 52,210 75,950 97,980
Durham, NC
employment: 360
mean earnings: $74,580		 42,360 52,010 70,740 91,590112,660
Ohio (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 690
mean earnings: $76,260		 22,350 51,500 76,670 94,960117,690
Cincinnati - Middletown, OH - KY - IN
employment: 150
mean earnings: $63,810		 18,840 20,580 72,720101,010115,410
Cleveland - Elyria - Mentor, OH
employment: 160
mean earnings: $79,490		 52,040 62,270 79,140 91,450108,430
Columbus, OH
employment: 80
mean earnings: $75,420		 39,320 47,310 73,190105,500120,340
Dayton, OH
employment: 200
mean earnings: $80,840		 36,980 52,250 78,230 90,960135,540
Toledo, OH
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $99,360		 54,930 68,060 85,850109,920>145K
Oklahoma (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 60
mean earnings: $76,680		 45,790 59,070 75,270 90,220113,540
Oregon (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 230
mean earnings: $66,080		 37,720 44,790 61,530 83,500 97,790
Eugene - Springfield, OR
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $74,120		 51,220 64,980 79,190 86,330 90,620
Portland - Vancouver - Beaverton, OR - WA
employment: 170
mean earnings: $62,450		 38,410 46,380 59,430 80,270 92,980
Pennsylvania (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 400
mean earnings: $75,180		 38,960 57,160 79,220 94,140109,860
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
employment: 220
mean earnings: $82,390		 53,640 70,700 84,070 97,610110,270
Pittsburgh, PA
employment: 90
mean earnings: $85,150		 51,120 70,270 84,090101,910120,490
Rhode Island (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 30
mean earnings: $83,460		 47,170 64,160 82,770101,050113,350
Providence - Fall River - Warwick, RI - MA
employment: 30
mean earnings: $83,460		 47,170 64,160 82,770101,050113,350
South Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 80
mean earnings: $85,990		 52,690 74,750 88,450102,480113,640
South Dakota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 40
mean earnings: $85,620		 27,220 67,990 92,020110,860129,660
Tennessee (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 270
mean earnings: $68,040		 36,280 44,810 73,220 89,050103,550
Knoxville, TN
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $73,300		 39,330 44,340 82,000 95,820108,490
Nashville - Davidson - - Murfreesboro, TN
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $63,820		 27,120 43,680 64,930 83,900 98,900
Texas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 840
mean earnings: $83,960		 46,720 68,540 84,290 98,540119,460
San Antonio, TX
employment: 130
mean earnings: $70,900		 55,050 62,330 72,540 82,400 88,320
Utah (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 110
mean earnings: $72,080		 34,600 59,540 73,530 88,940104,590
Salt Lake City, UT
employment: 70
mean earnings: $69,650		 34,310 57,890 71,940 84,660 96,050
Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 890
mean earnings: $100,060		 47,190 74,430 99,110120,390145,570
Charlottesville, VA
employment: 50
mean earnings: $81,780		 55,370 65,980 81,110 97,080110,330
Richmond, VA
employment: 100
mean earnings: $49,310		 32,330 37,480 44,300 56,230 72,490
Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News, VA - NC
employment: 140
mean earnings: $91,550		 51,620 72,940 91,430111,350132,900
Washington (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 800
mean earnings: $80,210		 48,660 64,370 81,190 99,100112,520
Kennewick - Richland - Pasco, WA
employment: 160
mean earnings: $90,750		 64,850 77,020 91,030105,750114,710
Seattle - Bellevue - Everett, WA Metropolitan Division
employment: 560
mean earnings: $79,170		 44,820 62,800 80,790 98,690112,600
West Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 70
mean earnings: $87,820		 51,040 73,160 86,590103,500114,660
Wisconsin (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 490
mean earnings: $55,650		 36,580 39,350 43,930 71,340 91,500
Madison, WI
employment: 320
mean earnings: $44,080		 36,250 38,090 41,170 44,240 56,440
Milwaukee - Waukesha - West Allis, WI
employment: 80
mean earnings: n.a.		n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Wyoming (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 40
mean earnings: $57,100		 37,500 44,960 57,800 68,400 80,160
Puerto Rico (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 180
mean earnings: $53,060		 22,660 41,530 52,960 63,990 75,180
San Juan - Caguas - Guaynabo, PR
employment: 160
mean earnings: $51,360		 22,410 41,640 52,170 61,640 73,480

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about these estimates

The highlighted text indicates the maximum values in each column among the states and metropolitan areas.

The (ACS) links lead to data from the American Community Survey from the Census Bureau.

The (EAG) links lead to U.S. Economy at a Glance data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.