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| Table 2-2. Median salary of recent graduates with master's degrees in science, engineering, or health, by major field of degree: October 2010 |
| Major field | Median salary for full-time employed ($)a |
SE |
|---|---|---|
| All fields | 62,000 | 1,500 |
| Science | 54,000 | 2,000 |
| Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences | 50,000 | 500 |
| Agricultural/ food sciences | 49,000 | 7,000 |
| Biological sciences | 50,000 | 500 |
| Environmental life sciences | 51,000 | 11,000 |
| Computer/ information sciences | 69,000 | 3,000 |
| Mathematics/ statistics | 65,000 | 2,500 |
| Physical and related sciences | 52,000 | 3,500 |
| Chemistry, except biochemistry | 41,000 | 4,500 |
| Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean sciencesb | 54,000 | 1,500 |
| Physics/ astronomy | 56,000 | 24,500 |
| Psychology | 42,000 | 1,000 |
| Social and related sciences | 53,000 | 3,000 |
| Economics | 62,000 | 3,500 |
| Political and related sciences | 58,000 | 4,000 |
| Sociology/ anthropology | 42,000 | 1,500 |
| Other social sciences | 47,000 | 2,500 |
| Engineering | 73,000 | 3,500 |
| Chemical engineering | 72,000 | 1,000 |
| Civil/ architectural engineering | 60,000 | 500 |
| Electrical/ computer engineering | 78,000 | 3,000 |
| Industrial engineering | 70,000 | 500 |
| Mechanical engineering | 71,000 | 5,000 |
| Other engineering | 72,000 | 3,000 |
| Health | 63,000 | 6,000 |
| SE = standard error. |
| a Salary data are for principal job only. Full-time employed persons are those working at least 35 hours per week at their principal job. Self-employed persons and full-time students are excluded from salary data. |
| b Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences includes other physical sciences. |
| NOTES: Salaries are rounded to the nearest $1,000. Standard errors for salaries are rounded up to the nearest $500. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Estimates are from recent college graduates who received bachelor's or master's degrees in science, engineering, or health fields in the 2008 and 2009 academic years; estimates may differ from degree counts published elsewhere. |
| SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Survey of Recent College Graduates, 2010. |
| Data from survey cycle 2010, as of September 19, 2012. |
