Hourly Wage for Senior Research Scientist Salary in the United States

How much does a Senior Research Scientist make hourly in the United States? The average hourly wage for a Senior Research Scientist in the United States is $39 as of April 26, 2022, but the salary range typically falls between $35 and $45. 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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Senior Research and Evaluation Associate, Acacia Center for Justice (Remote)

Vera Institute of Justice - Richmond , VA

The Senior Research and Evaluation Associate functions as a social scientist who works with the Senior Data Scientist to supervise and implement mandated and ad hoc research, evaluation, and data ...

LinkedIn - 7 days ago

Principal Research Scientist, BBCIC

Academy Managed Care Pharmacy - Alexandria , VA

Principal Research Scientist, Biologics & Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium (BBCIC ... Three or more years' experience as a senior-level researcher with extensive experience conducting ...

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Bioscience Research Scientist II - Phage Display / Combinatorial Biology

SRI International - Harrisonburg , VA

The Biosciences Division at SRI International has an opening for a Senior Scientist in the Center ... Develop an independently funded research program supported by a combination of grants and contracts ...

Upward.net - 78 days ago

Scientist II

Ceres Nanosciences, Inc. - Manassas , VA

Ceres Nanosciences Inc. is engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of ... The Scientist II will work closely with Senior Scientists and other members of the Applications ...

LinkedIn - 50 days ago

Research Scientist

STR - Arlington , VA

We are currently considering applications at all levels, from recent graduates to senior-level ... and research directions to customers * Strong scientific programming skills in Python, R, MATLAB ...

LinkedIn - 85 days ago

Senior Researcher (Survey Research)

ORB International - Charlottesville , VA

MA in the Social Sciences preferred. US citizenship required Experience, Knowledge, and Skill ... of SURVEY RESEARCH experience in an international setting including managing or previously ...

LinkedIn - 10 days ago

What does a Senior Research Scientist do?

Senior Research Scientist

Develop small scale and high-throughput revenue generating assays to answer relevant and timely scientific questions in the broader NHP mucosal immunology research community.

August 02, 2021

Works under supervision of more senior scientists or scientific directors to identify and validate targets, advance the development of economical, state-of-the art techniques to develop, produce and/or characterize materials or tools for the discovery and development of new therapeutic agents.

November 03, 2021

Understand and effectively articulate in written work products the importance of variability and uncertainty, and the way in which these may be quantified, adjusted for, and/or mitigated in environmental decision-making.

December 09, 2021

Assists business development group in technical sales and marketing, and in preparation of technical marketing materials, and presents posters and makes podium presentations at conferences.

December 25, 2021

Participates in technology transfer from process development to clinical and commercial GMP manufacturing, including CMO selection, definition of bill of materials, batch record review, and discrepancy resolution.

January 12, 2022

Collaborate with other software engineers and research scientists to develop and maintain a physically-accurate, reliable, and fast open-source simulation toolkit.

February 05, 2022

Manages lower level scientists, including providing technical guidance,interviewing, hiring, training, goal setting, including performance evaluation, prioritization of work and compliance with personnel and safety policies.

February 06, 2022

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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 Senior Research Scientist in the United States. The average hourly rate for Senior Research Scientist ranges from $35 to $45 with the average hourly pay of $39. The total hourly cash compensation, which includes base and short-term incentives, can vary anywhere from $36 to $47 with the average total hourly cash compensation of $41.

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