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Forensic Scientist Salary
in San Juan, Puerto Rico

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$63,971 (USD)

Average Salary

$31/hr

Average Hourly

$1,343

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Forensic Scientist is $63,971 a year and $31 an hour in San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. The average salary range for a Forensic Scientist is between $45,163 and $77,533. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for a Forensic Scientist. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$71,856
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan Cost of Living Score:

Description: San Juan (, Spanish: [saŋ ˈxwan]; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("City of Puerto Rico", Spanish for rich port city). Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496...
Description:
  • Investigates crimes by collecting and analyzing physical evidence.
  • Applies scientific principles to analysis, identification, and classification of devices, chemical and physical substances, materials, liquids, or other physical evidence related to criminology, law enforcement, or investigative work.
  • Searches for, secures, photographs, and preserves evidence.
  • Performs variety of analytical examinations, utilizing chemistry, physics, mechanics, and other sciences.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Forensic Scientist is $63,971 a year and $31 an hour in San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. The average salary range for a Forensic Scientist is between $45,163 and $77,533. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for a Forensic Scientist. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Job Statistics

Forensic Scientist Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Sociologists

Job family population: 2,890

Estimated population of Forensic Scientist jobs: 783

Rate of error: 7.2%

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San Juan Cost of Living Score:

Description: San Juan (, Spanish: [saŋ ˈxwan]; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("City of Puerto Rico", Spanish for rich port city). Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496...
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  • Investigates crimes by collecting and analyzing physical evidence.
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  • Searches for, secures, photographs, and preserves evidence.
  • Performs variety of analytical examinations, utilizing chemistry, physics, mechanics, and other sciences.
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