Physical Science Technician

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

8 employees hold this title in University of Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $35,704, above the department median of $26,965.

Employees: 8
Total payroll: $256.2K
Role median: $35,704
Agency median: $26,965
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$8,556$47,114+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 8 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Physical Science Technician pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians — about 30 people — is $34,710. University of Georgia pays a median base salary of $38,029 for this role, 10% above that figure — about the 52nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where University of Georgia sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$34,710

$77,580

$104,150

University of Georgia median · $38,029

The bar is the range of annual wages for Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows University of Georgia’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians — about 6,980 people — is $53,350. University of Georgia’s median base salary is 29% below that national figure, about the 14th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$35,770

$44,850

$53,350

$72,110

$99,560

University of Georgia median · $38,029

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 6 of 8 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at University of Georgia is $35,704, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare jurisdictions

Physical Science Technician beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $35,704 ranks #2 of 2. See Physical Science Technician across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

$71,019 · 688

Median total compensation for comparable Physical Science Technician roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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