Table 37. Median salary of full-time employed recent graduates with bachelor's degrees in science, engineering, or health, by sex, ethnicity, race, and major field of degree: October 2010 |
(Dollars) |
Major field | Ethnicity and race | |||||||||||||||||
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Sex | Not Hispanic or Latinob | |||||||||||||||||
All full-time employed | Male | Female | Hispanic or Latinoa | American Indian or Alaska Native | Asian | Black or African American | White | Other racec | ||||||||||
Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | Median salary | SE | |
All fields | 42,000 | 500 | 45,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 | 500 | 40,000 | 1,000 | 44,000 | 10,000 | 48,000 | 1,500 | 40,000 | 1,000 | 42,000 | 500 | 42,000 | 3,500 |
Science | 36,000 | 500 | 40,000 | 1,000 | 34,000 | 500 | 35,000 | 1,000 | D | D | 41,000 | 3,000 | 34,000 | 2,500 | 35,000 | 3,000 | 35,000 | 500 |
Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences | 35,000 | 500 | 36,000 | 2,000 | 34,000 | 1,000 | 29,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 36,000 | 1,000 | 32,000 | 3,000 | 35,000 | 500 | 30,000 | 1,500 |
Agricultural/ food sciences | 37,000 | 4,000 | 39,000 | 2,000 | 32,000 | 2,500 | * | * | D | D | * | * | * | * | 38,000 | 2,500 | * | * |
Biological sciences | 35,000 | 500 | 36,000 | 3,000 | 34,000 | 2,000 | 29,000 | 1,000 | D | D | 36,000 | 1,000 | 32,000 | 3,000 | 35,000 | 500 | D | D |
Environmental life sciences | 33,000 | 4,000 | 35,000 | 3,500 | 30,000 | 2,500 | 26,000 | 8,000 | D | D | * | * | * | * | 34,000 | 2,000 | * | * |
Computer/ information sciences | 50,000 | 1,500 | 50,000 | 2,000 | 53,000 | 7,000 | 43,000 | 6,000 | D | D | 68,000 | 4,000 | 53,000 | 5,000 | 49,000 | 4,000 | 50,000 | 3,000 |
Mathematics/ statistics | 39,000 | 1,000 | 39,000 | 1,000 | 39,000 | 4,500 | 41,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 63,000 | 7,000 | 33,000 | 7,500 | 38,000 | 1,500 | * | * |
Physical and related sciences | 38,000 | 3,500 | 41,000 | 3,000 | 35,000 | 2,500 | 35,000 | 1,000 | D | D | 38,000 | 5,000 | * | * | 39,000 | 3,500 | 35,000 | 1,000 |
Chemistry, except biochemistry | 36,000 | 2,500 | 37,000 | 2,500 | 35,000 | 1,000 | * | * | D | D | 37,000 | 500 | * | * | 35,000 | 1,000 | * | * |
Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean sciencesd | 39,000 | 4,500 | 40,000 | 4,500 | 35,000 | 2,500 | * | * | D | D | * | * | * | * | 39,000 | 2,500 | * | * |
Physics/ astronomy | 48,000 | 2,000 | 48,000 | 1,000 | 38,000 | 3,500 | * | * | D | D | * | * | * | * | 48,000 | 2,000 | D | D |
Psychology | 30,000 | 500 | 30,000 | 1,500 | 31,000 | 2,500 | 31,000 | 2,500 | D | D | 32,000 | 6,500 | 29,000 | 1,000 | 30,000 | 500 | 29,000 | 5,500 |
Social and related sciences | 35,000 | 500 | 39,000 | 2,500 | 33,000 | 1,500 | 35,000 | 1,000 | D | D | 43,000 | 7,500 | 33,000 | 2,500 | 35,000 | 500 | 34,000 | 10,500 |
Economics | 45,000 | 1,000 | 45,000 | 9,500 | 45,000 | 500 | 43,000 | 3,500 | D | D | 48,000 | 1,500 | 34,000 | 1,500 | 45,000 | 4,500 | D | D |
Political and related sciences | 34,000 | 1,000 | 35,000 | 2,500 | 33,000 | 4,500 | 33,000 | 3,500 | D | D | 43,000 | 8,500 | 30,000 | 1,000 | 34,000 | 2,000 | 29,000 | 9,000 |
Sociology/ anthropology | 34,000 | 2,500 | 34,000 | 2,500 | 32,000 | 2,500 | 34,000 | 500 | D | D | 35,000 | 3,500 | 33,000 | 3,000 | 32,000 | 500 | D | D |
Other social sciences | 33,000 | 4,500 | 37,000 | 3,000 | 30,000 | 1,000 | 29,000 | 4,000 | D | D | 32,000 | 5,000 | 29,000 | 6,500 | 34,000 | 5,500 | 31,000 | 2,500 |
Engineering | 58,000 | 500 | 58,000 | 1,000 | 58,000 | 500 | 55,000 | 2,500 | D | D | 60,000 | 1,000 | 59,000 | 1,500 | 58,000 | 500 | 56,000 | 2,000 |
Chemical engineering | 65,000 | 1,500 | 62,000 | 4,500 | 65,000 | 500 | 51,000 | 6,000 | D | D | 60,000 | 7,500 | * | * | 65,000 | 1,000 | D | D |
Civil/ architectural engineering | 53,000 | 1,500 | 54,000 | 1,500 | 52,000 | 500 | 54,000 | 2,500 | D | D | 56,000 | 6,500 | * | * | 53,000 | 1,500 | 45,000 | 4,500 |
Electrical/ computer engineering | 62,000 | 1,500 | 61,000 | 2,500 | 62,000 | 3,500 | 60,000 | 3,000 | D | D | 62,000 | 15,000 | 59,000 | 3,500 | 62,000 | 3,000 | D | D |
Industrial engineering | 58,000 | 1,500 | 57,000 | 4,500 | 58,000 | 1,500 | 50,000 | 6,000 | D | D | * | * | * | * | 58,000 | 2,000 | D | D |
Mechanical engineering | 58,000 | 500 | 58,000 | 1,500 | 59,000 | 2,000 | 53,000 | 11,000 | D | D | 58,000 | 1,500 | 59,000 | 4,000 | 58,000 | 1,000 | 61,000 | 4,500 |
Other engineering | 58,000 | 2,000 | 59,000 | 6,000 | 57,000 | 2,000 | 52,000 | 2,000 | D | D | 46,000 | 4,500 | * | * | 60,000 | 2,000 | 44,000 | 5,000 |
Health | 49,000 | 1,500 | 50,000 | 4,500 | 49,000 | 1,500 | 51,000 | 3,500 | D | D | 49,000 | 4,000 | 49,000 | 1,000 | 49,000 | 2,000 | 49,000 | 7,500 |
* = value < 500; D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. SE = standard error. |
a Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. b American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, black or African American, and white are single race. c Other race includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and persons reporting more than one race who are not of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. |
d 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. Salary data are for principal job only. Full-time employed persons are those working at least 35 hours per week at their principal jobs. Self-employed persons and full-time students are excluded from salary data. |
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. |