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Career Outlook

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary for physicists is $158,270, and employment of physicists is projected to grow 5 percent by 2032. The DC metropolitan area has the highest concentration of jobs for physicists in the US, making it an incredible place to launch a career in physics.

Top employers for 51²è¹Ý undergraduates with a degree in physics

  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • NASA
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Peace Corps
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