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Molecular Biologist Salary
in Mount Pleasant, Iowa

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$83,591 (USD)

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$40/hr

Average Hourly

$1,973

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a Molecular Biologist is $83,591 a year and $40 an hour in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. The average salary range for a Molecular Biologist is between $58,095 and $101,813. On average, a Doctorate Degree is the highest level of education for a Molecular Biologist. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$93,894
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Mount Pleasant Cost of Living Score:

Description: Mount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 9,274 in the 2020 census, an increase from 8,668 in the 2010 census. It was founded in 1835 by pioneer Presley Saunders.
Description:
  • Studies the structure and activity of macromolecules and the macromolecular mechanisms found in living things, such as the molecular nature of the gene and its mechanisms of gene replication, mutation, and expression.
  • Analyzes plant, animal, and human genetics and the variation and relationships between them.
  • Researches, categorizes, isolates, and manipulates the molecular components of living cells and organisms in order to understand the interactions between systems in cells, including the interactions between DNA, the repository of genetic information;
  • RNA, a close relative of DNA whose functions range from serving as a temporary working copy of DNA to actual structural and enzymatic functions as well as a functional and structural part of the translational apparatus; and protein, the major structural and enzymatic type of molecule in cells, and learning how these interactions are regulated.

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The average pay for a Molecular Biologist is $83,591 a year and $40 an hour in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. The average salary range for a Molecular Biologist is between $58,095 and $101,813. On average, a Doctorate Degree is the highest level of education for a Molecular Biologist. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

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Job Statistics

Molecular Biologist Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Biochemists and Biophysicists

Job family population: 33,180

Estimated population of Molecular Biologist jobs: 2,933

Rate of error: 3.2%

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Mount Pleasant Cost of Living Score:

Description: Mount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 9,274 in the 2020 census, an increase from 8,668 in the 2010 census. It was founded in 1835 by pioneer Presley Saunders.
Description:
  • Studies the structure and activity of macromolecules and the macromolecular mechanisms found in living things, such as the molecular nature of the gene and its mechanisms of gene replication, mutation, and expression.
  • Analyzes plant, animal, and human genetics and the variation and relationships between them.
  • Researches, categorizes, isolates, and manipulates the molecular components of living cells and organisms in order to understand the interactions between systems in cells, including the interactions between DNA, the repository of genetic information;
  • RNA, a close relative of DNA whose functions range from serving as a temporary working copy of DNA to actual structural and enzymatic functions as well as a functional and structural part of the translational apparatus; and protein, the major structural and enzymatic type of molecule in cells, and learning how these interactions are regulated.
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