RONALD E. MCNAIR (PH.D.) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina. Died January 28, 1986. He is survived by his wife Cheryl, and two children. He was a 5th degree black belt Karate instructor and a performing jazz saxophonist. He also enjoyed running, boxing, football, playing cards, and cooking.
Pennsylvania tends to pay the highest mean salary, at $102,900 per year, according to the BLS. The second highest is Massachusetts at $93,750 per year. Researchers employed in New Jersey take home an annual mean salary of $91,450. California's annual mean wage for biochemists and biophysicists is approximately $89,120.
Top-earning medical scientists earned as much as $149,310 a year, while the bottom 10 percent earned $42,830 a year. According to Indeed, the average salary of a neuroscientist in July 2014 was $103,000 a year. Geographic location can affect salaries.For example, in California, neuroscientists earned $111,000 a year. In New York, the average salary is $124,000 a year.In Nebraska, however, the average salary is only $76,000 a year.or example, in California, neuroscientists earned $111,000 a year. In New York, the average salary is $124,000 a year. In Nebraska, however, the average salary is only $76,000 a year.