Life, physical, and social science occupations · SOC 19-1029 · New York

Biological scientists, all other in New York

Biological scientists, all other in New York earned a median of $104,120 a year in May 2025, above the $98,920 national median for the occupation. New York employs 2,520 of them, 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the state. Most people entering the occupation nationally do so with a bachelor's degree.

Data snapshot: August 21, 2026.

Median annual pay in New York

$104,120

Above the $98,920 national median for this occupation

Median hourly pay in New York

$50.06

Published separately by BLS, not calculated from the annual figure.

Middle half earn between

$83,420 – $133,750

The 25th to 75th percentile of everyone in the occupation in this state

Employed in New York

2,520

0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the state

Concentration vs national

0.72×

less concentrated here than nationally

Pay rank

#10 of 50

Among the states and DC that released an estimate for this occupation

Typical entry education (U.S.)

Bachelor's degree

Federal Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates.

What biological scientists, all other actually earn in New York

The full published wage distribution (May 2025), not one averaged figure. Pay inside a single occupation varies more by experience, employer and setting than most salary pages admit.

10th percentile
$67,030
25th percentile
$83,420
Median
$104,120
75th percentile
$133,750
90th percentile
$169,890

How New York compares

  • Against the rest of the country. $104,120 in New York against $98,920 nationally for the same occupation, which puts New York 10th of the 50 jurisdictions that released an estimate. Neither figure is adjusted for cost of living, so a higher median does not by itself mean more money left over.
  • Against other work in New York. $104,120 against $59,670, the median across every occupation in the state — 74% above it.
  • How much of this work is here. The occupation is less concentrated here than nationally (0.72× the national share of employment), 30th of 49 for concentration. Concentration describes where the work is, not how easy it is to be hired.

Where biological scientists, all other are paid most

The highest published medians for this occupation (May 2025). Before reading it as a place to move, note that these are not cost-of-living adjusted and that the states paying most are often the ones where everything costs most.

How people get into this work

What the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports as typical for entry nationally. Typical is a measurement of the people already doing the work, not a rule: some enter with less and some with more.

Typical entry education

Bachelor's degree

Work experience needed

None

On-the-job training

None

New York licensing is not in these figures.

Many occupations, including most of health care, teaching, law, accountancy and the skilled trades, require a state licence, certification or registration before you can work. New York sets its own, and none of it is part of the federal dataset above, so CampusPin cannot tell you whether this occupation is licensed here. Check the New York licensing board before committing to a route, because where an occupation is licensed that requirement, not the typical credential, is the real gate.

What people study to get here, and where in New York

Fields the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk associates with this occupation, ordered by how many credentials U.S. colleges conferred in each — a measure of how many people take a route, never of how good it is. Studying any of these does not lead only here, and this occupation is entered from other fields too.

Biology: 90,054 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

101 colleges in New York reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 41 New York bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $62,849 four years after graduating; highest, Marist College ($81,936) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Neuroscience: 12,354 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

31 colleges in New York reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Biotechnology: 4,291 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

19 colleges in New York reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Marine Biology: 2,608 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

1 college in New York reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Genetics: 1,838 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

8 colleges in New York reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Biostatistics: 1,670 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

8 colleges in New York reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Molecular Biology: 1,388 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

6 colleges in New York reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Botany: 827 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

1 college in New York reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Pharmacology: 502 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

8 colleges in New York reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Toxicology: 173 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

4 colleges in New York reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Program figures are the median earnings of each program's graduates four years after completing (federal-aid recipients who worked and were not enrolled), not the pay of this occupation; the typical program is the median across the state's programs with at least 30 graduates measured.

This lists colleges that reported conferring credentials in this field to the federal IPEDS completions collection, in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. It does not confirm that any of them is currently admitting students to the program, and a college can appear here after deciding to close it. Confirm with the institution before it affects where you apply.

Colleges in New York

Pay is one half of the decision. What it costs to get qualified is the other, and it is the half that varies most between two colleges in the same state.

Source & methodology

State wage and employment figures are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release. National median pay, projections and typical entry education are from the BLS Employment Projections programme (2024 wages). Both are public domain; credit BLS.

Wages are May 2025 estimates from the federal Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, which asks employers what they pay everyone currently working in the occupation — experienced and new alike. They are not starting salaries, not the earnings of recent graduates, and not adjusted for cost of living, which matters when comparing one state against another. Self-employed workers are not surveyed.

Suggested citation

CampusPin. (2026). Biological scientists, all other in New York, pay and employment. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/careers/biological-scientists-all-other/in/new-york

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