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Physicist Salaries in the United States

How much does a Physicist make in the United States?

Physicists earn $85,000 annually on average, or $41 per hour, which is 25% more than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Physicists work for Air Force Research Laboratory at $134,000 annually while the lowest paid Physicists work for Conceptual MindWorks earning approximately $79,000 each year.

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$98K Sigray's Average Physicist Salary (1 salaries)

+$13K (14%) more than national average Physicist salary ($85K)
Equal to average Sigray salary ($98K)
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Equal to average Sigray Physicist salary ($98K)
"Competitive."

$79K Conceptual MindWorks' Average Physicist Salary (3 salaries)

-$6K (7%) less than national average Physicist salary ($85K)
+$22K (32%) more than average Conceptual MindWorks salary ($57K)
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-$7K (9%) less than average Conceptual MindWorks Physicist salary ($79K)
-$8K (10%) less than average Conceptual MindWorks Physicist salary ($79K)
+$6K (7%) more than average Conceptual MindWorks Physicist salary ($79K)

$134K Air Force Research Laboratory's Average Physicist Salary (2 salaries)

+$49K (44%) more than national average Physicist salary ($85K)
+$73K (74%) more than average Air Force Research Laboratory salary ($61K)
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+$3K (2%) more than average Air Force Research Laboratory Physicist salary ($134K)
-$3K (2%) less than average Air Force Research Laboratory Physicist salary ($134K)

$130K United States Army's Average Physicist Salary (2 salaries)

+$45K (41%) more than national average Physicist salary ($85K)
+$88K (102%) more than average United States Army salary ($42K)
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+$5K (3%) more than average United States Army Physicist salary ($130K)
-$5K (3%) less than average United States Army Physicist salary ($130K)

$101K Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Average Physicist Salary (2 salaries)

+$16K (17%) more than national average Physicist salary ($85K)
+$21K (23%) more than average Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory salary ($80K)
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Equal to average Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Physicist salary ($101K)
Equal to average Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Physicist salary ($101K)

$84K EDC Biosystems' Average Physicist Salary (2 salaries)

-$1K (1%) less than national average Physicist salary ($85K)
+$7K (8%) more than average EDC Biosystems salary ($77K)
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-$2K (2%) less than average EDC Biosystems Physicist salary ($84K)
+$1K (1%) more than average EDC Biosystems Physicist salary ($84K)

$140K Los Alamos National Laboratory's Average Physicist Salary (1 salaries)

+$55K (48%) more than national average Physicist salary ($85K)
+$65K (60%) more than average Los Alamos National Laboratory salary ($75K)
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Equal to average Los Alamos National Laboratory Physicist salary ($140K)

$121K LLNL's Average Physicist Salary (1 salaries)

+$36K (34%) more than national average Physicist salary ($85K)
+$35K (33%) more than average LLNL salary ($86K)
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Equal to average LLNL Physicist salary ($121K)

$111K Xoft's Average Physicist Salary (1 salaries)

+$26K (26%) more than national average Physicist salary ($85K)
+$47K (53%) more than average Xoft salary ($64K)
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Equal to average Xoft Physicist salary ($111K)

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