| Table 3-16 | ||||||
| Labor market indicators for recent S&E degree recipients up to 5 years after receiving degree, by level and field of highest degree: 2010 | ||||||
| Indicator and highest degree level |
All S&E fields |
Biological, agricultural, and environmental life sciences |
Computer and mathematical sciences |
Physical sciences | Social sciences | Engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate (%) | ||||||
| All degree levels | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 4.4 |
| Bachelor’s | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 5.2 | 8.8 | 5.6 |
| Master’s | 4.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 2.9 |
| Doctorate | 1.6 | 2.8 | S | S | S | 3.6 |
| Involuntarily out-of-field (IOF) rate (%) | ||||||
| All degree levels | 10.8 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 9.9 | 15.6 | 3.7 |
| Bachelor’s | 13.5 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 18.0 | 4.1 |
| Master’s | 4.7 | 4.8 | 1.4 | S | 6.3 | 3.0 |
| Doctorate | 1.7 | S | S | S | S | S |
| Median annual salary ($) | ||||||
| All degree levels | 40,000 | 35,000 | 55,000 | 36,000 | 33,000 | 60,000 |
| Bachelor’s | 35,000 | 30,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 | 31,000 | 57,000 |
| Master’s | 55,000 | 48,000 | 68,000 | 32,000 | 39,000 | 73,000 |
| Doctorate | 60,000 | 47,000 | 85,000 | 55,000 | 62,000 | 85,000 |
|
S = suppressed for reasons of confidentiality and/or reliability. NOTES: Median annual salaries are rounded to the nearest $1,000. All degree levels includes professional degrees not broken out separately. Data include degrees earned from October 2005 to October 2009. The IOF rate is the proportion of all employed individuals who report that their job is not related to their field of highest degree because a job in their highest degree field was not available. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT) (2010), http://sestat.nsf.gov. Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 |
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