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.
Neuroscience professors teach, do research in laboratories, and oversee the research and writing of doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. The AAAS online job bank indicated that salaries for assistant, associate and full neuroscience professors ranged from $50,000 to $99,999 per year. Some highly paid associate or full neuroscience professors earned as much as $100,000 to $199,999 per year.