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How much does a Junior Scientist make hourly in the United States? The average hourly wage for a Junior Scientist in the United States is $53 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $48 and $59. Hourly rate can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Scientist - Peptide and Oligonucleotide

Veranova L P - Devens , MA

Mentor, lead, and advise junior scientists and/or chemists in areas of scientific, regulatory, project management, client, and safety issues. * Recommend potential courses of action to senior ...

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Assistant Scientist

JVM Solutions - San Antonio , TX

Conduct test method training for Jr. Scientists or newly hired scientists. * Prepare DNA/RNA samples for genotyping and expression. * Perform metabolic profiling experiments, data processing and ...

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Junior Data Scientist

Unreal Gigs - San Francisco , CA

As a Junior Data Scientist, you'll play a crucial role in supporting our data science initiatives and contributing to the development of innovative data-driven solutions. Working closely with senior ...

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Senior Scientist, Pharmacology Lead, Pharmacology / Toxicology

Rampart Bioscience - San Diego , CA

... junior scientists, establishing practices that ensure successful study conduct, and expanding the department's technical capabilities. Qualifications/Requirements: · Ph.D. in a relevant scientific ...

LinkedIn - 37 days ago

Senior Scientist I - S&T Neurotoxin Drug Product

AbbVie - North Chicago , IL

Direct mentorship of junior scientists and engineers. * Qualifications * Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education and typically 10 years of experience, Master's Degree or equivalent education and ...

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Senior Scientist, Discovery Research

Invicro - Needham Heights , MA

This role will also include management and mentorship of junior scientists to support their growth and development within the Discovery Research team. Essential Job Functions * Manage the design ...

LinkedIn - 61 days ago

What does a Junior Scientist do?

Common responsibilities of a Junior Scientist

Support development efforts with standardized protocols to manipulate information captured in a fixed format to usable data, using non-traditional data sources like scraping data from social media, mining data from natural language texts, as well as vectorizing images to create analytical dataset to inform policy decisions.

October 29, 2022

Design, develop, test, validate, and deploy Predictive Analytics/Machine Learning (ML) /Statistical models as part of new product development and/or projects.

December 25, 2022

Prepares text and data figures for funding applications, written reports, manuscripts for submission to scientific journals, and patent applications.

December 26, 2022

Requires one year of relevant post-high school education or equivalent and one-two years of related experience.

March 13, 2023

Developing and implementing statistical, machine learning, and heuristic techniques to create descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics as well as to develop statistical tests to make data-driven recommendations and decisions.

March 22, 2023

Provide science and regulatory based guidance and recommendations to public and private clients, including governmental agencies, industries, businesses and the public, for the protection of water, soil and air resources.

March 28, 2023

Demonstrate efficiency in prioritizing assignments, as well as skill in proactively and independently resolving problems in the field and recommending and/or implementing continuous quality improvements.

May 03, 2023

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These charts show the average hourly wage (core compensation), as well as the average total hourly cash compensation for the job of Junior Scientist in the United States. The average hourly rate for Junior Scientist ranges from $48 to $59 with the average hourly pay of $53. The total hourly cash compensation, which includes base and short-term incentives, can vary anywhere from $49 to $61 with the average total hourly cash compensation of $55.

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