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Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · SOC 19-1042

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Salary in the Wilmington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Wilmington, NC metro area

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

Median annual wage$99,070
Median hourly wage$47.63

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in the Wilmington, NC metro area earned a median of $99,070 per year ($47.63 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $79,780 at the 10th percentile to $157,020 at the 90th. BLS estimates 360 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in the Wilmington metro area earn more than $99,070 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $92,780 and $127,640.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$79,780$92,780$99,070$127,640$157,020
Hourly$38.36$44.61$47.63$61.37$75.49

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

  • Wilmington metro areathis metro area
    $99,070
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $102,980
  • United Statesnational
    $103,410

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

The median here is −4% vs North Carolina overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$49,650$89,387$129,123$168,860San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $49,650Jackson, MS — $54,040Erie, PA — $62,580Grand Forks, ND-MN — $63,020Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $63,510Fargo, ND-MN — $63,840Birmingham, AL — $63,940Idaho Falls, ID — $64,420Rochester, NY — $64,560Charlottesville, VA — $65,540Missoula, MT — $66,190Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $66,420Lexington-Fayette, KY — $66,490Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $66,500Albuquerque, NM — $67,100Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $68,470Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $69,410El Paso, TX — $70,150McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $71,730Springfield, MO — $72,160College Station-Bryan, TX — $72,980Burlington, NC — $73,650Altoona, PA — $75,130Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $75,140Columbia, MO — $75,870Oklahoma City, OK — $75,910Lincoln, NE — $76,190Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $76,370Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $76,370Peoria, IL — $76,420Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $76,730St. Joseph, MO-KS — $76,740Fayetteville, NC — $77,120Ocala, FL — $77,320Lexington Park, MD — $77,570Winchester, VA-WV — $77,620Lynchburg, VA — $77,650San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $77,720Tulsa, OK — $77,910Ogden, UT — $78,030Evansville, IN — $78,090Killeen-Temple, TX — $78,390Sheboygan, WI — $78,460Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $78,620Akron, OH — $78,780Cleveland, OH — $78,800Charleston, WV — $78,840Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $79,130Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $79,310Gainesville, FL — $79,370Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $79,470Flagstaff, AZ — $79,730Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $79,910Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $80,280Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $80,350Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $80,370York-Hanover, PA — $80,450Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $80,470Kansas City, MO-KS — $81,250Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $81,260Omaha, NE-IA — $81,500Lancaster, PA — $81,520Iowa City, IA — $81,580Rochester, MN — $81,780Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $81,940Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $82,060Morgantown, WV — $82,060Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $82,120Springfield, IL — $82,160Toledo, OH — $82,250Huntsville, AL — $82,400Youngstown-Warren, OH — $82,620Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $82,720Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $82,880Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $82,940Greensboro-High Point, NC — $83,200Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $83,240Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $83,250Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $83,470Winston-Salem, NC — $83,590Springfield, MA — $84,190Columbus, OH — $84,300Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $84,310North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $84,320Duluth, MN-WI — $84,370Champaign-Urbana, IL — $85,030Ann Arbor, MI — $85,120Madison, WI — $85,570Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $86,260Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $86,890Reading, PA — $87,280Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $87,420Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $87,490Green Bay, WI — $88,120Dover, DE — $88,370Waco, TX — $88,430Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $88,980Tallahassee, FL — $89,390Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $89,910Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $90,350Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $92,010Portland-South Portland, ME — $92,560Ames, IA — $93,720Bloomington, IN — $94,350Lima, OH — $94,580Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $95,200Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $95,770Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $95,800Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $96,190Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $96,430Asheville, NC — $96,510Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $96,640Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $96,640Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $96,660Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $96,990Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $97,440Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $97,530Anchorage, AK — $97,670Cedar Rapids, IA — $98,920Wilmington, NC — $99,070Manchester-Nashua, NH — $100,650Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $101,390Knoxville, TN — $102,720Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $102,940Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $102,950New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $103,360St. Louis, MO-IL — $103,410Reno, NV — $103,570Savannah, GA — $103,590Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $103,650New Haven, CT — $104,310Raleigh-Cary, NC — $104,500Jacksonville, FL — $104,610Mobile, AL — $105,290Worcester, MA — $105,310Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $105,430Logan, UT-ID — $106,650Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $106,670Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $107,020Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $107,110Bend, OR — $107,950Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $108,390Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $112,640Naples-Marco Island, FL — $114,330Salem, OR — $117,550Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $118,290El Centro, CA — $119,480Tucson, AZ — $119,630Kennewick-Richland, WA — $122,180Redding, CA — $123,510San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $125,070Colorado Springs, CO — $125,450Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $128,620Visalia, CA — $129,480Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $129,500Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $129,910Boulder, CO — $130,310San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $130,980Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $132,110Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $133,870Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $134,060Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $134,890Fresno, CA — $137,080Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $137,640Stockton-Lodi, CA — $138,050Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $138,090Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $138,390Salinas, CA — $138,590Syracuse, NY — $138,940Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $140,300Modesto, CA — $143,760Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $145,340Chico, CA — $155,470San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $159,300San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $160,180Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $162,230Topeka, KS — $162,810Vallejo, CA — $168,860

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 Wilmington metro area has the 59th-highest published median for this occupation among the 178 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”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for medical scientists, except epidemiologists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Wilmington metro areathis page
    $99,070
  • Raleigh metro area
    $104,500
  • Charlotte metro area
    $97,440
  • Asheville metro area
    $96,510
  • Durham metro area
    $96,430
  • Hickory metro area
    $86,260
  • Winston-Salem metro area
    $83,590

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

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Chemists$78,130Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$65,360Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$85,230Biological Scientists, All Other$97,310Urban and Regional Planners$68,050Chemical Technicians$61,200

Highest-paying metro areas for medical scientists, except epidemiologistss · Highest-paying occupations in Wilmington Metro

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.