Geoscience Currents #24 examines the latest salary data in geoscience professions. U.S. Geoscience salaries for all geoscience-related professions continue to exceed the national mean salary for all other science occupations in 2008. Petroleum engineering salaries lead all other geoscience occupations at $119,400, and salaries for geoscientists (except hydrologists and geographers) averaged $89,300. Salaries for environmental scientists and specialists averaged $65,280, just $1,000 over the national average for other science occupations. Read more in Geoscience Currents #24.
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