Education Analysis

Education Requirements for Biological Scientists, All Other

Does degree level affect salary? Based on education data in DOL PERM (green card) filings.

Salary by Education Level

What the Data Shows

For Biological Scientists, All Other positions, filings requiring a Master's degree carried an average declared salary of $89,302 versus $86,535 for those requiring a Bachelor's - a premium of +3.2%. Across all certified filings with a stated education level, 17.5% accepted a Bachelor's degree as the minimum requirement.

Education vs Salary

Education LevelAverage SalaryFilings% of Total
None$112,26610.3%
Doctorate$108,1098325.9%
Master's$89,30217855.6%
Bachelor's$86,5355617.5%
Other$75,00010.3%
Associate's$66,00010.3%

Education by Top Employer

EmployerMost Common Minimum% Bachelor's% Master'sMedian Salary
National Institutes of Health, HHS N/A N/A N/A $70,000
Harvard University N/A N/A N/A $51,120
Columbia University Bachelor's 100% 0% $54,000
New York University School of Medicine N/A N/A N/A $51,000
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD, JR. UNIVERSITY N/A N/A N/A $62,700
Weill Cornell Medical College N/A N/A N/A $51,582
Johns Hopkins University N/A N/A N/A $50,000
Howard Hughes Medical Institute N/A N/A N/A $54,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania N/A N/A N/A $53,045
Case Western Reserve University N/A N/A N/A $41,766
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey N/A N/A N/A $48,445
The Rockefeller University Master's 0% 100% $58,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER N/A N/A N/A $56,500
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Master's 25% 75% $52,140
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies N/A N/A N/A $53,000
The Scripps Research Institute N/A N/A N/A $50,627
The Jackson Laboratory Master's 0% 100% $68,175
University of Minnesota N/A N/A N/A $47,488
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Master's 0% 100% $51,293
University of Massachusetts Medical School N/A N/A N/A $47,484