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National Science Foundation Salaries of 2022
The National Science Foundation had 1,594 employees in 2015 with an average pay (base salary + bonus) of $149,087.03. The most common occupation was miscellaneous administration and program, followed by management and program analysis. The most common payscale is General Schedule.
The top ten percent of employees in the National Science Foundation earn 13% of the total income. See the top 100 most well paid employees in National Science Foundation.
Pay Distribution in the National Science Foundation
Top 10 Occupations in the National Science Foundation
- Miscellaneous Administration And Program
- Management And Program Analysis
- General Physical Science
- Information Technology Management
- General Natural Resources Management And Biological Sciences
- General Engineering
- General Education And Training
- Social Science
- Grants Management
- Human Resources Management
Payscale Distribution
- Miscellaneous Administration And Program
- Management And Program Analysis
- General Physical Science
- Information Technology Management
- General Natural Resources Management And Biological Sciences
- General Engineering
- General Education And Training
- Social Science
- Grants Management
- Human Resources Management
Payscale Distribution
The most common payscale is General Schedule, which pays 53.7% of the employees in the National Science Foundation. General Schedule is followed by Administratively Determined Rates, Not Elsewhere Specified, which pays 34.63% of employees.
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Data Sources
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Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI) dataset. Postal Service data is managed exclusively by the USPS . All information is displayed unmodified and as provided by the source agency.
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The agency code of the National Science Foundation is NF00.