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Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Occupation Occ. code Est. empl. Mean Wage Entry wage Exp. wage 25th Per. Median Wage 75th Per.
LIFE, PHYSICAL, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE OCCUPATIONS 19-0000 13,800 56,689 30,757 69,655 35,664 49,076 68,302
    27.25 14.79 33.49 17.15 23.59 32.84
Food Scientists and Technologists 19-1012 80 55,647 37,853 64,544 41,549 47,382 60,273
    26.75 18.20 31.03 19.98 22.78 28.98
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-1013 50 58,531 33,956 70,818 38,475 53,489 69,850
    28.14 16.32 34.05 18.50 25.72 33.58
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021 40 86,580 46,380 106,680 50,116 59,529 123,822
    41.62 22.30 51.29 24.09 28.62 59.53
Microbiologists 19-1022 160 50,548 35,302 58,170 39,018 45,610 56,838
    24.30 16.97 27.97 18.76 21.93 27.33
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-1023 110 49,058 32,894 57,140 36,857 44,822 56,867
    23.59 15.81 27.47 17.72 21.55 27.34
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029 260 69,907 44,482 82,619 54,194 69,756 84,914
    33.61 21.39 39.72 26.05 33.54 40.82
Conservation Scientists 19-1031 120 66,634 46,293 76,804 56,426 67,699 81,135
    32.04 22.26 36.93 27.13 32.55 39.01
Foresters 19-1032 210 44,081 31,464 50,390 33,716 40,948 52,834
    21.19 15.13 24.23 16.21 19.69 25.40
Epidemiologists 19-1041 57,391 41,081 65,546 48,092 58,074 68,297
    27.59 19.75 31.51 23.12 27.92 32.84
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042 710 55,062 32,289 66,449 36,114 44,394 58,139
    26.47 15.52 31.95 17.36 21.34 27.95
Life Scientists, All Other 19-1099 50 51,248 38,199 57,773 39,356 43,174 52,089
    24.64 18.36 27.78 18.92 20.76 25.04
Physicists 19-2012 310 117,213 77,713 136,963 89,678 118,020 149,630
    56.35 37.36 65.85 43.11 56.74 71.94
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 19-2021 90 83,789 61,883 94,742 68,673 82,545 99,160
    40.28 29.75 45.55 33.02 39.69 47.67
Chemists 19-2031 1,260 64,151 34,559 78,946 39,212 54,369 84,769
    30.84 16.62 37.96 18.85 26.14 40.75
Materials Scientists 19-2032 79,258 61,651 88,062 67,069 76,258 85,071
    38.10 29.64 42.34 32.24 36.66 40.90
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 19-2041 1,180 57,467 36,587 67,906 40,730 54,166 70,694
    27.63 17.59 32.65 19.58 26.04 33.99
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 19-2042 180 52,774 38,953 59,684 41,100 47,533 61,457
    25.37 18.73 28.69 19.76 22.85 29.55
Hydrologists 19-2043 40 97,251 73,486 109,134 78,887 87,885 99,173
    46.76 35.33 52.47 37.93 42.25 47.68
Physical Scientists, All Other 19-2099 110 97,002 70,420 110,294 89,772 104,520 114,274
    46.64 33.86 53.03 43.16 50.25 54.94
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Entry and Experienced wages represent the mean of the lower third and the mean of the upper two-thirds of the wage distribution respectively. The OES survey does not collect information for entry or experienced workers. Tennessee Depatment of Labor & Workforce Development, Employment Security Division, Labor Market Information. Publish date June 2010.