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Physical Scientists, All Other

SOC 19-2099 · 2024-2034

All physical scientists not listed separately.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$134,266per year
Projected openings
2,220
Projected change
+6.3%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$179,561300
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$151,32450
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$145,434290
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$143,110380
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$135,86540
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$133,061200
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$131,511150
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$124,796420
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$124,61750
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$111,18210

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$83,638
A quarter earn under
$109,461
Half earn under
$134,266
Three quarters earn under
$176,064
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$217,061

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Related work

Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.

OccupationTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$140,82520,580+15.9%
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$105,71919,550+16.4%
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$80,54316,040+6.6%
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$109,49212,710+6.9%
Biological Technicians$73,44011,820+10.1%
Biological Scientists, All Other$116,70810,850+9.7%