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Table 3-2. Median salary of recent graduates with bachelor's degrees in science, engineering, or health, by major field of degree and sex: October 2010
 

Major field and sex              Median salary for full-time
employed ($)a
SE
All fields 42,000 500
Science 36,000 500
Male 40,000 1,000
Female 34,000 500
Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences 35,000 500
Male 36,000 2,000
Female 34,000 1,000
Computer/ information sciences 50,000 1,500
Male 50,000 2,000
Female 53,000 7,000
Mathematics/ statistics 39,000 1,000
Male 39,000 1,000
Female 39,000 4,500
Physical and related sciences 38,000 3,500
Male 41,000 3,000
Female 35,000 2,500
Psychology 30,000 500
Male 30,000 1,500
Female 31,000 2,500
Social and related sciences 35,000 500
Male 39,000 2,500
Female 33,000 1,500
Engineering 58,000 500
Male 58,000 1,000
Female 58,000 500
Health 49,000 1,500
Male 50,000 4,500
Female 49,000 1,500

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.
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.