Earnings
 According to the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
the median annual wage for computer and information research scientists was $122,840 in May 2019. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $69,990, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $189,780. In May 2019, the median annual wages for computer and information research scientists in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
| Software publishers |
$141,820 |
| Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences |
134,490 |
| Computer systems design and related services |
129,290 |
| Federal government, excluding postal service |
109,370 |
| Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private |
81,910 |
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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