Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates for March 2005
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Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Occupation Occ. code Est. empl. Empl %RSE Mean wage Mean %RSE 25th pct Median wage 75th pct
LIFE, PHYSICAL, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE OCCUPATIONS 19-0000 40,040 2.70 62,642 2.97 41,398 56,283 78,637
      30.11   19.90 27.06 37.81
Food Scientists and Technologists 19-1012 210 21.69 60,796 4.63 43,199 54,542 75,721
      29.23   20.77 26.22 36.41
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-1013 280 8.39 65,545 2.30 49,903 63,112 78,439
      31.52   23.99 30.34 37.71
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021 NA 76.93 80,946 3.34 79,414 86,104 92,793
      38.92   38.18 41.39 44.62
Microbiologists 19-1022 290 4.60 54,060 2.20 40,658 49,313 64,556
      25.99   19.55 23.71 31.03
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-1023 1,800 18.25 58,818 1.60 49,282 55,966 67,210
      28.28   23.70 26.91 32.31
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029 600 2.04 58,754 1.46 46,005 56,942 70,100
      28.25   22.12 27.38 33.71
Conservation Scientists 19-1031 770 4.76 62,485 1.70 48,448 60,194 74,037
      30.04   23.30 28.94 35.60
Foresters 19-1032 700 4.44 52,882 1.38 44,840 51,975 58,497
      25.43   21.56 24.99 28.13
Epidemiologists 19-1041 180 3.20 66,215 4.84 50,047 62,884 73,975
      31.83   24.06 30.24 35.57
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042 2,740 3.57 68,185 9.11 42,600 56,088 81,794
      32.78   20.48 26.96 39.33
Life Scientists, All Other 19-1099 730 23.89 102,029 6.07 67,975 98,050 116,907
      49.05   32.68 47.14 56.20
Physicists 19-2012 520 7.83 77,925 4.00 61,603 75,998 92,896
      37.46   29.62 36.54 44.66
Chemists 19-2031 1,400 9.89 64,922 4.87 46,127 61,644 80,791
      31.21   22.18 29.63 38.84
Materials Scientists 19-2032 220 9.75 82,066 6.07 62,646 80,097 99,382
      39.46   30.11 38.51 47.78
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 19-2041 3,060 5.45 63,773 2.39 48,547 58,413 75,366
      30.66   23.34 28.09 36.23
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 19-2042 850 14.37 70,264 2.06 50,505 65,787 90,077
      33.78   24.28 31.63 43.31
Hydrologists 19-2043 370 11.87 71,106 1.19 55,527 71,540 85,763
      34.19   26.69 34.39 41.23
Physical Scientists, All Other 19-2099 730 7.85 85,181 1.46 70,414 85,475 102,019
      40.95   33.85 41.10 49.05
Economists 19-3011 610 32.26 74,360 7.72 52,974 69,801 87,779
      35.75   25.47 33.56 42.20
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