Materials Scientists
Salary benchmarks based on 14 public records across 1 city.
Limited data: 14 points across cities
What do Materials Scientists do?
Research and study the structures and chemical properties of various natural and synthetic or composite materials, including metals, alloys, rubber, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and glass. Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications. Includes glass scientists, ceramic scientists, metallurgical scientists, and polymer scientists.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, SOC 2018 (SOC 19-2032)
What our data shows for Materials Scientists
RoleHue publishes 14 salary records for Materials Scientists, across a single city. Weighted by how many records each city contributes, the band runs from $87,038 at the 25th percentile to $121,240 at the 75th, a spread of $34,202 around $100,992. Each of those three figures averages the city-level percentiles rather than ranking the pooled records, and weights each city by how many records it holds, so the cities we hold most data for pull them hardest. Measured against that $100,992 figure rather than in dollars (34% of it), that spread is mid-pack among the roles we cover.
Every one of those records comes from Oak Ridge, TN, so nothing on this page should be read as a national figure. It is one metro's picture, and it will change shape as other cities reach the ten-record threshold we require before publishing a number.
Salary Overview
Weighted average across all cities with available data. Based on 14 data points.
$87K
P25
$101K
P50
$121K
P75
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor disclosure filings for Materials Scientists roles, plus anonymous submissions.
Benchmarks last recalculated: 2026-06-08. That is when we recomputed the statistics · the underlying filings are older. See methodology for how current the data is.