Biochemists and Biophysicists salary
The median pay for biochemists and biophysicists in the United States is $127,410 a year. About 33,830 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $74,290
- 25th percentile
- $95,000
- Median percentile
- $127,410
- 75th percentile
- $163,460
- 90th percentile
- $201,110
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- Florida $157,390
- California $139,580
- Tennessee $134,560
- Pennsylvania $134,090
- Connecticut $132,670
- Massachusetts $131,600
- New Jersey $122,620
- District of Columbia $120,090
- New Hampshire $109,770
- Michigan $109,340
- South Carolina $109,080
- Wisconsin $106,480
- Virginia $105,780
- Delaware $101,880
- Iowa $101,090
- New York $101,080
- Maryland $100,650
- Washington $98,840
- Kansas $97,850
- Texas $97,510
- Ohio $90,000
- Illinois $87,010
- Georgia $85,680
- Maine $84,560
- North Carolina $82,220
- Utah $81,990
- Minnesota $81,280
- Missouri $79,550
- Kentucky $74,710
- Oklahoma $69,130
- Nebraska $66,910
- Alabama $48,510
By metro area
- Jacksonville, FL $174,880
- San Francisco, CA $165,050
- Knoxville, TN $149,140
- Miami, FL $145,550
- Boulder, CO $140,710
- Bridgeport, CT $139,740
- Norwich, CT $135,320
- Philadelphia, PA $134,090
- Los Angeles, CA $131,700
- Boston, MA $131,550
- Dallas, TX $130,670
- Riverside, CA $129,490
- Worcester, MA $125,420
- Pittsburgh, PA $125,020
- Trenton, NJ $124,300
- San Jose, CA $124,050
- San Diego, CA $121,740
- San Antonio, TX $111,320
- New York, NY $109,620
- Ann Arbor, MI $109,070
- Madison, WI $106,480
- Washington, DC $103,660
- Charlotte, NC $98,820
- Baltimore, MD $98,650
- Cincinnati, OH $98,550
- Orlando, FL $98,320
- Kansas City, MO $95,990
- Albany, NY $94,510
- Houston, TX $94,320
- Durham, NC $87,650
- Chicago, IL $85,780
- Fort Collins, CO $84,490
- Portland, ME $84,490
- Des Moines, IA $83,790
- Salt Lake City, UT $81,990
- Buffalo, NY $81,480
- Minneapolis, MN $81,380
- Raleigh, NC $79,990
- St. Louis, MO $79,550
- Seattle, WA $79,550
- Providence, RI $77,710
- Oklahoma City, OK $69,130
- Lansing, MI $67,870
- Austin, TX $61,820