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Physicist Salary in Rochester, New York

The annual salary statistics of physicists in Rochester, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of physicists in Rochester 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 Rochester, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$60,970
25th Percentile Wage
$82,660
50th Percentile Wage
$132,540
75th Percentile Wage
$198,830
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physicists in Rochester, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $198,830. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $132,540. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $60,970.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physicists from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2022
$132,540
-3.06% -3.06%
2021
$136,600
- -

Table 2. Compare Physicist Salary in Rochester with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $132,540 in Rochester is in the middle of salary range for physicists in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of physicists in Rochester is 27.0 percent (27.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Buffalo-Niagara Falls and 56.3 percent (56.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Syracuse.

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

See also: Top paying jobs in Rochester, New York.