Atmospheric and Space Scientist salary in New York, NY

Based on 24 certified H-1B filings in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Upton, Palisades, Stony Brook, Hoboken, Irvington.

Also listed as: Earth Scientist Atmospheric Science

Median salary$110,619
Middle 50%$78.8k–$137.2k
vs. national median+15%comparison median $96,034
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $65,657 and $188,500.
PercentileSalary
10th$70,420
25th$78,798
50th (median)$110,619
75th$137,200
90th$146,782

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $100k $120k FY2020: median $95,000 (11 filings) FY2024: median $90,054 (11 filings) FY2025: median $113,130 (11 filings) FY2026: median $109,990 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 6 filings FY22 FY2023: 9 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 13 filings FY26 13
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$95,000$75,782$103,87511
FY2021–––8
FY2022–––6
FY2023–––9
FY2024$90,054$72,500$103,78411
FY2025$113,130$84,535$126,10411
FY2026$109,990$80,730$137,19713

Cost of living

New York's median Atmospheric and Space Scientist salary of $110,619 is worth about $98,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Atmospheric and Space Scientists in the New York, NY area earned a median of $128,790 in May 2025 (260 employed). The H-1B median here is $110,619, 14% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Brookhaven National Laboratory$113,12014
Columbia Universitytoo few3
Research Foundation for the State University of New Yorktoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II too few 3
Senior · Level III $113,130 11
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Senior · Level III$96,034$113,13011

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.