Table 62. Median annual salaries of U.S. residing full-time employed doctoral scientists and engineers in 4-year educational institutions, by broad field of doctorate, sex, and tenure status: 2015

(Dollars)

Field and sex	All full-time employed		Tenured		Not tenured				Tenure not applicable
	All full-time employed		Tenured		On tenure track		Not on tenure track		Tenure not applicable
	Median salary	SE	Median salary	SE	Median salary	SE	Median salary	SE	Median salary	SE
All fields	88,000	1,500	102,000	1,500	80,000	1,000	79,000	2,000	65,000	1,000
Male	94,000	1,000	108,000	1,500	81,000	1,500	83,000	2,000	70,000	2,000
Female	80,000	1,000	93,000	2,000	75,000	1,500	75,000	1,500	60,000	500
Science	85,000	500	100,000	500	76,000	1,000	75,000	1,500	62,000	1,000
Male	91,000	1,500	105,000	1,000	80,000	1,500	79,000	2,000	66,000	2,500
Female	76,000	1,000	90,000	1,000	73,000	1,000	72,000	1,500	58,000	1,000
Biological/agricultural/environmental life sciences	80,000	1,500	108,000	2,000	84,000	2,500	77,000	2,000	54,000	1,000
Male	90,000	500	113,000	3,000	86,000	4,000	80,000	3,500	56,000	1,500
Female	70,000	1,000	96,000	3,000	81,000	3,000	73,000	4,000	52,000	1,000
Computer/information sciences	100,000	3,000	119,000	1,000	87,000	3,500	87,000	7,500	80,000	9,500
Male	105,000	4,500	120,000	1,000	89,000	5,000	87,000	8,500	72,000	11,000
Female	91,000	2,000	100,000	5,500	81,000	4,500	85,000	23,500	85,000	8,500
Mathematics/statistics	88,000	3,000	97,000	2,500	71,000	2,000	70,000	7,500	68,000	7,000
Male	90,000	2,500	99,000	2,500	72,000	3,000	61,000	6,000	69,000	7,500
Female	77,000	2,500	88,000	4,500	69,000	4,500	94,000	11,500	60,000	11,000
Physical sciences	85,000	1,500	100,000	500	74,000	1,500	72,000	2,500	65,000	3,000
Male	88,000	2,500	103,000	3,500	75,000	2,500	72,000	5,500	72,000	4,000
Female	75,000	2,000	91,000	2,500	72,000	2,000	69,000	3,000	59,000	2,000
Psychology	84,000	1,500	93,000	3,000	73,000	2,000	81,000	2,500	80,000	3,000
Male	90,000	1,500	98,000	2,500	75,000	2,500	85,000	9,000	82,000	4,000
Female	80,000	500	88,000	2,000	72,000	2,500	77,000	4,000	78,000	4,000
Social sciences	89,000	1,500	98,000	1,500	71,000	1,500	69,000	4,000	75,000	1,000
Male	95,000	2,000	101,000	2,500	73,000	2,500	76,000	8,500	84,000	4,000
Female	80,000	1,000	89,000	1,000	70,000	1,000	61,000	4,500	67,000	3,500
Engineering	100,000	500	120,000	2,000	89,000	1,500	89,000	3,000	72,000	3,000
Male	100,000	1,000	120,000	1,500	89,000	2,000	90,000	4,000	75,000	3,500
Female	90,000	2,500	113,000	6,000	89,000	2,500	80,000	7,000	60,000	4,000
Health	90,000	2,500	100,000	4,000	80,000	3,000	93,000	4,500	87,000	3,000
Male	99,000	4,000	115,000	8,000	81,000	6,500	103,000	7,500	84,000	4,000
Female	89,000	1,500	96,000	4,500	80,000	3,500	90,000	4,000	88,000	3,500

NOTES: Median annual salaries are for principal job and are rounded to nearest $1,000. Standard errors are rounded up to the nearest $500. Four-year educational institutions include 4-year colleges or universities, medical schools (including university-affiliated hospitals or medical centers), and university-affiliated research institutes. Designation of full-time and part-time employment status is based on principal job only, not on all jobs held in labor force. Residence location is based on reported living location on 1 February 2015.