According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary for physicists is $158,270, and employment of physicists is projected to grow 5 percent by 2032. The DC metropolitan area has the highest concentration of jobs for physicists in the US, making it an incredible place to launch a career in physics.

Top employers for AU undergraduates with a degree in physics

• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Johns Hopkins University
• NASA
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Peace Corps
• US Army
• US Forest Service
• US Patent and Trademark Office
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