What are the main factors that influence a Geophysicist's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

How does experience change A Geophysicist's salary?

A Geophysicist's salary grows with experience: starting around $97,074 for beginners, reaching about $138,892 at mid-level, and approach $188,527 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for a Geophysicist?

Geophysicist salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Geophysicist roles are District of Columbia $125,421, California $124,946, Massachusetts $123,280. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Geophysicist roles make?

Salaries for Geophysicist level roles vary by specialization: Chief Geophysicist: $192,200; Expert Geophysicist: $192,120; Geophysicist V: $192,112; Specialist Geophysicist: $156,400; Geophysicist IV: $156,306.

Geophysicist Salary in Maine

How much does a Geophysicist make in Maine? As of October 01, 2026, the average salary for a Geophysicist in Maine is $110,446 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $53.

However, a Geophysicist's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $127,043
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $100,254 to $119,133
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $90,975

10% $90,975

50% (Median) $110,446

90% $127,043

Geophysicist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$119,133	$9,928	$2,291	$57
Average	$110,446	$9,204	$2,124	$53
25th Percentile	$100,254	$8,355	$1,928	$48

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Key Factors That Influence Geophysicist Salaries

A Geophysicist's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Geophysicist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Geophysicist's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $97,074
Early Career (1-2 years): $108,636
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $138,892
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $153,389
Expert (over 8 years): $188,527

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Geophysicist I	less than 1 year	$97,074
Geophysicist	1-2 years	$108,636
Geophysicist III	2-4 years	$138,892
Geophysicist IV	5-8 years	$153,389
Geophysicist V	over 8 years	$188,527

How Do Geophysicist Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Geophysicists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $125,421.
California: $124,946.
Massachusetts: $123,280.

District of Columbia $125,421 California $124,946 Massachusetts $123,280 Washington $122,827 New Jersey $122,782 Alaska $122,623 Connecticut $121,060 New York $120,426

Hawaii $118,398 Rhode Island $117,447 Maryland $116,801 Minnesota $115,917 Colorado $115,578 Illinois $115,464 Oregon $115,034 Delaware $114,717

New Hampshire $114,517 Virginia $114,071 Pennsylvania $112,768 Nevada $112,111 North Dakota $111,896 Michigan $111,556 Wisconsin $111,432 Vermont $111,182

Texas $110,491 Maine $110,446 Arizona $110,378 Ohio $110,299 Georgia $109,257 Indiana $108,736 Wyoming $108,634 Utah $108,475

Iowa $108,407 Kansas $107,863 Louisiana $107,705 North Carolina $107,648 Missouri $107,625 Florida $107,184 Montana $106,946 Nebraska $106,719

Kentucky $106,595 South Carolina $106,141 Tennessee $105,858 Idaho $105,745 New Mexico $104,918 Oklahoma $104,737 Alabama $104,068 South Dakota $102,947

Arkansas $102,335 West Virginia $102,007 Mississippi $101,021

Top Paying Cities for Geophysicist

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Freedom: $108,697
Harmony: $108,649
Hartland: $108,791

Freedom, ME $108,697

Harmony, ME $108,649

Hartland, ME $108,791

Hinckley, ME $108,894

Jackman, ME $108,367

Kingfield, ME $108,985

Liberty, ME $108,896

Madison, ME $109,130

Monroe, ME $108,540

Morrill, ME $108,728

Newport, ME $108,554

New Portland, ME $109,154

New Sharon, ME $109,021

New Vineyard, ME $109,088

Norridgewock, ME $109,090

North Anson, ME $109,155

North Vassalboro, ME $109,351

Oakland, ME $109,126

Oquossoc, ME $108,762

Palmyra, ME $108,623

Phillips, ME $108,806

Pittsfield, ME $108,800

Plymouth, ME $108,568

Rangeley, ME $108,832

Portland, ME $114,026

Falmouth, ME $113,767

South Portland, ME $114,026

Cape Elizabeth, ME $113,799

Peaks Island, ME $113,909

Cumberland Foreside, ME $113,655

Auburn, ME $111,613

Andover, ME $108,801

Bethel, ME $108,985

Bryant Pond, ME $109,390

Buckfield, ME $109,879

Canton, ME $109,190

Durham, ME $112,319

Danville, ME $111,949

Dixfield, ME $108,963

Dryden, ME $109,089

East Andover, ME $108,834

East Dixfield, ME $109,140

East Livermore, ME $109,785

East Poland, ME $111,745

Stoneham, ME $109,440

East Wilton, ME $109,344

Greene, ME $110,758

Hanover, ME $108,892

Hebron, ME $110,657

Jay, ME $109,163

Lewiston, ME $111,553

Lisbon, ME $111,906

Lisbon Falls, ME $111,734

Livermore, ME $109,604

Livermore Falls, ME $109,533

Greenwood, ME $109,535

Mechanic Falls, ME $111,412

Mexico, ME $109,070

Minot, ME $110,998

Monmouth, ME $110,405

New Gloucester, ME $112,393

Newry, ME $108,689

North Jay, ME $109,109

Leeds, ME $110,138

North Monmouth, ME $110,243

North Turner, ME $110,061

North Waterford, ME $109,948

Norway, ME $110,300

Oxford, ME $110,891

Paris, ME $110,519

Poland, ME $111,763

Roxbury, ME $108,726

Rumford, ME $109,006

Sabattus, ME $111,065

South Paris, ME $110,367

Turner, ME $110,370

Wayne, ME $109,868

Weld, ME $108,807

West Bethel, ME $108,898

Bowdoin, ME $111,050

West Minot, ME $110,838

West Paris, ME $109,927

Peru, ME $109,233

West Poland, ME $111,679

Sumner, ME $109,577

Wilton, ME $109,094

Augusta, ME $109,398

Coopers Mills, ME $109,547

Dresden, ME $110,447

East Winthrop, ME $109,738

Farmingdale, ME $110,041

Gardiner, ME $110,240

Randolph, ME $110,041

Hallowell, ME $109,902

Jefferson, ME $109,171

Kents Hill, ME $109,395

Litchfield, ME $110,566

Manchester, ME $109,610

Mount Vernon, ME $109,131

Whitefield, ME $109,609

Palermo, ME $108,989

Sebasco Estates, ME $112,211

Readfield, ME $109,579

Saint Albans, ME $108,707

South Bristol, ME $110,528

Squirrel Island, ME $110,895

Trevett, ME $110,973

Waldoboro, ME $109,149

Walpole, ME $110,351

Washington, ME $108,876

West Boothbay Harbor, ME $111,092

Southport, ME $111,339

Wiscasset, ME $110,777

Woolwich, ME $111,040

Ellsworth, ME $108,433

Addison, ME $108,301

Gouldsboro, ME $108,397

Bar Harbor, ME $108,602

Beals, ME $108,422

Bernard, ME $108,639

Birch Harbor, ME $108,501

Blue Hill, ME $108,549

Brooklin, ME $108,551

Brooksville, ME $108,549

Calais, ME $108,261

Cherryfield, ME $108,137

Columbia Falls, ME $108,132

Corea, ME $108,403

Cranberry Isles, ME $108,426

Cutler, ME $108,140

Deer Isle, ME $108,651

Dennysville, ME $108,038

East Blue Hill, ME $108,553

East Machias, ME $108,140

Eastport, ME $108,460

Franklin, ME $108,409

Frenchboro, ME $108,366

Grand Lake Stream, ME $107,972

Hancock, ME $108,570

Harborside, ME $108,529

Harrington, ME $108,373

Hulls Cove, ME $108,604

Isle Au Haut, ME $108,366

Islesford, ME $108,592

Jonesboro, ME $108,228

Jonesport, ME $108,327

Little Deer Isle, ME $108,637

Lubec, ME $108,193

Bass Harbor, ME $108,642

Machias, ME $108,248

Machiasport, ME $108,301

Meddybemps, ME $107,971

Milbridge, ME $108,416

Mount Desert, ME $108,520

Northeast Harbor, ME $108,592

Sullivan, ME $108,424

Pembroke, ME $108,139

Perry, ME $108,237

Princeton, ME $107,965

Prospect Harbor, ME $108,512

Robbinston, ME $108,116

Salsbury Cove, ME $108,617

Sargentville, ME $108,580

Seal Cove, ME $108,525

Seal Harbor, ME $108,561

Sedgwick, ME $108,568

Sorrento, ME $108,525

Southwest Harbor, ME $108,620

Steuben, ME $108,356

Stonington, ME $108,661

Sunset, ME $108,286

Surry, ME $108,548

Swans Island, ME $108,450

Wesley, ME $107,830

Whiting, ME $108,109

Winter Harbor, ME $108,418

Baileyville, ME $108,076

Houlton, ME $107,851

Ashland, ME $107,695

Benedicta, ME $107,457

Blaine, ME $107,824

Bridgewater, ME $107,569

Caribou, ME $108,046

Clayton Lake, ME $107,850

Crouseville, ME $107,920

Eagle Lake, ME $107,816

Easton, ME $107,936

Estcourt Station, ME $107,894

Fort Fairfield, ME $107,991

Fort Kent, ME $108,039

Fort Kent Mills, ME $107,947

Frenchville, ME $108,069

Grand Isle, ME $107,921

Island Falls, ME $107,468

Limestone, ME $107,961

Madawaska, ME $108,250

Mapleton, ME $107,791

Richmond, ME $110,627

South China, ME $109,099

South Gardiner, ME $110,374

Vienna, ME $108,934

Windsor, ME $109,038

Winthrop, ME $110,047

Bangor, ME $108,509

Abbot, ME $108,528

Aurora, ME $107,938

Bradford, ME $108,459

Bradley, ME $108,463

Brewer, ME $108,503

Brookton, ME $107,573

Brownville, ME $108,148

Brownville Junction, ME $108,815

Bucksport, ME $108,495

Burlington, ME $108,108

Greenbush, ME $108,357

Carmel, ME $108,512

Castine, ME $108,738

Charleston, ME $108,480

Danforth, ME $107,752

Dover Foxcroft, ME $108,542

Corinth, ME $108,499

Eddington, ME $108,474

Holden, ME $108,483

East Millinocket, ME $108,030

East Orland, ME $108,484

Etna, ME $108,536

Exeter, ME $108,518

Frankfort, ME $108,515

Greenville, ME $107,889

Greenville Junction, ME $108,243

Guilford, ME $108,499

Hampden, ME $108,510

Howland, ME $108,252

Hudson, ME $108,491

Kenduskeag, ME $108,502

Kingman, ME $107,639

Lagrange, ME $108,379

Lambert Lake, ME $107,766

Lee, ME $108,083

Levant, ME $108,508

Lincoln, ME $108,075

Mattawamkeag, ME $107,723

Medway, ME $107,751

Milford, ME $108,446

Millinocket, ME $107,589

Milo, ME $108,352

Monson, ME $108,517

Olamon, ME $108,388

Old Town, ME $108,463

Orono, ME $108,492

Orient, ME $107,648

Orland, ME $108,485

Orrington, ME $108,498

Passadumkeag, ME $108,325

Penobscot, ME $108,487

Rockwood, ME $108,056

Sangerville, ME $108,593

Sebec, ME $108,420

Shirley Mills, ME $108,450

Springfield, ME $107,800

Stetson, ME $108,525

Stillwater, ME $108,495

Topsfield, ME $107,665

Vanceboro, ME $107,758

Waite, ME $107,813

West Enfield, ME $108,299

Winn, ME $107,868

Winterport, ME $108,510

Wytopitlock, ME $107,487

Bath, ME $111,809

Alna, ME $110,028

Boothbay, ME $110,776

Boothbay Harbor, ME $111,026

Bristol, ME $110,106

Chamberlain, ME $110,294

Damariscotta, ME $110,037

East Boothbay, ME $110,856

Friendship, ME $109,399

Georgetown, ME $111,667

Isle Of Springs, ME $110,779

Bremen, ME $109,801

Newcastle, ME $110,082

New Harbor, ME $110,469

Nobleboro, ME $109,645

Edgecomb, ME $110,456

Pemaquid, ME $110,361

Phippsburg, ME $112,117

Cushing, ME $109,041

Round Pond, ME $110,086

Sandy Point, ME $108,507

Searsmont, ME $108,765

Searsport, ME $108,525

Shawmut, ME $109,231

Skowhegan, ME $108,992

Smithfield, ME $109,049

Solon, ME $108,992

Stockton Springs, ME $108,507

Stratton, ME $108,901

Strong, ME $108,995

Temple, ME $108,953

West Forks, ME $108,324

Thorndike, ME $108,619

Troy, ME $108,587

Unity, ME $108,723

Vassalboro, ME $109,057

West Farmington, ME $109,374

Berwick, ME $115,920

Cape Neddick, ME $116,803

Eliot, ME $118,351

Kittery, ME $118,694

Kittery Point, ME $117,801

North Berwick, ME $115,026

Ogunquit, ME $116,070

South Berwick, ME $117,088

York, ME $117,756

York Beach, ME $117,192

York Harbor, ME $117,786

Acton, ME $111,743

Alfred, ME $113,327

Bailey Island, ME $112,863

Bar Mills, ME $113,145

Biddeford, ME $113,183

Biddeford Pool, ME $113,184

Bowdoinham, ME $110,972

Bridgton, ME $110,782

Brownfield, ME $110,685

Brunswick, ME $112,282

Bustins Island, ME $113,075

Cape Porpoise, ME $113,690

Casco, ME $112,100

Center Lovell, ME $109,965

Chebeague Island, ME $113,323

Cliff Island, ME $113,570

Cornish, ME $111,961

Cumberland Center, ME $113,441

Denmark, ME $110,668

East Baldwin, ME $112,246

Lebanon, ME $114,115

East Parsonsfield, ME $111,370

Sebago, ME $111,959

East Waterboro, ME $112,812

Freeport, ME $112,869

Fryeburg, ME $110,113

Gorham, ME $113,341

Gray, ME $112,652

Harrison, ME $110,175

Hiram, ME $111,613

Hollis Center, ME $112,953

Kennebunk, ME $113,775

Kennebunkport, ME $113,345

Parsonsfield, ME $111,367

Limerick, ME $112,399

Limington, ME $112,370

Long Island, ME $113,763

Lovell, ME $109,807

Moody, ME $115,173

Naples, ME $111,634

Newfield, ME $112,215

North Bridgton, ME $110,839

North Waterboro, ME $112,615

Windham, ME $113,228

Ocean Park, ME $113,271

Old Orchard Beach, ME $113,347

Orrs Island, ME $112,767

Porter, ME $110,992

Pownal, ME $112,693

Scarborough, ME $113,729

Raymond, ME $112,454

Saco, ME $113,278

Sanford, ME $113,855

Sebago Lake, ME $112,368

Shapleigh, ME $112,799

South Casco, ME $112,520

South Freeport, ME $112,812

Harpswell, ME $112,746

South Windham, ME $113,439

Springvale, ME $113,192

Standish, ME $112,838

Steep Falls, ME $112,596

Topsham, ME $111,897

Waterboro, ME $113,022

Waterford, ME $110,055

Wells, ME $114,950

West Baldwin, ME $112,047

Westbrook, ME $113,759

Buxton, ME $113,152

West Kennebunk, ME $113,716

West Newfield, ME $111,665

Yarmouth, ME $113,336

North Yarmouth, ME $113,099

Mars Hill, ME $107,930

Monticello, ME $107,713

New Limerick, ME $107,783

New Sweden, ME $107,928

Oakfield, ME $107,671

Oxbow, ME $107,232

Patten, ME $107,301

Perham, ME $107,853

Portage, ME $107,796

Presque Isle, ME $108,072

Saint Agatha, ME $108,019

Saint David, ME $107,996

Saint Francis, ME $107,851

Sheridan, ME $107,724

Sherman, ME $107,563

Stacyville, ME $107,429

Sinclair, ME $107,817

Smyrna Mills, ME $107,495

Wallagrass, ME $107,937

Stockholm, ME $107,833

Van Buren, ME $107,966

Washburn, ME $107,924

Westfield, ME $107,776

Rockland, ME $108,981

Camden, ME $108,971

Glen Cove, ME $108,935

Hope, ME $108,930

Islesboro, ME $108,651

Lincolnville, ME $108,740

Lincolnville Center, ME $108,743

Matinicus, ME $108,560

Monhegan, ME $109,719

North Haven, ME $108,635

Owls Head, ME $108,782

Port Clyde, ME $109,391

Rockport, ME $108,945

South Thomaston, ME $108,784

Spruce Head, ME $108,848

Tenants Harbor, ME $109,164

Thomaston, ME $108,862

Union, ME $108,925

Vinalhaven, ME $108,635

Warren, ME $108,810

West Rockport, ME $108,958

Waterville, ME $109,198

Albion, ME $109,024

Anson, ME $109,099

Athens, ME $108,796

Belfast, ME $108,741

Belgrade, ME $108,990

Belgrade Lakes, ME $108,878

Bingham, ME $108,785

Brooks, ME $108,562

Burnham, ME $108,670

Cambridge, ME $108,646

Canaan, ME $108,826

Caratunk, ME $108,579

China Village, ME $109,322

Clinton, ME $108,862

Corinna, ME $108,562

Detroit, ME $108,598

Dexter, ME $108,706

Dixmont, ME $108,548

East Newport, ME $108,559

East Vassalboro, ME $109,122

Eustis, ME $108,461

Fairfield, ME $109,047

Farmington, ME $109,135

Garland, ME $108,506

Farmington Falls, ME $109,312

Geophysicist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

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$100,254

Average $110,446/year

$119,133

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Average $53/hour

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	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$119,133	$9,928	$2,291	$57
Average	$110,446	$9,204	$2,124	$53
25th Percentile	$100,254	$8,355	$1,928	$48

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