PayScale 2014-2015 College Salary Report for Physical and Life Sciences
UC Irvine places tenth nationwide in Mid-Career Salary of ten or more years after the bachelor’s degree.
Here we give the Early Career Salary of 0-5 years, and the Mid-Career Salary for the top 10 institutions, and then add other California campuses.
| Rank | School | Early Career | Mid-Career |
| 1 | CalPoly Pomona | 51,400 | 110,000 |
| 2 | UC Berkeley | 51,700 | 104,300 |
| 3 | UC Davis | 49,700 | 99,500 |
| 4 | Indiana U Bloomington | 45,300 | 99,100 |
| 5 | University at Buffalo | 42,000 | 98,800 |
| 6 | Stony Brook U | 51,000 | 96,600 |
| 7 | UC San Diego | 43,700 | 95,600 |
| 8 | U of Delaware | 48,200 | 93,800 |
| 9 | San Jose State U | 48,300 | 92,900 |
| 10 | UC Irvine | 42,900 | 92,800 |
| 20 | UCLA | 45,800 | 88,800 |
| 23 | Cal State U Long Beach | 53,500 | 88,100 |
| 26 | San Diego State U | 55,900 | 87,000 |
| 35 | CalPoly San Luis Obispo | 46,600 | 80,000 |
| 42 | Cal State U Northridge | 47,000 | 73,900 |
