Comparative Occupational Wages 2011: Total all industries in Workforce Investment Area 2

Comparative Occupational Wages 2011 (4th Quarter)
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Workforce Investment Area 2

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Occupation Occ. code Estabs. reporting occupation Est. empl. Empl %RSE Mean wage Mean %RSE Entry wage Exp. wage 25th pct Median wage 75th pct

LIFE, PHYSICAL, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE OCCUPATIONS 19-0000 74 500 4.54 48,515 7.79 28,973 58,287 32,575 40,880 58,150

23.32 13.93 28.03 15.66 19.66 27.96

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-1023 3 10 0.57 39,798 1.98 28,352 45,521 29,795 36,401 48,288

19.14 13.63 21.89 14.33 17.50 23.22

Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029 5 10 2.30 66,892 1.81 46,031 77,323 57,375 67,197 80,556

32.16 22.13 37.18 27.59 32.30 38.72

Foresters 19-1032 5 20 3.85 39,972 2.97 30,961 44,478 31,576 35,797 40,249

19.22 14.88 21.38 15.18 17.21 19.35

Chemists 19-2031 11 10 13.77 64,203 11.33 38,327 77,142 42,425 60,166 83,140

30.87 18.42 37.09 20.40 28.93 39.97

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 19-2041 7 40 1.35 46,332 1.94 34,094 52,452 37,289 43,812 51,062

22.28 16.39 25.22 17.93 21.06 24.54

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 19-2042 8 20 10.97 53,305 7.02 34,961 62,478 39,483 47,427 61,902

25.63 16.81 30.03 18.99 22.80 29.76

Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 19-3031 19 70 21.20 56,172 5.24 36,400 66,058 45,099 57,665 68,561

27.00 17.50 31.76 21.69 27.73 32.96

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other 19-3099 4 50 3.58 37,887 4.50 31,586 41,037 32,784 35,951 38,897

18.21 15.18 19.73 15.76 17.28 18.70

Biological Technicians 19-4021 6 20 7.66 41,388 2.47 27,406 48,378 29,842 39,687 51,397

19.90 13.18 23.26 14.35 19.08 24.71

Chemical Technicians 19-4031 12 40 24.07 32,662 3.95 21,764 38,110 22,778 27,078 38,297

15.70 10.47 18.32 10.95 13.02 18.41

Geological and Petroleum Technicians 19-4041 8 30 35.79 34,840 9.36 26,890 38,815 26,793 29,456 38,245

16.75 12.92 18.66 12.88 14.16 18.38

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-4091 12 50 6.86 39,482 8.45 27,447 45,499 31,146 36,907 47,396

18.99 13.20 21.88 14.97 17.74 22.79

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 19-4099 8 30 5.33 30,813 3.80 22,276 35,080 25,044 34,587 34,600

14.81 10.71 16.87 12.04 16.63 16.64

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NOTES

'Current' denotes 4th Quarter 2011. Wages are base year 2011, aged forward using the Employment Cost Index.

Entry Wage: Average of the lowest 1/3 employed.

Experienced Wage: Average of the highest 2/3 employed.

Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

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.

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.

Hourly wage rates for occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available.