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Materials Scientist Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of materials scientists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of materials scientists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Materials Scientists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$65,140
25th Percentile Wage	$80,150
50th Percentile Wage	$104,240
75th Percentile Wage	$136,660
90th Percentile Wage	$167,500

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials scientists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $167,500. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $104,240. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $65,140.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of materials scientists from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$104,240	2.23%	7.10%
2021	$101,920	-1.98%	-
2020	$103,940	-6.33%	-
2019	$110,520	-1.47%	-
2018	$112,140	6.34%	-
2017	$105,030	5.63%	-
2016	$99,120	4.89%	-
2015	$94,270	-3.21%	-
2014	$97,300	1.90%	-
2013	$95,450	-1.46%	-
2012	$96,840	-	-

Table 2. Compare Materials Scientist Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $104,240 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is in the middle of salary range for materials scientists in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of materials scientists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 26.2 percent (26.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Rochester and 3.2 percent (3.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Rochester	$141,240
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$136,000
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$105,720
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$104,240
Nassau-Suffolk	$102,880
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$100,870