Ontologist Salary in Newport News, Virginia

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As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for an Ontologist in Newport News, VA is $82,563. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $68,959 to a high of $100,308, with most professionals earning between $75,442 and $91,852.

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Support development teams as they integrate heterogenous unstructured, semi-structured and well-structured data into a master repository.

January 21, 2023

Collaborate with Enterprise Technology teams to satisfy business requirements and implement change management practices.

February 04, 2023

Assist in developing tooling in support to capture of domain concepts and to allow model/ontology extension by subject matter experts and curators.

February 20, 2023

Execute Enterprise Data Governance program.

February 24, 2023

Lead and contribute daily to data management and governance initiatives.

March 16, 2023

Participate in writing, presenting and reviewing strategic and operational reports.

May 13, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Ontologist in Newport News, VA

Average Base Salary

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75442

91852

82563

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

75464

91898

82574

What is the average salary for Ontologist in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Ontologist in Newport News, VA. The base salary for Ontologist ranges from $75,442 to $91,852 with the average base salary of $82,563. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $75,464 to $91,898 with the average total cash compensation of $82,574.

View Average Salary for Ontologist as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$82,563	$75,442 - $91,852
Bonus	$11	$22 - $47
Total Pay	$82,574	$75,464 - $91,898

* 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.

Ontologist Salary Near Newport News, VA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Newport News, VA
CITY, STATE Hampton, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,442 - $91,852	COMPARE TO Newport News, VA 0%
CITY, STATE Norfolk, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,273 - $91,646	COMPARE TO Newport News, VA
CITY, STATE Portsmouth, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,273 - $91,646	COMPARE TO Newport News, VA
CITY, STATE Suffolk, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,153 - $91,500	COMPARE TO Newport News, VA
CITY, STATE Chesapeake, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $75,177 - $91,529	COMPARE TO Newport News, VA
CITY, STATE Virginia Beach, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $76,477 - $93,112	COMPARE TO Newport News, VA

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About Newport News, Virginia

Newport News is located at 37°4′15″N 76°29′4″W / 37.07083°N 76.48444°W / 37.07083; -76.48444 (37.071046, −76.484557). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 120 square miles (310 km2), of which 69 square miles (180 km2) is land and 51 square miles (130 km2) (42.4%) is water. The city is located at the Peninsula side of Hampton Roads in the Tidewater region of Virginia, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. The Hampton Roads Metropolitan Statistical Area (officially known as the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA) is the 37th largest in the nation with...

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