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.
Average Salary. Indeed.com indicates that the average salary of a neurophysiologist was $68,000 per year as of July 2011. This salary was slightly below the average salary of other biological scientists, who earned an average salary of $71,310 per year as of May 2010.he middle 50 percent earned salaries ranging from $52,200 to $83,430, with the highest-paid biological scientists earning $102,300 or more per year. Location provides an indication of what the neurophysiologist can expect to make.