Education Requirements for Physical Scientists, All Other - Does Degree Level Affect Salary?

Salary by Education Level

Across all certified filings with a stated education level, 0% accepted a Bachelor's degree as the minimum requirement.

Education Level	Average Salary	Filings	% of Total
Master's	$88,052	2	66.7%
Doctorate	$85,000	1	33.3%

Employer	Most Common Minimum	% Bachelor's	% Master's	Median Salary
Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory	N/A	N/A	N/A	$72,828
SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY	N/A	N/A	N/A	$95,004
Harvard University	N/A	N/A	N/A	$54,500
Carnegie Mellon University	N/A	N/A	N/A	$46,330
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52,083
University of California, Davis	N/A	N/A	N/A	$49,506
KLA-Tencor Corporation	N/A	N/A	N/A	$113,949
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research	N/A	N/A	N/A	$90,541
Louisiana State University and A & M College	N/A	N/A	N/A	$44,000
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	N/A	N/A	N/A	$104,000
Tergus Pharma	N/A	N/A	N/A	$47,070
University of Colorado	N/A	N/A	N/A	$70,269
University of Maryland College Park	N/A	N/A	N/A	$66,642
California Institute of Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	$41,340
Brookhaven National Laboratory	N/A	N/A	N/A	$60,341
Columbia University	N/A	N/A	N/A	$50,000
Cornell University	N/A	N/A	N/A	$50,000
The University of Iowa	N/A	N/A	N/A	$55,425
Universities Space Research Association	N/A	N/A	N/A	$68,046
BATTELLE	N/A	N/A	N/A	$78,240