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NCSES RCG 2010 DST 6_2 SAS Output
Table 6-2. Median salary of recent graduates with master's degrees in science, engineering, or health, by major field of degree, ethnicity, and race: October 2010
 

Major field, ethnicity, and race              Median salary for full-time
employed ($)a
SE
All fields 62,000 1,500
Hispanic or Latinob  64,000 5,000
Not Hispanic or Latinoc    
American Indian or Alaska Native S S
Asian 67,000 6,500
Black or African American 55,000 4,000
White 60,000 2,500
Other raced 58,000 3,500
Science 54,000 2,000
Hispanic or Latinob  54,000 2,500
Not Hispanic or Latinoc    
American Indian or Alaska Native * *
Asian 62,000 4,000
Black or African American 46,000 3,000
White 52,000 1,000
Other raced 51,000 5,000
Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences 50,000 500
Hispanic or Latinob  53,000 500
Not Hispanic or Latinoc    
American Indian or Alaska Native D D
Asian 49,000 2,000
Black or African American * *
White 50,000 1,000
Other raced D D
Computer/ information sciences 69,000 3,000
Hispanic or Latinob  84,000 3,000
Not Hispanic or Latinoc    
American Indian or Alaska Native D D
Asian 64,000 2,500
Black or African American 61,000 11,000
White 74,000 2,500
Other raced D D
Mathematics/ statistics 65,000 2,500
Hispanic or Latinob  * *
Not Hispanic or Latinoc    
American Indian or Alaska Native D D
Asian 70,000 5,000
Black or African American * *
White 58,000 7,500
Other raced D D
Physical and related sciences 52,000 3,500
Hispanic or Latinob  * *
Not Hispanic or Latinoc    
American Indian or Alaska Native D D
Asian 40,000 5,000
Black or African American * *
White 52,000 4,000
Other raced * *
Psychology 42,000 1,000
Hispanic or Latinob  43,000 2,500
Not Hispanic or Latinoc    
American Indian or Alaska Native D D
Asian 40,000 3,500
Black or African American 40,000 3,000
White 42,000 2,000
Other raced 45,000 6,500
Social and related sciences 53,000 3,000
Hispanic or Latinob  56,000 6,000
Not Hispanic or Latinoc    
American Indian or Alaska Native D D
Asian 55,000 4,500
Black or African American 45,000 3,500
White 52,000 2,500
Other raced 55,000 8,000
Engineering 73,000 3,500
Hispanic or Latinob  72,000 2,500
Not Hispanic or Latinoc    
American Indian or Alaska Native D D
Asian 69,000 1,000
Black or African American 71,000 2,500
White 77,000 2,500
Other raced 71,000 11,500
Health 63,000 6,000
Hispanic or Latinob  65,000 3,000
Not Hispanic or Latinoc    
American Indian or Alaska Native D D
Asian 65,000 9,000
Black or African American 63,000 4,500
White 62,000 3,000
Other raced 55,000 7,000

* = value < 500. D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. S = suppressed for reliability; coefficient of variation exceeds publication standards.
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 Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
c American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, black or African American, and white are single race.
d Other race includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and persons reporting more than one race who are not of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.
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.