We collected Physics PhD’s and Physicist’s salaries across the US from Indeed.com & have tabulated the data below.

Physics PhD Salaries By Location

Place Average Salary San Francisco, CA $159,000 Boston, MA $147,000 Atlanta, GA $147,000 New York, NY $142,000 Chicago, IL $141,000 Houston, TX $132,000 Huntsville, AL $128,000 Seattle, WA $126,000 Washington, DC $121,000 Austin, TX $111,000

Physics PhD Salaries Above $150,000

Example Employers:

SandPointe, LLC

Example Job:

SandPointe, LLC—a pioneering investment asset manager and systematic global macro hedge fund manager—has an immediate job opening for a Director of Computational Optimization. This is a management level position reporting to the Director of Quantitative Research and Development.

Salaries Above $120,000

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ASML

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Key components of this position are: Using Physics, Mathematics, Electronics, Mechanics, and Software knowledge and an understanding of the sensor systems and the lithography tool to model, design and de-bug new and existing sensors in complex environments (lithography equipment integrated in a wafer fab)

BaySpec, Inc.

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Design and develop opto-mechanical structures for company’s advanced products and other optical devices in company’s R&D efforts. Responsible for mechanical drawings from prototyping to production. Performing basic optical calculations and simulations in conjunction with mechanical design to verify the design meets the specification

Maxim Integrated

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Maxim Integrated is a highly successful, $2.4 billion company. With offices and manufacturing sites around the world, we design award-winning semiconductors that make the world more integrated. We also know that it’s our people who make us a great company. So we reward bold thinking, teamwork, personal growth, and community involvement.

Physics PhD Salaries Above $100,000 Examples

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Johns Hopkins University

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Under the leadership of the Chief Medical Physicist provides physics and other specialized skills to support the technical requirements of planning and treating radiation therapy patients in the department of radiation oncology.

WellSpan Health Services

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Under the general direction of the Chief Physicist/RSO(Imaging Physics/Radiation Safety), provides comprehensive medical physics services in Diagnostic Imaging, assist with implementation of the quality control and accreditation programs in the division, assist in evaluation of new imaging modalities under consideration by the institution, perform tasks and address issues related to acceptance testing, quality assurance, regulatory standards, accreditation, maintenance of imaging equipment, and participate in educational training programs supported by the department as needed.

Physics PhD Salaries Above $80,000

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Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Demonstrate thorough knowledge and use of large, multi-physics codes. Apply codes to solve problems of national security interest, exercising personal initiative to guide your own and others’ efforts. Contribute to one or more of the related tasks: leading experimental design and analysis, coordinate with model development efforts, project and/or program leadership, data evaluation, and code validation. Demonstrate leadership through teaming efforts.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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Plan, design, execute and analyze laser and x-ray driven physics and conduct highly advanced experimental campaigns on HED facilities (NIF and Omega). Establish objectives for and oversee experiments in the fields of hydrodynamics, radiation transport, implosion physics, material strength and/or nuclear physics in support of ICF, WCI and fundamental science. Author complex scientific reports and provide verbal presentations for internal and external scientists, and sponsors.

Physicist Salaries by Location