Staff Scientist Salaries in the United States
How much does a Staff Scientist make in the United States?
Staff Scientists earn $72,000 annually on average, or $35 per hour, which is 9% more than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Staff Scientists work for Nektar at $136,000 annually while the lowest paid Staff Scientists work for ChanTest earning approximately $35,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$71K National Institutes of Health's Average Staff Scientist Salary (16 salaries)
-$1K (1%) less than national average Staff Scientist salary ($72K)
+$18K (29%) more than average National Institutes of Health salary ($53K)
+$33K (37%) more than average National Institutes of Health Staff Scientist salary ($71K)
"My salary is decent."
+$20K (24%) more than average National Institutes of Health Staff Scientist salary ($71K)
+$31K (35%) more than average National Institutes of Health Staff Scientist salary ($71K)
$130K US Food and Drug Administration's Average Staff Scientist Salary (1 salaries)
+$58K (57%) more than national average Staff Scientist salary ($72K)
+$55K (53%) more than average US Food and Drug Administration salary ($75K)
Equal to average US Food and Drug Administration Staff Scientist salary ($130K)
"I get a decent pay for the work i am doing. I got several promotions and bonuses based on my performance"
$107K Thermo Fisher Scientific's Average Staff Scientist Salary (1 salaries)
+$35K (39%) more than national average Staff Scientist salary ($72K)
+$46K (54%) more than average Thermo Fisher Scientific salary ($61K)
Equal to average Thermo Fisher Scientific Staff Scientist salary ($107K)
"My pat at Thermo Fisher was appropriate but I believe my experience and work performance should be worth more."
$100K Canticle Sensors' Average Staff Scientist Salary (1 salaries)
+$28K (32%) more than national average Staff Scientist salary ($72K)
Equal to average Canticle Sensors salary ($100K)
Equal to average Canticle Sensors Staff Scientist salary ($100K)
"As a Staff Scientist in the Bay area with a startup company I knew, up front, that my salary was only a small part of my potential overall compensation. I was willing to take the risk on the company's future for a lower salary than that represented by other technical professional in the Bay area because I knew I would contribute to success and had other, longer term, motivators in mind."
$76K Life Technologies' Average Staff Scientist Salary (8 salaries)
+$4K (5%) more than national average Staff Scientist salary ($72K)
+$1K (1%) more than average Life Technologies salary ($75K)
+$15K (17%) more than average Life Technologies Staff Scientist salary ($76K)
+$65K (59%) more than average Life Technologies Staff Scientist salary ($76K)
+$29K (32%) more than average Life Technologies Staff Scientist salary ($76K)
$76K Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute's Average Staff Scientist Salary (7 salaries)
+$4K (5%) more than national average Staff Scientist salary ($72K)
+$25K (39%) more than average Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute salary ($51K)
-$16K (23%) less than average Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute Staff Scientist salary ($76K)
-$5K (6%) less than average Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute Staff Scientist salary ($76K)
-$15K (21%) less than average Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute Staff Scientist salary ($76K)
$70K MRIGlobal's Average Staff Scientist Salary (7 salaries)
-$2K (2%) less than national average Staff Scientist salary ($72K)
+$25K (43%) more than average MRIGlobal salary ($45K)
$61K
MRIGlobal Staff Scientist
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-$9K (13%) less than average MRIGlobal Staff Scientist salary ($70K)
$61K
MRIGlobal Staff Scientist
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-$9K (13%) less than average MRIGlobal Staff Scientist salary ($70K)
$75K
MRIGlobal Staff Scientist
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+$5K (6%) more than average MRIGlobal Staff Scientist salary ($70K)
$70K ABC Warehouse's Average Staff Scientist Salary (7 salaries)
-$2K (2%) less than national average Staff Scientist salary ($72K)
+$38K (74%) more than average ABC Warehouse salary ($32K)
-$5K (7%) less than average ABC Warehouse Staff Scientist salary ($70K)
-$5K (7%) less than average ABC Warehouse Staff Scientist salary ($70K)
+$5K (6%) more than average ABC Warehouse Staff Scientist salary ($70K)
$48K Washington University's Average Staff Scientist Salary (6 salaries)
-$24K (40%) less than national average Staff Scientist salary ($72K)
+$10K (23%) more than average Washington University salary ($38K)
+$8K (15%) more than average Washington University Staff Scientist salary ($48K)
-$7K (15%) less than average Washington University Staff Scientist salary ($48K)
+$13K (23%) more than average Washington University Staff Scientist salary ($48K)
$43K Stantec's Average Staff Scientist Salary (6 salaries)
-$29K (50%) less than national average Staff Scientist salary ($72K)
-$17K (33%) less than average Stantec salary ($60K)
$51K
Stantec Staff Scientist
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+$8K (17%) more than average Stantec Staff Scientist salary ($43K)
$30K
Stantec Staff Scientist
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-$13K (35%) less than average Stantec Staff Scientist salary ($43K)
$41K
Stantec Staff Scientist
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-$2K (4%) less than average Stantec Staff Scientist salary ($43K)
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