Junior Scientist Salary in Rochester, New York

How much does a Junior Scientist make in Rochester, NY?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Junior Scientist in Rochester, NY is $110,935. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $100,851 to $123,614, with most professionals earning between $91,670 and $135,157.

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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 Rochester, NY

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

100851

123614

110935

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

103386

127529

114645

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 Rochester, NY. The base salary for Junior Scientist ranges from $100,851 to $123,614 with the average base salary of $110,935. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $103,386 to $127,529 with the average total cash compensation of $114,645.

View Average Salary for Junior Scientist as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$110,935	$100,851 - $123,614
Bonus	$3,710	$2,535 - $3,915
Total Pay	$114,645	$103,386 - $127,529

* 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 Rochester, NY

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Rochester, NY
CITY, STATE Henrietta, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $101,034 - $123,839	COMPARE TO Rochester, NY
CITY, STATE Buffalo, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $100,064 - $122,649	COMPARE TO Rochester, NY
CITY, STATE Niagara Falls, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $99,859 - $122,398	COMPARE TO Rochester, NY
CITY, STATE Clay, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $101,931 - $124,938	COMPARE TO Rochester, NY
CITY, STATE Syracuse, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $101,931 - $124,938	COMPARE TO Rochester, NY
CITY, STATE Jamestown, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $97,069 - $118,978	COMPARE TO Rochester, NY

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About Rochester, New York

Rochester is at 43°9′56″N 77°36′41″W / 43.16556°N 77.61139°W / 43.16556; -77.61139 (43.165496, −77.611504). The city is about 73 miles (120 km) east-northeast of Buffalo and about 87 miles (140 km) west of Syracuse and Albany, the state capital is 226 miles (360 km) to the east ; it sits on Lake Ontario's southern shore. The Genesee River bisects the city. Toronto, Canada is northwest 168 miles (270 km) and New York City is about 350 miles (560 km) to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.1 square miles (96 km2), of which 35.8 square m...

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