Nuclear Engineer Salary in Dimock, PA

How much does a Nuclear Engineer make in Dimock, PA?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Nuclear Engineer in Dimock, PA is $78,743 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $38.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $88,852
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $72,976 to $84,035
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $67,726

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Nuclear Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$84,035	$7,003	$1,616	$40
Average	$78,743	$6,562	$1,514	$38
25th Percentile	$72,976	$6,081	$1,403	$35

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Key Factors That Influence Nuclear Engineer Salaries

A Nuclear Engineer'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, skills and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Nuclear Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Nuclear Engineer'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): $78,528
Early Career (1-2 years): $91,789
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $111,319
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $134,465
Expert (over 8 years): $155,321

Levels	Salary
Nuclear E... Level Nuclear Engineer	$78,528
Nuclear E... Level Nuclear Engineer	$91,789
Nuclear E... Level Nuclear Engineer	$111,319
Nuclear E... Level Nuclear Engineer	$134,465
Nuclear E... Level Nuclear Engineer	$155,321

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Top Paying Cities for Nuclear Engineers

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:

San Jose: $104,250
San Francisco: $103,225
Oakland: $100,936

San Jose, CA $104,250

San Francisco, CA $103,225

Oakland, CA $100,936

New York, NY $95,786

Queens Village, NY $95,166

Paramus, NJ $94,505

Passaic, NJ $94,423

Bergenfield, NJ $94,340

Stamford, CT $94,216

Huntington, NY $94,133

Newark, NJ $93,596

Bridgeport, CT $93,431

New Brunswick, NJ $93,158

Vallejo, CA $92,984

Middlesex, NJ $92,935

Somerset, NJ $92,860

Petaluma, CA $92,670

Santa Cruz, CA $92,348

Boston, MA $92,183

Monterey, CA $91,769

Fairbanks, AK $91,712

Los Angeles, CA $91,554

Washington, DC $91,513

Seattle, WA $91,364

Santa Rosa, CA $91,348

Juneau, AK $91,108

Orange, CA $90,835

Anchorage, AK $90,687

Anaheim, CA $90,629

Santa Ana, CA $90,505

Nassau, NY $90,455

Long Beach, CA $90,422

Danbury, CT $90,397

Santa Maria, CA $90,116

Everett, WA $90,100

Bremerton, WA $89,695

Trenton, NJ $89,538

Sacramento, CA $89,505

San Diego, CA $89,463

Brockton, MA $89,430

Tacoma, WA $89,397

Santa Barbara, CA $89,282

Lowell, MA $88,951

New Suffolk, NY $88,918

Nashua, NH $88,819

Lompoc, CA $88,686

Ventura, CA $88,604

Stockton, CA $88,579

New Haven, CT $88,414

Atlantic City, NJ $88,199

Hartford, CT $88,017

Modesto, CA $87,976

Poughkeepsie, NY $87,794

New Britain, CT $87,752

Kennewick, WA $87,637

Olympia, WA $87,637

New London, CT $87,620

Norwich, CT $87,595

Lawrence, MA $87,554

Bakersfield, CA $87,323

New Bedford, MA $87,207

Riverside, CA $87,207

Richland, WA $87,124

Portsmouth, NH $87,058

Vineland, NJ $87,042

San Bernardino, CA $86,976

Boulder, CO $86,744

Worcester, MA $86,678

Portland, OR $86,604

Saint Paul, MN $86,504

Minneapolis, MN $86,504

Philadelphia, PA $86,389

Honolulu, HI $85,951

Springfield, MA $85,661

Providence, RI $85,653

Chicago, IL $85,413

Bellingham, WA $85,314

Baltimore, MD $85,223

Chico, CA $85,017

Wilmington, DE $84,876

Pittsfield, MA $84,793

Manchester, NH $84,636

Spokane, WA $84,273

Denver, CO $84,265

Albany, NY $83,876

Troy, NY $83,843

Schenectady, NY $83,669

Burlington, VT $83,488

Portland, ME $83,198

Salem, OR $83,132

Yakima, WA $83,116

Ann Arbor, MI $83,091

Rochester, MN $82,859

Reno, NV $82,818

Fresno, CA $82,818

Milwaukee, WI $82,744

Detroit, MI $82,661

Allentown, PA $82,636

Carson City, NV $82,628

Houston, TX $82,504

Colorado Springs, CO $82,496

Syracuse, NY $82,454

Eugene, OR $82,297

Gary, IN $82,198

Bismarck, ND $82,198

Galveston, TX $82,198

Springfield, OR $82,132

Medford, OR $81,934

Fort Collins, CO $81,901

Austin, TX $81,835

Mesa, AZ $81,661

Phoenix, AZ $81,644

Dallas, TX $81,620

Reading, PA $81,570

Saint Cloud, MN $81,537

Concord, NH $81,463

Madison, WI $81,430

Utica, NY $81,206

Raleigh, NC $81,140

Las Vegas, NV $81,132

Rochester, NY $81,074

Des Moines, IA $81,066

Atlanta, GA $80,934

Battle Creek, MI $80,909

Salt Lake City, UT $80,884

Lancaster, PA $80,760

Champaign, IL $80,744

Harrisburg, PA $80,644

Durham, NC $80,570

Kansas City, MO $80,562

Kansas City, KS $80,545

Fort Worth, TX $80,537

Boca Raton, FL $80,504

Cleveland, OH $80,496

Columbus, OH $80,479

Pittsburgh, PA $80,471

Richmond, VA $80,438

Indianapolis, IN $80,421

Cincinnati, OH $80,314

Petersburg, VA $80,190

Lansing, MI $80,008

Billings, MT $80,008

Huntsville, AL $80,008

Lebanon, PA $80,000

Pueblo, CO $79,991

Dayton, OH $79,991

Appleton, WI $79,967

Buffalo, NY $79,934

Racine, WI $79,892

Charlotte, NC $79,884

Saint Louis, MO $79,859

Springfield, IL $79,826

York, PA $79,810

Elkhart, IN $79,810

Gastonia, NC $79,801

Benton Harbor, MI $79,801

Beaumont, TX $79,752

Lorain, OH $79,735

Toledo, OH $79,702

Binghamton, NY $79,661

Rock Hill, SC $79,652

Rockford, IL $79,611

Elyria, OH $79,570

Fargo, ND $79,570

Flagstaff, AZ $79,512

Fort Lauderdale, FL $79,462

Miami, FL $79,413

Duluth, MN $79,281

Bangor, ME $79,173

Cedar Rapids, IA $79,082

Louisville, KY $79,041

Grand Rapids, MI $79,024

Hialeah, FL $79,016

Casper, WY $78,900

Scranton, PA $78,801

New Orleans, LA $78,776

Virginia Beach, VA $78,768

Akron, OH $78,727

Peoria, IL $78,619

Sarasota, FL $78,603

Green Bay, WI $78,545

Baton Rouge, LA $78,504

Charleston, SC $78,487

Nashville, TN $78,462

Jamestown, NY $78,446

Davenport, IA $78,446

Tucson, AZ $78,404

Cheyenne, WY $78,380

Saint Petersburg, FL $78,355

Tampa, FL $78,338

Omaha, NE $78,322

Evansville, IN $78,289

Port Arthur, TX $78,289

Bradenton, FL $78,256

Santa Fe, NM $78,107

Orlando, FL $78,024

Clearwater, FL $77,933

La Crosse, WI $77,760

Canton, OH $77,760

Grand Forks, ND $77,735

Tulsa, OK $77,710

Albuquerque, NM $77,710

Newport News, VA $77,702

High Point, NC $77,677

Ogden, UT $77,644

Corpus Christi, TX $77,578

Laramie, WY $77,528

Norfolk, VA $77,528

Rock Island, IL $77,479

Saginaw, MI $77,462

Jacksonville, FL $77,454

Salisbury, NC $77,437

Memphis, TN $77,421

Moline, IL $77,380

Fort Myers, FL $77,355

Waterloo, IA $77,247

Spartanburg, SC $77,165

Lincoln, NE $77,123

Fort Wayne, IN $77,107

Birmingham, AL $77,016

Cedar Falls, IA $76,999

Provo, UT $76,991

Springfield, OH $76,983

San Antonio, TX $76,966

Greensboro, NC $76,933

South Bend, IN $76,925

Winston Salem, NC $76,917

Boise, ID $76,892

Savannah, GA $76,834

Muskegon, MI $76,685

Lima, OH $76,586

Lake Charles, LA $76,553

Anderson, IN $76,536

Lexington, KY $76,512

Augusta, GA $76,487

Greenville, SC $76,487

Wichita, KS $76,412

Tuscaloosa, AL $76,412

Columbia, SC $76,338

Bloomington, IN $76,131

Roanoke, VA $76,082

Asheville, NC $75,974

Knoxville, TN $75,834

Shreveport, LA $75,826

Wilmington, NC $75,718

Frankfort, KY $75,561

Oklahoma City, OK $75,503

Chillicothe, OH $75,470

Longview, TX $75,462

Topeka, KS $75,437

Mobile, AL $75,313

Terre Haute, IN $75,280

Erie, PA $75,272

Altoona, PA $75,231

Melbourne, FL $75,206

Amarillo, TX $75,173

Killeen, TX $75,148

Fayetteville, AR $75,082

Sioux Falls, SD $75,024

Chattanooga, TN $74,974

Idaho Falls, ID $74,966

Gainesville, FL $74,793

Portsmouth, OH $74,751

Little Rock, AR $74,735

Lynchburg, VA $74,735

Youngstown, OH $74,702

Lafayette, LA $74,702

Temple, TX $74,669

Daytona Beach, FL $74,652

Clarksville, TN $74,644

Pensacola, FL $74,635

Hopkinsville, KY $74,388

Charleston, WV $74,379

Florence, SC $74,338

Sioux City, IA $74,288

Macon, GA $74,049

Tallahassee, FL $74,040

Fayetteville, NC $74,024

Wichita Falls, TX $74,007

Waco, TX $74,007

Pine Bluff, AR $73,974

Vincennes, IN $73,817

Lubbock, TX $73,784

Great Falls, MT $73,735

Alamogordo, NM $73,726

Abilene, TX $73,660

Rapid City, SD $73,553

Monroe, LA $73,553

Albany, GA $73,503

Huntington, WV $73,495

Jackson, MS $73,487

Greenville, MS $73,478

Parkersburg, WV $73,396

Montgomery, AL $73,379

Johnstown, PA $73,363

Springfield, MO $73,296

Biloxi, MS $73,255

Sumter, SC $73,082

Columbus, GA $73,073

Twin Falls, ID $73,024

Pascagoula, MS $72,916

Kingsport, TN $72,701

Gulfport, MS $72,677

Alexandria, LA $72,404

Fort Smith, AR $72,197

El Paso, TX $71,974

Helena, MT $71,867

Las Cruces, NM $71,602

Harlingen, TX $71,371

Pocatello, ID $71,296

Florence, AL $71,271

Brownsville, TX $71,255

Dothan, AL $71,123

Mcallen, TX $71,081

Columbus, MS $70,470

Altus, OK $70,090

Lawton, OK $69,933

Pierre, SD $69,635

What Skills Can Increase a Nuclear Engineer's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

Troubleshooting (Mentioned in 18.57% Job Postings): Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving, often applied to repair failed products or processes on a machine or a system. It is a logical, systematic search for the source of a problem in order to solve it, and make the product or process operational again. Troubleshooting is needed to identify the symptoms. Determining the most likely cause is a process of elimination—eliminating potential causes of a problem. Finally, troubleshooting requires confirmation that the solution restores the product or process to its working state. In general, troubleshooting is the identification or diagnosis of "trouble" in the management flow of a system caused by a failure of some kind. The problem is initially described as symptoms of malfunction, and troubleshooting is the process of determining and remedying the causes of these symptoms. A system can be described in terms of its expected, desired or intended behavior (usually, for artificial systems, its purpose). Events or inputs to the system are expected to generate specific results or outputs. (For example, selecting the "print" option from various computer applications is intended to result in a hardcopy emerging from some specific device). Any unexpected or undesirable behavior is a symptom. Troubleshooting is the process of isolating the specific cause or causes of the symptom. Frequently the symptom is a failure of the product or process to produce any results. (Nothing was printed, for example). Corrective action can then be taken to prevent further failures of a similar kind.
Construction Management (Mentioned in 0.34% Job Postings): Construction management (CM) is a professional service that uses specialized, project management techniques to oversee the planning, design, and construction of a project, from its beginning to its end. The purpose of CM is to control a project's time / delivery, cost and quality—sometimes referred to as a project management triangle or "triple constraints." CM is compatible with all project delivery systems, including design-bid-build, design-build, CM At-Risk and Public Private Partnerships. Professional construction managers may be reserved for lengthy, large-scale, high budget undertakings (commercial real estate, transportation infrastructure, industrial facilities, and military infrastructure), called capital projects.
Python (Mentioned in 0.34% Job Postings): Applying the concepts and algorithms of Python to design, develop and maintain software applications to comply with business requirements.

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Skills	Demand Percentage
Troubleshooting	18.57%
Construction Management	0.34%
Python	0.34%

Nuclear Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Nuclear Engineer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 18, 2021

$72,976

Average $78,743/year

$84,035

$6,081

Average $6,562/month

$7,003

$1,403

Average $1,514/week

$1,616

$35

Average $38/hour

$40

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$84,035	$7,003	$1,616	$40
Average	$78,743	$6,562	$1,514	$38
25th Percentile	$72,976	$6,081	$1,403	$35

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