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What marine biologists make
Median
$83,000
Lower end
$53,000
Upper end
$139,000
Job Bank's national median is $40 an hour, about $83,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The lower end ($25.71) and upper end ($66.67) are the bottom and top of the wage range for everyone in the group. That page pools marine biologists with other life scientists. Most working marine biologists in Canada are paid on a federal or provincial science grid.