| Table 3-20 | |||||||
| Median salaries for recent SEH doctorate recipients up to 5 years after receiving degree, by field of degree and employment sector: 2010 | |||||||
| (Dollars) | |||||||
| Education | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-year institutions | |||||||
| Field of doctorate |
All sectors |
All positions |
Tenured or tenure-track position | Postdoc | 2-year or precollege institutions | Government | Business/ industry |
| All SEH fields | 66,000 | 52,000 | 65,000 | 42,000 | 52,000 | 76,000 | 90,000 |
| Biological, agricultural, and environmental life sciences | 50,000 | 45,000 | 60,000 | 42,000 | 45,000 | 65,000 | 73,000 |
| Computer and information sciences | 94,000 | 70,000 | 74,000 | 47,000 | S | 99,000 | 111,000 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 64,000 | 56,000 | 62,000 | 51,000 | 58,000 | S | 95,000 |
| Physical sciences | 60,000 | 47,000 | 60,000 | 42,000 | 51,000 | 71,000 | 86,000 |
| Psychology | 60,000 | 55,000 | 57,000 | 42,000 | 59,000 | 78,000 | 65,000 |
| Social sciences | 63,000 | 58,000 | 63,000 | 44,000 | 57,000 | 85,000 | 98,000 |
| Engineering | 87,000 | 59,000 | 80,000 | 42,000 | S | 86,000 | 95,000 |
| Health | 75,000 | 69,000 | 72,000 | 41,000 | 51,000 | 85,000 | 93,000 |
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S = suppressed for reasons of confidentiality and/or reliability. SEH = science, engineering, and health. NOTES: Salaries are rounded to the nearest $1,000. Data include graduates from 15 months to 60 months prior to the survey reference date. The 2-year or precollege institutions include 2-year colleges and community colleges or technical institutes and also preschool, elementary, middle, or secondary schools. The 4-year institutions include 4-year colleges or universities, medical schools, and university-affiliated research institutes. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients (2010), http://sestat.nsf.gov. Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 |
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