SOC 19-2032 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations · May 2025
How much do Materials Scientists make in Raleigh-Cary, NC?
BLS did not publish a median wage for Materials Scientists in Raleigh-Cary, NC in the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026. Employment is 120. A withheld estimate is not treated as zero and is not replaced with the national median, the state median, or a wage from another metro.
Median annual wage
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Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
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Price-adjusted pay
The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Raleigh-Cary, NC, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Materials Scientists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Materials Scientists accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Raleigh-Cary, NC (120 of 743,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,470 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.96 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
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Questions this page answers
Why is the wage for Materials Scientists in Raleigh-Cary, NC not available?
The occupation is in the May 2025 metropolitan tables for Raleigh-Cary, NC, and BLS did not publish the median wage. A withheld estimate is shown as not available. It is not treated as zero and it is not replaced with another area's wage.