Education Analysis

Education Requirements for Materials Scientists

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

Salary by Education Level

What the Data Shows

For Materials Scientists positions, filings requiring a Master's degree carried an average declared salary of $97,721 versus $78,013 for those requiring a Bachelor's - a premium of +25.3%. Across all certified filings with a stated education level, 28.6% accepted a Bachelor's degree as the minimum requirement.

Education vs Salary

Education LevelAverage SalaryFilings% of Total
Doctorate$110,1025830.7%
Master's$97,7217740.7%
Bachelor's$78,0135428.6%

Education by Top Employer

EmployerMost Common Minimum% Bachelor's% Master'sMedian Salary
UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY) N/A N/A N/A $70,008
Brookhaven National Laboratory N/A N/A N/A $65,000
Northwestern University N/A N/A N/A $49,000
Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. Master's 0% 50% $86,750
Iowa State University of Science and Technology N/A N/A N/A $49,024
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Doctorate 0% 0% $56,688
The Dow Chemical Company Doctorate 25% 25% $90,524
University of Maryland College Park N/A N/A N/A $57,715
Massachusetts Institute of Technology N/A N/A N/A $60,000
UChicago Argonne LLC N/A N/A N/A $69,508
OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES N/A N/A N/A $63,000
BATTELLE N/A N/A N/A $59,000
Georgia Institute of Technology N/A N/A N/A $48,500
Nanolab Technologies, Inc. Master's 0% 100% $92,435
Cornell University N/A N/A N/A $47,484
University of Michigan Master's 0% 100% $60,116
University of California at Santa Barbara N/A N/A N/A $50,281
Battelle Memorial Institute N/A N/A N/A $71,909
The Pennsylvania State University N/A N/A N/A $48,900
The University of Texas at Austin N/A N/A N/A $50,000