Life Scientists, All Other · SOC 19-1099

Life Scientists, All Other Salary in the Providence Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area

Figures describe the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Providence city limits.

Median annual wage$64,320
Median hourly wage$30.92

Life Scientists, All Other in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area earned a median of $64,320 per year ($30.92 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $41,440 at the 10th percentile to $124,140 at the 90th.

Pay distribution

Half of Life Scientists, All Other in the Providence metro area earn more than $64,320 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,410 and $84,100.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$41,440$46,410$64,320$84,100$124,140
Hourly$19.92$22.31$30.92$40.43$59.68

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Providence metro areathis metro area
    $64,320 median for Providence metro area; middle half earns $46,410 to $84,100
  • $93,750 median for United States; middle half earns $68,990 to $131,910

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

No published median for: Rhode Island.

The median here is −31% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$38,430$70,557$102,683$134,810San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $38,430Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $51,850New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,200Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $61,440Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $64,320Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $64,610Richmond, VA — $70,050Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $70,690Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $73,670Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $73,920St. Louis, MO-IL — $75,300Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $78,640San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $80,120Pittsburgh, PA — $81,540Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $89,640Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $96,030New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $100,600Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $100,720Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $103,000Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $104,740Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $105,370Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $105,850Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $105,900Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $109,580Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $115,230Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $124,260San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $125,430Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $126,120San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $134,810

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Providence metro area has the 25th-highest published median for this occupation among the 29 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.