RONALD E. MCNAIR (PH.D.) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina. Died January 28, 1986. He is survived by his wife Cheryl, and two children. He was a 5th degree black belt Karate instructor and a performing jazz saxophonist. He also enjoyed running, boxing, football, playing cards, and cooking.
Pennsylvania tends to pay the highest mean salary, at $102,900 per year, according to the BLS. The second highest is Massachusetts at $93,750 per year. Researchers employed in New Jersey take home an annual mean salary of $91,450. California's annual mean wage for biochemists and biophysicists is approximately $89,120.
Neuro-oncologists who were paid in the bottom 10th percentile for this profession earned a salary of $53,510, or an hourly wage of $25. Neuro-oncologists who were paid in the top 25th percentile for this profession earned a salary of $166,400, or an hourly wage of $80.alary. According to 2010 data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national annual mean salary for a neuro-oncologist was $180,870.