Medical Scientist Earnings

The median annual wage for medical scientists was $84,810 in May 2018. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $46,810, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $156,980.

In May 2018, the median annual wages for medical scientists in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

• Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing: $115,450
• Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences: $90,910
• Offices of Physicians: $87,060
• Hospitals; state, local, and private: $82,560
• Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private: $61,270

Most medical scientists work full time.

Source: BLS, USDOL