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Biochemists and Biophysicists pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and Jacksonville, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Biochemists and Biophysicists is $98,820 per year in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. It is $174,880 per year in Jacksonville, FL. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 43.5% below Jacksonville, FL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-1021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 50 wage and salary jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and 40 in Jacksonville, FL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.