| Occupation |
Occ. code |
Est. empl. |
Mean wage |
Entry wage |
Exp. wage |
25th pct |
Median wage |
75th pct |
| Foresters | 19-1032 | 8,420 | $60,300
$28.99 | |
|
$47,440
$22.81 | $58,700
$28.22 | $71,100
$34.18 |
| Geographers | 19-3092 | 1,370 | $74,090
$35.62 | |
|
$57,210
$27.51 | $74,260
$35.70 | $90,120
$43.33 |
| Geological and Petroleum Technicians | 19-4041 | 15,100 | $62,240
$29.92 | |
|
$37,720
$18.14 | $56,470
$27.15 | $78,220
$37.61 |
| Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | 19-2042 | 30,420 | $106,390
$51.15 | |
|
$62,830
$30.21 | $89,780
$43.16 | $127,620
$61.36 |
| Historians | 19-3093 | 2,950 | $60,990
$29.32 | |
|
$36,630
$17.61 | $55,110
$26.49 | $80,310
$38.61 |
| Hydrologists | 19-2043 | 6,300 | $83,740
$40.26 | |
|
$63,190
$30.38 | $80,480
$38.69 | $100,190
$48.17 |
| Industrial-Organizational Psychologists | 19-3032 | 1,020 | $104,570
$50.27 | |
|
$66,390
$31.92 | $82,760
$39.79 | $137,510
$66.11 |
| Life Scientists, All Other | 19-1099 | 7,890 | $83,150
$39.98 | |
|
$54,390
$26.15 | $73,860
$35.51 | $103,090
$49.56 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other | 19-4099 | 68,540 | $49,270
$23.69 | |
|
$34,890
$16.78 | $46,040
$22.14 | $60,260
$28.97 |
| Materials Scientists | 19-2032 | 7,750 | $101,570
$48.83 | |
|
$71,070
$34.17 | $99,430
$47.80 | $128,620
$61.84 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 19-1042 | 108,870 | $95,000
$45.68 | |
|
$57,000
$27.40 | $80,530
$38.72 | $116,840
$56.17 |
| Microbiologists | 19-1022 | 21,670 | $76,850
$36.95 | |
|
$48,920
$23.52 | $66,850
$32.14 | $97,050
$46.66 |
| Nuclear Technicians | 19-4051 | 6,840 | $77,820
$37.41 | |
|
$61,780
$29.70 | $79,140
$38.05 | $95,000
$45.68 |
| Physical Scientists, All Other | 19-2099 | 18,960 | $98,460
$47.34 | |
|
$65,210
$31.35 | $96,070
$46.19 | $123,960
$59.60 |
| Physicists | 19-2012 | 16,680 | $121,770
$58.54 | |
|
$82,850
$39.83 | $115,870
$55.71 | $153,710
$73.90 |
| Political Scientists | 19-3094 | 6,350 | $112,250
$53.97 | |
|
$86,600
$41.63 | $114,290
$54.95 | $141,550
$68.05 |
| Psychologists, All Other | 19-3039 | 13,310 | $94,650
$45.51 | |
|
$66,810
$32.12 | $95,710
$46.02 | $109,770
$52.78 |
| Social Science Research Assistants | 19-4061 | 30,030 | $46,820
$22.51 | |
|
$32,450
$15.60 | $43,190
$20.76 | $57,180
$27.49 |
| Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other | 19-3099 | 36,380 | $80,860
$38.87 | |
|
$59,340
$28.53 | $77,020
$37.03 | $99,130
$47.66 |
| Sociologists | 19-3041 | 2,870 | $86,840
$41.75 | |
|
$57,650
$27.72 | $79,750
$38.34 | $108,130
$51.98 |
|
