How Much Money Does A Scientist Make Per Month

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Here's how much money 25 types of scientists make

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2021-06-01T13:00:02Z

soil scientist ecologist — Soil scientists make a median of $66,120 a year.

There are dozens of career specializations in science, but some are more lucrative than others.
Physicists and natural-sciences managers were among the highest-paid professions.
Here are 25 select science jobs ranked from lowest to highest median annual pay as of May 2020.
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Method and data source

Depending on their specialization, scientists can earn a lot of money.

Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, which provides an annual guide to median pay in the United States, we looked at the pay of different science or science-related jobs. We were especially interested in looking at those that are the highest-paying.

Physicists, computer scientists, and astronomers were among the most lucrative careers, earning six-figure salaries.

The above slides are the 25 highest-paying jobs from our list of science and science-related jobs, such as mathematicians, ranked in order of median annual salary. We also included the number of people employed as of May 2020 from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program. We also added their job descriptions, according to the Department of Labor's O*NET occupational database.

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