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Physicist Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of physicists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of physicists 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 Physicists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$78,900
25th Percentile Wage	$130,360
50th Percentile Wage	$175,360
75th Percentile Wage	$218,600
90th Percentile Wage	$172,650

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physicists 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 $172,650. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $175,360. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $78,900.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$175,360	3.99%	36.31%
2021	$168,370	13.57%	-
2020	$145,520	4.73%	-
2019	$138,640	3.69%	-
2018	$133,520	3.36%	-
2017	$129,030	-1.63%	-
2016	$131,130	-0.46%	-
2015	$131,730	11.55%	-
2014	$116,520	3.30%	-
2013	$112,670	0.87%	-
2012	$111,690	-	-

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

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $175,360, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for physicists in state of New York, following the highest paying city Buffalo-Niagara Falls (median annual salary of $181,670). Compared with Buffalo-Niagara Falls, the median annual salary of physicists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 3.5 percent (3.5%) lower.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$181,670
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$175,360
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$154,020
Nassau-Suffolk	$134,260
Rochester	$132,540
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$88,880
Syracuse	$57,970