Junior Scientist Salary in Portland, Oregon

How much does a Junior Scientist make in Portland, OR?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Junior Scientist in Portland, OR is $118,137. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $107,403 to $131,637, with most professionals earning between $97,631 and $143,928.

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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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Average Salary Range for Junior Scientist in Portland, OR

Average Base Salary

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107403

131637

118137

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

110108

135806

122097

What is the average salary for Junior Scientist in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Junior Scientist in Portland, OR. The base salary for Junior Scientist ranges from $107,403 to $131,637 with the average base salary of $118,137. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $110,108 to $135,806 with the average total cash compensation of $122,097.

View Average Salary for Junior Scientist as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$118,137	$107,403 - $131,637
Bonus	$3,961	$2,705 - $4,169
Total Pay	$122,097	$110,108 - $135,806

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Junior Scientist Salary Near Portland, OR

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Portland, OR
CITY, STATE Clackamas, OR	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $107,270 - $131,473	COMPARE TO Portland, OR
CITY, STATE Gresham, OR	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $107,270 - $131,473	COMPARE TO Portland, OR
CITY, STATE Lake Oswego, OR	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $107,403 - $131,637	COMPARE TO Portland, OR 0%
CITY, STATE Vancouver, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $107,126 - $131,298	COMPARE TO Portland, OR
CITY, STATE Beaverton, OR	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $107,403 - $131,637	COMPARE TO Portland, OR 0%
CITY, STATE Oregon City, OR	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $106,993 - $131,134	COMPARE TO Portland, OR

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About Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County. It is a major port in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers. As of 2017, Portland had an estimated population of 647,805, making it the 26th-largest city in the United States, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest (after Seattle). Approximately 2.4 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous MSA in the United States. Its Combined Statist...

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