| Occupation |
Occ. code |
Mean wage |
Entry wage |
Exp. wage |
25th pct |
Median wage |
75th pct |
| Hydrologists | 19-2043 | $79,260
$38.11 | |
|
$61,220
$29.43 | $75,710
$36.40 | $94,300
$45.34 |
| Industrial-Organizational Psychologists | 19-3032 | $87,960
$42.29 | |
|
$63,010
$30.29 | $80,330
$38.62 | $107,490
$51.68 |
| Life Scientists, All Other | 19-1099 | $76,900
$36.97 | |
|
$51,730
$24.87 | $66,930
$32.18 | $92,740
$44.58 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other | 19-4099 | $47,150
$22.67 | |
|
$33,130
$15.93 | $44,200
$21.25 | $58,080
$27.92 |
| Materials Scientists | 19-2032 | $91,160
$43.83 | |
|
$64,750
$31.13 | $88,660
$42.63 | $113,380
$54.51 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 19-1042 | $90,230
$43.38 | |
|
$55,580
$26.72 | $79,840
$38.39 | $110,200
$52.98 |
| Microbiologists | 19-1022 | $75,230
$36.17 | |
|
$49,490
$23.80 | $67,840
$32.61 | $94,970
$45.66 |
| Nuclear Technicians | 19-4051 | $73,450
$35.31 | |
|
$58,960
$28.34 | $72,610
$34.91 | $86,150
$41.42 |
| Physical Scientists, All Other | 19-2099 | $94,950
$45.65 | |
|
$61,460
$29.55 | $93,230
$44.82 | $122,160
$58.73 |
| Physicists | 19-2012 | $117,040
$56.27 | |
|
$80,460
$38.68 | $110,110
$52.94 | $142,880
$68.69 |
| Political Scientists | 19-3094 | $100,900
$48.51 | |
|
$71,420
$34.34 | $100,920
$48.52 | $133,250
$64.06 |
| Psychologists, All Other | 19-3039 | $88,400
$42.50 | |
|
$67,390
$32.40 | $91,140
$43.82 | $104,880
$50.42 |
| Social Science Research Assistants | 19-4061 | $41,430
$19.92 | |
|
$26,170
$12.58 | $38,310
$18.42 | $51,320
$24.67 |
| Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other | 19-3099 | $80,450
$38.68 | |
|
$59,790
$28.75 | $76,770
$36.91 | $97,050
$46.66 |
| Sociologists | 19-3041 | $78,120
$37.56 | |
|
$53,650
$25.79 | $72,430
$34.82 | $94,570
$45.47 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | 19-1013 | $62,830
$30.21 | |
|
$44,420
$21.36 | $58,990
$28.36 | $75,620
$36.35 |
| Survey Researchers | 19-3022 | $53,210
$25.58 | |
|
$27,990
$13.46 | $47,720
$22.94 | $72,370
$34.79 |
| Urban and Regional Planners | 19-3051 | $67,920
$32.66 | |
|
$51,600
$24.81 | $65,650
$31.56 | $82,030
$39.44 |
| Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists | 19-1023 | $62,610
$30.10 | |
|
$45,850
$22.04 | $57,430
$27.61 | $72,810
$35.00 |
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