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| Table 73-2. Median annual salaries of full-time employed doctoral scientists and engineers, by occupation and primary work activities: 2013 |
| (Dollars) |
| Occupation | All full-time employed |
Computer applications |
Management, sales, or administrationa | Professional services |
Any R&Db | Teaching |
Other work activityc | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | |
| All occupations | 100,000 | 500 | 117,000 | 3,500 | 125,000 | 1,000 | 105,000 | 2,000 | 105,000 | 500 | 74,000 | 1,500 | 96,000 | 2,500 |
| Science occupations | 92,000 | 500 | 114,000 | 2,500 | 111,000 | 2,500 | 97,000 | 2,000 | 100,000 | 1,500 | 71,000 | 1,500 | 88,000 | 3,000 |
| Biological/ agricultural/ other life scientists | 85,000 | 1,000 | 67,000 | 11,500 | 106,000 | 3,000 | 118,000 | 8,500 | 87,000 | 1,500 | 70,000 | 1,500 | 83,000 | 4,000 |
| Agricultural/ food scientists | 99,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 112,000 | 9,500 | D | D | 99,000 | 3,000 | D | D | 70,000 | 8,000 |
| Biochemists/ biophysicists | 74,000 | 5,500 | D | D | 110,000 | 13,000 | D | D | 69,000 | 4,500 | D | D | 65,000 | 11,500 |
| Biological scientists | 77,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 96,000 | 8,500 | 74,000 | 14,500 | 74,000 | 3,500 | D | D | 74,000 | 11,500 |
| Forestry/ conservation scientists | 80,000 | 7,500 | D | D | 76,000 | 25,500 | D | D | 83,000 | 9,000 | D | D | D | D |
| Medical scientists | 98,000 | 3,500 | D | D | 113,000 | 7,000 | 149,000 | 15,500 | 90,000 | 4,500 | D | D | 88,000 | 8,000 |
| Postsecondary teachers, agricultural/ other natural sciences | 91,000 | 4,000 | D | D | 105,000 | 35,500 | D | D | 109,000 | 5,500 | 78,000 | 4,500 | D | D |
| Postsecondary teachers, biological sciences | 82,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 96,000 | 5,500 | D | D | 105,000 | 3,500 | 65,000 | 2,000 | 89,000 | 15,500 |
| Other biological/ agricultural/ life scientists | 83,000 | 2,500 | 80,000 | 14,000 | 104,000 | 8,500 | 96,000 | 6,500 | 72,000 | 4,500 | D | D | 84,000 | 10,000 |
| Computer/ information scientists | 120,000 | 2,000 | 120,000 | 4,000 | 135,000 | 8,000 | D | D | 124,000 | 2,500 | 87,000 | 2,500 | 97,000 | 7,500 |
| Computer/ information scientists | 121,000 | 3,000 | 120,000 | 3,000 | 140,000 | 6,500 | D | D | 128,000 | 3,500 | D | D | 96,000 | 6,500 |
| Postsecondary teachers, computer science | 96,000 | 2,500 | D | D | 112,000 | 12,500 | D | D | 103,000 | 7,500 | 87,000 | 2,500 | D | D |
| Mathematical scientists | 93,000 | 2,500 | 104,000 | 9,000 | 130,000 | 10,500 | 117,000 | 4,000 | 105,000 | 2,000 | 70,000 | 500 | 103,000 | 9,500 |
| Mathematical scientists | 114,000 | 3,500 | 108,000 | 10,000 | 125,000 | 15,000 | 117,000 | 3,000 | 114,000 | 4,000 | D | D | 108,000 | 8,500 |
| Postsecondary teachers, mathematics/ statistics | 80,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 132,000 | 14,000 | D | D | 92,000 | 4,000 | 70,000 | 500 | D | D |
| Physical scientists | 96,000 | 2,000 | 103,000 | 7,000 | 115,000 | 2,500 | 133,000 | 25,000 | 106,000 | 2,000 | 70,000 | 2,000 | 89,000 | 4,500 |
| Chemists, except biochemists | 109,000 | 1,500 | D | D | 117,000 | 5,000 | D | D | 108,000 | 3,500 | D | D | 90,000 | 8,500 |
| Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean scientists | 105,000 | 2,000 | 82,000 | 12,500 | 107,000 | 10,000 | D | D | 106,000 | 4,000 | D | D | 87,000 | 10,500 |
| Physicists/ astronomers | 111,000 | 2,500 | 110,000 | 3,500 | 149,000 | 8,000 | 168,000 | 12,000 | 108,000 | 2,500 | D | D | 92,000 | 19,000 |
| Postsecondary teachers, chemistry | 72,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 89,000 | 9,000 | D | D | 100,000 | 2,500 | 66,000 | 1,500 | D | D |
| Postsecondary teachers, physics | 83,000 | 2,500 | D | D | 114,000 | 9,500 | D | D | 99,000 | 5,000 | 70,000 | 2,500 | D | D |
| Postsecondary teachers, other physical sciences | 86,000 | 3,000 | D | D | 106,000 | 12,500 | D | D | 100,000 | 5,500 | 79,000 | 2,500 | D | D |
| Other physical scientists | 114,000 | 7,000 | D | D | 103,000 | 11,000 | D | D | 113,000 | 10,500 | D | D | D | D |
| Psychologists | 85,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 92,000 | 3,500 | 93,000 | 1,500 | 89,000 | 2,500 | 68,000 | 1,500 | 88,000 | 13,000 |
| Psychologists | 93,000 | 1,500 | D | D | 99,000 | 3,500 | 93,000 | 1,500 | 90,000 | 4,500 | 91,000 | 12,000 | 91,000 | 14,500 |
| Postsecondary teachers, psychology | 72,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 80,000 | 4,500 | 91,000 | 11,500 | 86,000 | 2,500 | 68,000 | 1,000 | S | S |
| Social scientists | 87,000 | 1,500 | D | D | 104,000 | 6,500 | 119,000 | 6,500 | 100,000 | 1,000 | 73,000 | 1,500 | 89,000 | 10,500 |
| Economists | 138,000 | 5,500 | D | D | 160,000 | 12,000 | 142,000 | 16,500 | 133,000 | 6,500 | D | D | 126,000 | 45,000 |
| Political scientists | 114,000 | 14,000 | D | D | D | D | D | D | 112,000 | 19,000 | D | D | D | D |
| Postsecondary teachers, economics | 100,000 | 1,000 | D | D | 145,000 | 33,500 | D | D | 118,000 | 6,000 | 90,000 | 2,500 | D | D |
| Postsecondary teachers, political science | 75,000 | 2,500 | D | D | 93,000 | 5,000 | D | D | 80,000 | 2,500 | 70,000 | 2,000 | 79,000 | 10,000 |
| Postsecondary teachers, sociology | 72,000 | 1,500 | D | D | 111,000 | 31,000 | D | D | 87,000 | 4,500 | 70,000 | 2,000 | D | D |
| Postsecondary teachers, other social sciences | 75,000 | 1,500 | D | D | 86,000 | 7,000 | D | D | 90,000 | 2,000 | 70,000 | 1,000 | 96,000 | 35,500 |
| Sociologists/ anthropologists | 90,000 | 5,500 | D | D | D | D | D | D | 90,000 | 7,000 | D | D | D | D |
| Other social scientists | 89,000 | 3,500 | D | D | 92,000 | 9,000 | 86,000 | 5,500 | 89,000 | 4,000 | D | D | 84,000 | 7,500 |
| Engineering occupations | 115,000 | 500 | 128,000 | 3,000 | 127,000 | 4,000 | 109,000 | 8,000 | 115,000 | 2,000 | 94,000 | 3,500 | 105,000 | 5,000 |
| Aerospace/ aeronautical/ astronautical engineers | 128,000 | 2,500 | 146,000 | 18,500 | 126,000 | 4,500 | D | D | 128,000 | 3,500 | D | D | 128,000 | 20,500 |
| Chemical engineers | 118,000 | 4,000 | D | D | 130,000 | 3,000 | D | D | 110,000 | 3,000 | D | D | 114,000 | 16,000 |
| Civil/ architectural/ sanitary engineers | 99,000 | 3,000 | S | S | 111,000 | 20,000 | 106,000 | 20,000 | 95,000 | 7,000 | D | D | 97,000 | 8,000 |
| Electrical engineers | 130,000 | 1,000 | 129,000 | 2,500 | 140,000 | 3,000 | D | D | 129,000 | 2,500 | D | D | 116,000 | 12,500 |
| Industrial engineersd | 104,000 | 7,000 | D | D | 108,000 | 6,000 | D | D | 100,000 | 9,000 | D | D | D | D |
| Mechanical engineers | 110,000 | 2,500 | 110,000 | 14,000 | 127,000 | 7,000 | 108,000 | 15,500 | 109,000 | 1,500 | D | D | D | D |
| Postsecondary teachers, engineering | 100,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 119,000 | 6,500 | D | D | 102,000 | 3,500 | 94,000 | 3,500 | 104,000 | 8,500 |
| Other engineersd | 110,000 | 2,500 | 99,000 | 9,500 | 120,000 | 3,500 | 97,000 | 13,000 | 110,000 | 1,500 | D | D | 105,000 | 6,000 |
| S&E-related occupations | 119,000 | 3,000 | 118,000 | 14,500 | 140,000 | 3,500 | 143,000 | 6,500 | 119,000 | 2,000 | 77,000 | 2,500 | 101,000 | 7,000 |
| Health occupations, except postsecondary teachers and managers | 119,000 | 5,000 | D | D | 115,000 | 7,000 | 130,000 | 11,500 | 110,000 | 6,500 | 88,000 | 18,500 | 81,000 | 18,500 |
| Postsecondary teachers, health and related sciences | 100,000 | 1,500 | D | D | 115,000 | 5,000 | 171,000 | 10,000 | 109,000 | 3,000 | 84,000 | 1,500 | 103,000 | 9,500 |
| S&E managers, including health | 144,000 | 3,500 | 130,000 | 14,000 | 149,000 | 2,500 | 152,000 | 22,500 | 131,000 | 4,500 | D | D | 121,000 | 14,000 |
| S&E precollege teachers | 61,000 | 2,000 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | 61,000 | 2,000 | D | D |
| S&E technicians and technologists | 97,000 | 7,500 | 102,000 | 15,500 | D | D | D | D | 99,000 | 10,000 | D | D | D | D |
| Other S&E-related occupations | 115,000 | 26,000 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Non-S&E occupations | 120,000 | 500 | 136,000 | 9,500 | 132,000 | 4,000 | 120,000 | 4,000 | 130,000 | 5,500 | 72,000 | 2,000 | 96,000 | 5,000 |
| Arts/ humanities-related occupations | 79,000 | 7,500 | D | D | 74,000 | 9,000 | 94,000 | 19,500 | 83,000 | 13,000 | D | D | 68,000 | 11,000 |
| Management-related occupations | 120,000 | 500 | 148,000 | 17,500 | 119,000 | 4,000 | 125,000 | 6,500 | 128,000 | 6,500 | D | D | 104,000 | 4,000 |
| Non-S&E managers | 150,000 | 500 | 121,000 | 22,000 | 150,000 | 2,500 | 134,000 | 14,000 | 154,000 | 4,500 | D | D | 151,000 | 12,000 |
| Non-S&E postsecondary teachers | 84,000 | 2,500 | D | D | 99,000 | 9,500 | D | D | 105,000 | 6,000 | 75,000 | 2,500 | 81,000 | 29,500 |
| Non-S&E precollege/ other teachers | 53,000 | 2,500 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | 52,000 | 6,000 | D | D |
| Sales/ marketing occupations | 109,000 | 6,000 | D | D | 108,000 | 9,500 | 125,000 | 57,000 | 109,000 | 10,500 | D | D | 88,000 | 4,000 |
| Social service–related occupations | 62,000 | 3,500 | D | D | 60,000 | 7,000 | 62,000 | 2,500 | 83,000 | 14,500 | 61,000 | 4,500 | D | D |
| Other non-S&E occupations | 99,000 | 13,000 | D | D | 52,000 | 4,500 | 164,000 | 8,500 | 75,000 | 16,000 | D | D | 46,000 | 7,000 |
| Codes used in data tables: * = suppressed when population estimate < 50. D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. S = suppressed for reliability; coefficient of variation exceeds publication standards. |
| S&E = science and engineering; SE = standard error. |
| a Administration includes accounting, finance, contracts, and human resources. |
| b R&D includes applied and basic research, design, and development. |
| c Other work activity includes production, operations, maintenance, and other activities not broken out separately. |
| d From 1999 to 2008, data for Industrial engineers were mislabeled as "Materials/metallurgical engineers." For all years, data in this category have included only industrial engineers. For all years, data on Materials/metallurgical engineers have been included only in Other engineers. |
| NOTES: Median annual salaries are for the principal job and are rounded to the nearest $1,000. Standard errors are rounded up to the nearest $500. Primary and secondary work activities were self-defined by respondent in response to the question: "On which two activities...did you work the most hours during a typical week on this job?" If respondent reported more than one category of activity as primary or secondary work activity, respondent's salary appears in both categories. |
| SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, 2013. |
| Data from survey cycle 2013, as of 18 February 2014. |
