Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Food Scientists make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Food Scientists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $39510 to $50660 per year or $19 to $24 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Food Scientist and Technologist will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of a Food Scientist and Technologist to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do Food Scientists make with other careers, they have a salary rank of B.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$57	$118630
Senior (Top 25%)	$43	$89150
Middle (Mid 50%)	$31	$65300
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$24	$50660
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$19	$39510

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
DC	$ 47	$ 97,570
IL	$ 43	$ 89,700
MA	$ 42	$ 87,700
MD	$ 42	$ 87,530
VT	$ 42	$ 86,360
AR	$ 41	$ 84,580
CT	$ 39	$ 81,290
MN	$ 39	$ 80,320
OH	$ 38	$ 78,950
NJ	$ 38	$ 78,560

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Food Scientist and Technologist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Food Scientists are in the states of DC, IL, MA, MD and VT.

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http://www.bls.gov/OOH/life-physical-and-social-science/agricultural-and-food-scientists.htm

https://www.asas.org/

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