May 2003 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. These and other data elements, including the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages are available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

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			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment (1)	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (2)	Mean RSE (3)
19-0000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	1,113,130	$22.58	$25.58	$53,210	0.5 %
19-1010	Agricultural and Food Scientists	16,200	$23.80	$25.77	$53,600	1.2 %
19-1021	Biochemists and Biophysicists	14,430	$29.95	$32.27	$67,120	1.8 %
19-1022	Microbiologists	14,110	$25.21	$27.49	$57,190	2.1 %
19-1023	Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	12,880	$23.72	$24.57	$51,100	1.2 %
19-1031	Conservation Scientists	13,780	$24.63	$25.08	$52,160	0.8 %
19-1032	Foresters	9,840	$22.75	$23.44	$48,760	0.6 %
19-1041	Epidemiologists	3,770	$26.22	$28.30	$58,860	2.6 %
19-1042	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	60,830	$28.47	$32.38	$67,360	2.1 %
19-2011	Astronomers	770	$42.45	$40.90	$85,070	2.0 %
19-2012	Physicists	12,390	$41.17	$42.48	$88,350	1.5 %
19-2021	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	6,490	$31.57	$31.65	$65,830	2.2 %
19-2031	Chemists	82,600	$25.79	$28.11	$58,460	1.1 %
19-2032	Materials Scientists	7,410	$33.15	$34.09	$70,900	1.7 %
19-2041	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	61,660	$23.46	$25.23	$52,490	0.9 %
19-2042	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	26,090	$32.91	$37.73	$78,480	6.0 %
19-2043	Hydrologists	7,060	$27.43	$28.60	$59,490	1.0 %
19-3011	Economists	12,300	$33.78	$37.41	$77,810	2.4 %
19-3021	Market Research Analysts	142,190	$26.28	$29.65	$61,670	1.2 %
19-3022	Survey Researchers	16,850	$11.83	$15.76	$32,770	2.2 %
19-3031	Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	100,180	$25.10	$27.80	$57,820	1.2 %
19-3032	Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	1,330	$30.98	$34.26	$71,260	2.5 %
19-3041	Sociologists	3,060	$26.16	$28.16	$58,570	4.5 %
19-3051	Urban and Regional Planners	30,770	$24.73	$25.58	$53,210	0.8 %
19-3091	Anthropologists and Archeologists	4,550	$19.54	$21.28	$44,270	2.0 %
19-3092	Geographers	700	$27.33	$27.26	$56,690	1.1 %
19-3093	Historians	2,350	$20.14	$21.78	$45,310	2.7 %
19-3094	Political Scientists	4,840	$39.12	$38.93	$80,980	3.4 %
19-4011	Agricultural and Food Science Technicians	15,990	$13.81	$14.87	$30,920	1.1 %
19-4021	Biological Technicians	49,550	$15.69	$16.62	$34,570	0.6 %
19-4031	Chemical Technicians	64,020	$17.82	$18.51	$38,500	0.6 %
19-4041	Geological and Petroleum Technicians	10,150	$19.58	$20.21	$42,040	1.5 %
19-4051	Nuclear Technicians	6,970	$28.47	$28.64	$59,570	3.3 %
19-4091	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	27,800	$16.97	$17.97	$37,380	0.6 %
19-4092	Forensic Science Technicians	8,830	$20.18	$21.43	$44,580	1.0 %
19-4093	Forest and Conservation Technicians	30,140	$12.93	$14.29	$29,730	0.3 %

About May 2003 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Estimates for residual, "All Other", occupations are not available.

(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

National OES estimates by SOC major group