1999 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry divisions in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia.

Click on the SOC Code Number to view that occupation's definition, additional wage estimates, and relative standard error (RSE) estimates.

			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (1)	Mean RSE
19-0000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	909,530	$20.00	$21.95	$45,660	0.6 %
19-1010	Agricultural and Food Scientists (3)	9,720	$20.56	$21.69	$45,110	1.0 %
19-1021	Biochemists and Biophysicists	11,810	$25.15	$27.01	$56,170	2.3 %
19-1022	Microbiologists	15,630	$22.21	$24.37	$50,690	1.9 %
19-1023	Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	11,120	$20.12	$20.87	$43,400	2.1 %
19-1031	Conservation Scientists	12,240	$21.64	$21.78	$45,310	0.4 %
19-1032	Foresters	10,090	$19.73	$20.34	$42,300	1.3 %
19-1041	Epidemiologists	2,270	$22.03	$23.57	$49,020	3.0 %
19-1042	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	21,200	$23.93	$26.87	$55,880	4.3 %
19-2011	Astronomers	680	$36.96	$36.47	$75,860	1.4 %
19-2012	Physicists	10,290	$36.63	$36.61	$76,140	1.2 %
19-2021	Atmospheric and Space Scientists (3)	7,170	$25.60	$25.76	$53,580	1.7 %
19-2031	Chemists (3)	73,840	$23.07	$24.80	$51,580	0.7 %
19-2032	Materials Scientists	8,200	$27.33	$28.39	$59,060	2.5 %
19-2041	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	53,610	$20.99	$22.60	$47,000	1.3 %
19-2042	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	20,940	$26.18	$29.33	$61,000	2.1 %
19-2043	Hydrologists	6,890	$25.53	$26.26	$54,620	1.1 %
19-3011	Economists	14,490	$27.92	$29.59	$61,550	2.1 %
19-3021	Market Research Analysts	67,670	$22.89	$25.33	$52,680	1.8 %
19-3022	Survey Researchers	21,990	$8.36	$10.84	$22,540	4.1 %
19-3031	Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	92,460	$22.75	$23.90	$49,720	1.1 %
19-3032	Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	1,780	$33.59	$34.23	$71,200	3.2 %
19-3041	Sociologists	1,320	$20.78	$22.74	$47,310	11.0 %
19-3051	Urban and Regional Planners (3)	28,730	$21.41	$22.44	$46,670	0.8 %
19-3091	Anthropologists and Archeologists	3,220	$16.89	$17.79	$37,010	4.4 %
19-3092	Geographers	720	$19.98	$21.37	$44,450	2.3 %
19-3093	Historians	1,510	$18.35	$19.88	$41,350	3.7 %
19-3094	Political Scientists	4,280	$35.71	$35.03	$72,860	5.3 %
19-4011	Agricultural and Food Science Technicians	15,050	$12.75	$14.09	$29,310	2.6 %
19-4021	Biological Technicians	39,580	$14.66	$15.42	$32,060	1.0 %
19-4031	Chemical Technicians	78,730	$16.46	$17.35	$36,080	1.5 %
19-4041	Geological and Petroleum Technicians	10,830	$17.43	$19.58	$40,730	5.4 %
19-4051	Nuclear Technicians (3)	2,640	$24.00	$24.81	$51,600	2.5 %
19-4091	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	26,240	$15.63	$16.47	$34,270	1.6 %
19-4092	Forensic Science Technicians	5,340	$17.40	$18.37	$38,200	1.4 %
19-4093	Forest and Conservation Technicians	17,140	$13.20	$14.11	$29,340	0.5 %

About 1999 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

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

(1) 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) = Wage rates are calculated using three years of data: 1997, 1998, and 1999.

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