Salary for Biologists

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Also known as:  Biologist, Bryologist, Embryologist, Osteologist, Paleobotanist, Phytopathologist, Plant Etiologist

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A earns salaries somewhere between $49,060 to $137,030 depending on levels of tenure. Biologists can expect a salary of eigthy-nine thousand nine hundred and ten dollars each year.

Biologists can get the best pay in District of Columbia, where they receive pay levels, on average, of close to about $130,350. People with this job title can make the highest salaries in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, where they can earn job pay of $99,330.

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SALARY TREND

The annual compensation for this career has gone up since 2004. Salaries have increased by an average of 58.24 percent nationwide in that time.

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INDUSTRIES

Biologists tend to make the most in the following industries:

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
$99,330
Management of Companies and Enterprises
$96,920
Manufacturing
$93,150
Health Care and Social Assistance
$87,260
Public Administration
$87,010
Wholesale Trade
$82,520

In general, they earn less within the industries below:

Educational Services
$71,140
Information
$72,440
Administrative, Support and Waste Management Services
$74,630
Other Services (except Public Administration)
$80,360
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
$80,590
Wholesale Trade
$82,520
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