Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates for March 2005
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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 23,010 4.26 68,071 5.12 43,623 61,443 86,532
      32.72   20.97 29.54 41.60
Food Scientists and Technologists 19-1012 90 46.67 69,356 4.96 50,316 69,793 86,467
      33.35   24.19 33.55 41.57
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-1013 50 29.89 66,920 4.50 50,376 59,802 80,300
      32.17   24.22 28.75 38.61
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021 NA 87.08 82,082 4.07 80,592 86,742 92,893
      39.46   38.74 41.70 44.66
Microbiologists 19-1022 190 6.35 53,930 3.87 39,937 49,485 65,083
      25.93   19.20 23.79 31.29
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-1023 820 37.20 58,774 3.50 49,805 56,822 68,511
      28.26   23.94 27.32 32.94
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029 230 4.45 57,962 3.54 43,518 54,295 68,752
      27.87   20.92 26.10 33.05
Conservation Scientists 19-1031 310 11.05 70,236 2.21 53,792 68,647 85,366
      33.77   25.87 33.00 41.04
Foresters 19-1032 100 2.26 50,589 1.56 40,918 49,285 57,046
      24.32   19.67 23.70 27.42
Epidemiologists 19-1041 130 3.84 66,288 3.89 48,362 61,564 74,395
      31.87   23.26 29.60 35.76
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042 2,640 3.69 67,450 9.88 42,224 55,354 80,494
      32.43   20.30 26.61 38.70
Life Scientists, All Other 19-1099 560 30.57 101,114 19.66 72,914 98,705 116,507
      48.61   35.06 47.45 56.01
Chemists 19-2031 450 19.47 62,415 4.94 44,830 60,816 74,430
      30.01   21.56 29.24 35.78
Materials Scientists 19-2032 60 29.40 64,765 15.58 42,760 59,562 82,250
      31.14   20.55 28.64 39.54
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 19-2041 1,400 10.58 64,896 3.11 47,067 61,035 77,605
      31.20   22.63 29.35 37.31
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 19-2042 610 19.62 70,620 3.13 49,678 65,940 92,629
      33.95   23.88 31.70 44.54
Hydrologists 19-2043 180 24.17 73,205 2.12 57,539 78,496 87,553
      35.19   27.67 37.74 42.09
Physical Scientists, All Other 19-2099 500 0.72 83,753 2.89 70,105 85,175 100,207
      40.27   33.71 40.95 48.18
Economists 19-3011 NA 60.74 81,735 11.48 51,770 79,951 103,849
      39.29   24.89 38.43 49.93
Market Research Analysts 19-3021 5,830 7.75 86,392 7.25 58,674 84,317 106,138
      41.54   28.21 40.53 51.02
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