Mid-level Materials Scientist salary in New York, NY

Based on 42 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Upton, Stony Brook, Annandale, Linden, Cranbury.

Also listed as: Research Associate Materials Science

Median salary$85,494
Middle 50%$80k–$112.6k
vs. all levels here−19%comparison median $105,456
Filings42FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $78,221 and $128,279.
PercentileSalary
10th$79,791
25th$80,000
50th (median)$85,494
75th$112,614
90th$123,083

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2020: median $68,200 (25 filings) FY2022: median $90,632 (10 filings) FY2023: median $77,000 (11 filings) FY2024: median $79,700 (10 filings) FY2025: median $80,000 (19 filings) FY2026: median $94,099 (23 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 25 filings FY20 FY2021: 9 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 10 filings FY24 FY2025: 19 filings FY25 FY2026: 23 filings FY26 25
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$68,200$66,500$90,00025
FY2021–––9
FY2022$90,632$73,950$95,00010
FY2023$77,000$74,400$88,95011
FY2024$79,700$79,400$92,64310
FY2025$80,000$79,884$93,84019
FY2026$94,099$83,585$118,10023

Cost of living

New York's median mid-level Materials Scientist salary of $85,494 is worth about $76,000 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Materials Scientists in the New York, NY area earned a median of $120,650 in May 2025 (560 employed). The H-1B median here is $85,494, 29% lower.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Brookhaven National Laboratory$82,78530
Infineumtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $76,762 14
Mid-level · Level II $85,494 42
Senior · Level III $124,987 27
Expert · Level IV too few 4

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$62,941$76,76214
Mid-level · Level II$79,518$85,49442
Senior · Level III$96,096$124,98727

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.