| Table 3-20 |
| Median annual salary of recent doctorate recipients 1–5 years after receiving degree, by type of employment: 2006 |
| (Dollars) |
| |
| Field |
All sectors |
Private |
Tenure
track |
Postdoc |
Other
education |
Nonprofit/
government |
| |
| All S&E fields |
52,000 |
80,000 |
53,000 |
40,000 |
48,500 |
68,000 |
| Computer/mathematical sciences |
64,000 |
90,000 |
62,000 |
48,500 |
48,000 |
S |
| Life sciences |
42,600 |
74,000 |
57,000 |
40,000 |
48,000 |
60,000 |
| Physical sciences |
53,000 |
78,000 |
50,500 |
42,000 |
48,000 |
76,000 |
| Social sciences |
51,300 |
65,000 |
52,000 |
39,600 |
50,000 |
62,000 |
| Engineering |
70,000 |
80,000 |
71,000 |
40,000 |
56,000 |
80,000 |
| |
S = data suppressed for reasons of reliability
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients (2006), Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT), http://sestat.nsf.gov.
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