Senior Research Scientist Salary in Rapid City, SD

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How much does a Senior Research Scientist make in Rapid City, SD? The average Senior Research Scientist salary in Rapid City, SD is $94,340 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $83,631 and $105,097. Salary ranges 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 AI Research Scientist

Unreal Gigs - San Francisco , CA

As a Senior AI Research Scientist, you'll lead groundbreaking research projects in artificial intelligence, pushing the boundaries of what's possible and driving innovation in AI technologies. You'll ...

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Senior Research Scientist [Education & Public Health]

Far Harbor, LLC - Austin , TX

The Sr Research Scientist / Statistician coordinates a friendly team of scientific staff who design and analyze public health and education research. Join us in making a positive impact in the world ...

LinkedIn - 74 days ago

Senior Research Scientist (Electromagnetics, Fourier Optics, Imaging Systems)

KLA - Milpitas , CA

... research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. The Broadband Plasma Division (BBP) provides market-leading patterned wafer ...

LinkedIn - 30 days ago

Senior Applied Research Scientist

Flexport - Bellevue , WA

The opportunity: We're seeking a technically-minded Senior Applied Research Scientist (ARS) to join our multi-disciplinary Freight Planning Team with a focus on Ocean Planning. This role is perfect ...

LinkedIn - 31 days ago

Director, Biological Research/Senior Principal Research Scientist

Allergan Aesthetics - Irvine , CA

The Director/Senior Principal Research Scientist will lead a team performing in vivo pharmacological research to characterize existing and novel toxin therapeutics. She/He/They will be responsible ...

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Sr. Applied Research Scientist, Graph Learning

Illumio - Sunnyvale , CA

As an Applied Research Scientist, you will be applying innovative data science and graph learning algorithms to generate insights from large-scale computer networks to solve cybersecurity issues ...

LinkedIn - 26 days ago

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Common responsibilities of a 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.

January 16, 2023

Demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills, a documented ability to troubleshoot technical issues, an ability to plan and carry out experiments independently, and to work with complex instrumentation and software.

February 10, 2023

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.

February 15, 2023

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.

February 26, 2023

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.

March 10, 2023

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.

April 07, 2023

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.

May 14, 2023

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

May 14, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Senior Research Scientist in Rapid City, SD

Average Base Salary

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83631

105097

94340

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

86764

114561

99536

What is the average salary for Senior Research Scientist in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Senior Research Scientist in Rapid City, SD. The base salary for Senior Research Scientist ranges from $83,631 to $105,097 with the average base salary of $94,340. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $86,764 to $114,561 with the average total cash compensation of $99,536.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$94,340	$83,631 - $105,097
Bonus	$5,196	$3,133 - $9,464
Total Pay	$99,536	$86,764 - $114,561

* 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.

Senior Research Scientist Salary Near Rapid City, SD

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Deadwood, SD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $81,272 - $102,133	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Gillette, WY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $83,983 - $105,540	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Pierre, SD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $79,167 - $99,488	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Casper, WY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $88,104 - $110,718	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Sheridan, WY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $88,987 - $111,828	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Dickinson, ND	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $90,321 - $113,505	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD

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About Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City is located at 44°04′34″N 103°13′42″W / 44.076188°N 103.228299°W / 44.076188; -103.228299. The downtown elevation of Rapid City is 3,202 feet (976 m) and Rapid City sits in the shadow of Black Elk Peak, which at 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the highest point east of the Rocky Mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 55.49 square miles (143.71 km2), of which 55.41 square miles (143.5 km2) is land and 0.08 square mile (0.2 km2) is water. Rapid City is located on the eastern edge of the Black Hills, and is split in half by the Dakota Hogback. ...

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