| Occupation |
Occ. code | |
Mean wage |
Mean %RSE |
Entry wage |
Exp. wage |
25th pct |
Median wage |
75th pct |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations | 19-0000 | Annual
Hourly | 69,293
33.32 | 0.70 | |
|
42,908
20.63 | 60,920
29.28 | 86,829
41.74 |
| Animal Scientists | 19-1011 | Annual
Hourly | 74,402
35.77 | 2.60 | |
|
44,540
21.41 | 62,522
30.05 | 92,405
44.43 |
| Food Scientists and Technologists | 19-1012 | Annual
Hourly | 65,016
31.26 | 1.00 | |
|
43,759
21.03 | 58,863
28.30 | 80,180
38.55 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | 19-1013 | Annual
Hourly | 64,154
30.85 | 0.80 | |
|
46,344
22.28 | 59,542
28.63 | 76,298
36.68 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 19-1021 | Annual
Hourly | 90,691
43.60 | 2.30 | |
|
56,116
26.98 | 82,592
39.70 | 113,732
54.68 |
| Microbiologists | 19-1022 | Annual
Hourly | 74,250
35.70 | 1.90 | |
|
49,568
23.83 | 67,165
32.29 | 93,996
45.19 |
| Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists | 19-1023 | Annual
Hourly | 63,353
30.46 | 0.60 | |
|
46,415
22.32 | 58,498
28.12 | 74,007
35.58 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 19-1029 | Annual
Hourly | 77,261
37.14 | 1.20 | |
|
58,092
27.93 | 73,692
35.43 | 88,542
42.56 |
| Conservation Scientists | 19-1031 | Annual
Hourly | 64,458
30.99 | 0.50 | |
|
48,098
23.12 | 61,934
29.78 | 75,953
36.51 |
| Foresters | 19-1032 | Annual
Hourly | 57,920
27.85 | 0.60 | |
|
45,462
21.85 | 56,714
27.27 | 68,989
33.17 |
| Epidemiologists | 19-1041 | Annual
Hourly | 72,375
34.80 | 2.10 | |
|
51,929
24.97 | 66,161
31.81 | 85,248
40.98 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 19-1042 | Annual
Hourly | 89,029
42.81 | 1.50 | |
|
54,109
26.02 | 78,031
37.52 | 108,714
52.26 |
| Life Scientists, All Other | 19-1099 | Annual
Hourly | 75,760
36.42 | 1.70 | |
|
50,318
24.20 | 66,222
31.84 | 92,840
44.63 |
| Astronomers | 19-2011 | Annual
Hourly | 103,950
49.97 | 2.40 | |
|
62,603
30.10 | 97,777
47.00 | 146,341
70.36 |
| Physicists | 19-2012 | Annual
Hourly | 115,708
55.63 | 1.50 | |
|
80,920
38.90 | 108,299
52.07 | 142,469
68.49 |
| Atmospheric and Space Scientists | 19-2021 | Annual
Hourly | 91,239
43.86 | 1.60 | |
|
65,756
31.62 | 90,479
43.50 | 111,725
53.71 |
| Chemists | 19-2031 | Annual
Hourly | 77,919
37.46 | 0.90 | |
|
53,349
25.65 | 72,750
34.97 | 97,463
46.86 |
| Materials Scientists | 19-2032 | Annual
Hourly | 90,965
43.74 | 1.40 | |
|
66,141
31.80 | 90,205
43.36 | 113,164
54.40 |
| Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health | 19-2041 | Annual
Hourly | 69,912
33.61 | 0.50 | |
|
48,493
23.31 | 64,438
30.98 | 85,846
41.28 |
| Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | 19-2042 | Annual
Hourly | 108,238
52.03 | 2.00 | |
|
64,539
31.03 | 92,131
44.30 | 132,109
63.52 |
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