Comparative Occupational Wages 2011: Total all industries in Workforce Investment Area 4

Comparative Occupational Wages 2011 (4th Quarter)
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Total all industries

Workforce Investment Area 4

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 45 360 8.89 47,762 3.95 31,258 56,014 34,226 40,785 57,608

22.96 15.03 26.93 16.46 19.61 27.70

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-1023 3 10 5.78 49,336 2.92 38,957 54,526 38,754 47,892 57,467

23.72 18.72 26.21 18.63 23.03 27.63

Chemists 19-2031 6 40 42.27 65,908 4.52 36,073 80,826 38,195 66,769 88,672

31.69 17.34 38.85 18.36 32.10 42.63

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 19-2041 3 30 3.98 53,410 13.45 31,291 64,469 33,511 49,551 58,224

25.68 15.04 31.00 16.12 23.82 28.00

Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 19-3031 13 60 15.48 54,405 7.29 31,706 65,756 34,669 51,682 68,790

26.16 15.24 31.61 16.67 24.85 33.07

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-4091 11 40 13.70 39,502 5.60 30,096 44,205 33,646 40,614 45,210

19.00 14.47 21.25 16.18 19.53 21.74

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 19-4099 3 20 32.72 42,435 7.74 30,653 48,326 34,200 42,554 48,188

20.40 14.74 23.23 16.45 20.46 23.17

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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.