| Table 3-18 |
| Labor market indicators for recent S&E degree recipients up to 5 years after receiving degree, by field: 2008 |
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Highest degree field |
| Indicator and degree |
All S&E fields |
Computer/
mathematical sciences |
Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences |
Physical sciences |
Social sciences |
Engineering |
| |
| Unemployment rate (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All degree levels |
4.6 |
3.2 |
5.1 |
3.4 |
6.1 |
2.0 |
| Bachelor's |
5.3 |
3.2 |
6.0 |
3.9 |
6.7 |
2.1 |
| Master's |
2.9 |
3.5 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
2.0 |
| Doctorate |
1.5 |
0.3 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
| Involuntarily out-of-field rate (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All degree levels |
7.9 |
4.0 |
7.6 |
5.6 |
12.0 |
2.4 |
| Bachelor's |
9.7 |
5.4 |
9.1 |
7.6 |
13.6 |
2.5 |
| Master's |
3.5 |
0.7 |
4.1 |
1.8 |
6.1 |
2.6 |
| Doctorate |
1.5 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
3.1 |
1.9 |
0.8 |
| Median annual salary ($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All degree levels |
42,000 |
55,000 |
34,000 |
40,000 |
36,000 |
63,000 |
| Bachelor's |
39,800 |
51,000 |
30,000 |
32,000 |
34,000 |
59,000 |
| Master's |
57,000 |
72,000 |
44,000 |
47,000 |
43,000 |
70,000 |
| Doctorate |
65,000 |
80,000 |
50,000 |
67,000 |
60,000 |
86,000 |
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NOTES: Median annual salaries are rounded to nearest $1,000. All degree levels includes professional degrees not broken out separately. Includes degrees earned from October 2003 to October 2008. Involuntarily out-of-field rate is proportion of individuals employed in job not related to field of highest degree because job in that field was not available.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT) (2008), http://sestat.nsf.gov.
Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 |
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