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What physicists make
Median
$117,000
Lower end
$73,000
Upper end
$200,000
Job Bank's national median is $56.49 an hour, about $117,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The lower end ($34.95) and upper end ($96.15) are the bottom and top of the range for everyone in the group. Most research physicist jobs need a PhD, and you are paid at student rates until you have one.