average salary of a physicist
The median annual wage for astronomers was $104,100 in May 2015. 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 $52,460, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $166,320. The median annual wage for physicists was $111,580 in May 2015. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $55,610, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $185,230.