professions

Workplaces

Professionals

Earnings

Agricultural and food scientists

Federal, State, or local governments, agricultural service companies, commercial research and development laboratories, seed companies, wholesale distributors, and food products companies

Food scientists and technologist

$29620-$97350

Plant and soil scientists

$33650-$93460

Animal scientists

$47800 average

Biological Scientists

Federal, State, and local governments. scientific research and testing laboratories, the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry, or colleges and universities.

Biochemists and biophysicists

$40820-$129510

Microbiologists

$35460-$108270

Zoologists and wildlife biologists

$32800-$84580

Conservation scientists & foresters

Federal, State and local governments. sawmills, wood products manufacturers, logging companies, and the forestry industry.

Conservation scientists

$29860-$80260

Foresters

$33490-$74570

Medical scientists

colleges and universities. scientific research and development services firms; pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing; hospitals; private educational services and ambulatory health care services.

Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing

Average $82,640

Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences

$71,490

Offices of physicians

$70,000

General medical and surgical hospitals

$64,700

Colleges, universities, and professional schools

$44,600

Governments, hospitals, colleges and universities, scientific research and development services.

Epidemiologists

$36920-$87300