| Table 3-11 |
| Estimated salary differentials of individuals
with S&E degrees, by individual characteristics and degree level:
1999 |
| (Percent) |
| |
 |
| Characteristic |
Bachelor's |
Master's |
Doctoral |
|
| Female versus male |
-35.1 |
-28.9 |
-25.8 |
| Controlling for age and years since
degree |
-27.2 |
-25.5 |
-16.7 |
| Plus field of degree |
-14.0 |
-9.6 |
-10.3 |
| Plus occupation and employer characteristics |
-11.0 |
-8.0 |
-8.4 |
| Plus family and personal characteristics |
-10.2 |
-7.4 |
-7.4 |
| Plus gender-specific marriage and
child effects |
-4.6 |
NS |
-3.1 |
| Black, Hispanic, and other versus white and Asian/Pacific
Islander |
-21.9 |
-19.3 |
-12.7 |
| Controlling for age and years since
degree |
-13.0 |
-14.6 |
-4.7 |
| Plus field of degree |
-8.6 |
-6.7 |
-2.2 |
| Plus occupation and employer characteristics |
-7.3 |
-4.2 |
NS |
| Plus family and personal characteristics |
-5.7 |
-3.3 |
NS |
| Foreign born with U.S. degree versus native born |
3.7 |
9.5 |
NS |
| Controlling for age and years since
degree |
6.7 |
12.4 |
7.8 |
| Plus field of degree |
NS |
NS |
NS |
| Plus occupation and employer characteristics |
NS |
-2.8 |
-2.8 |
| Plus family and personal characteristics |
NS |
-3.1 |
-2.7 |
|
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NS not significantly different from
zero at p = .05
NOTE: Linear regressions on In(full-time annual salary).
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources
Statistics, Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT),
1999. |
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