Doctorate (PhD) Salary | PayScale (2024)

Doctorate (PhD) Salary | PayScale (1)

$107k

Avg. Base Salary (USD)

4.0

Overall Job Satisfaction

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Updated: Mar 17 2024

Individuals Reporting: 1,779

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Years of Experience

Entry Level

6.4

%

Early Career

25.3

%

Mid Career

24.2

%

Late Career

19.5

%

Experienced

24.6

%

This data is based on

1,758

survey responses.

Gender Breakdown for Doctorate (PhD)

Male

57.5

%

Avg.

Salary

:

$69k - $170k

Female

42.0

%

Avg.

Salary

:

$58k - $160k

This data is based on

798

survey responses. Learn more about

the gender pay gap.

Job Satisfaction

4

out of 5

(328)

Highly

Satisfied

Popular Companies for Doctorate (PhD) Degrees

Pay ranges for people with a Doctorate (PhD) degree by employer.

Abbott Laboratories

Avg. Salary: $85,142

Walmart.com

Avg. Salary: $165,000

Intel Corporation

Avg. Salary: $123,500

International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.

Avg. Salary: $165,000

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Avg. Salary: $68,000

Booz, Allen, and Hamilton

Avg. Salary: $149,929

University of Iowa (UI)

Avg. Salary: $49,974

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

Avg. Salary: $57,222

University of Colorado (CU)

Avg. Salary: $65,000

Leidos

Avg. Salary: $113,000

Microsoft Corp

Avg. Salary: $135,000

Fox Rehabilitation

Avg. Salary: $87,343

Sandia National Laboratories

Avg. Salary: $99,000

Sanofi

Avg. Salary: $116,250

Raytheon Missile Systems

Avg. Salary: $160,000

Walgreen's Pharmacy

Avg. Salary: $132,351

OptumHealth, Inc.

Avg. Salary: $122,951

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Avg. Salary: $107,000

3M Company

Avg. Salary: $137,500

Illumina, Inc.

Avg. Salary: $122,500

Idexx Laboratories, Inc.

Avg. Salary: $77,500

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Avg. Salary: $107,963

CVS / Pharmacy

Avg. Salary: $114,783

Costco Wholesale Company

Avg. Salary: $109,991

Convatec

Avg. Salary: $163,994

Cerner Corporation

Avg. Salary: $169,500

Butler University

Avg. Salary: $57,931

Allen Institute for Brain Science

Avg. Salary: $125,400

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Avg. Salary: $132,000

The Cleveland Clinic

Avg. Salary: $181,500

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