Mean Annual Salary for Earth Scientists, by Occupational Category, Employment Sector, and Level of Education

  Atmospheric and Space Scientists Geologists Oceanographers Astronomer Mining and Geological Engineers Undifferentiated Earth Science Professors K12 Earth Science Teachers
  Bachelor's Master's Doctorate Bachelor's Master's Doctorate Bachelor's Master's Doctorate Bachelor's Master's Doctorate Bachelor's Master's Doctorate Bachelor's Master's Doctorate Bachelor's Master's Doctorate
Academia 48,800 47,900 57,000 32,300

19,600

 51,000 - 28,900 64,900 25,500 - 56,900 - - 33,000 30,000 50,200 53,600 31,500 37,200 46,800
Business/Industry                                          
Mining - - - 55,900 49,900 - - - - - - - 38,300 52,000 - - - - - - -
Petroleum - - - 52,200 79,000 81,200 - - - - - - 67,200 74,400 - - - - - - -
Environmental 40,500 45,800 - 43,700 52,300 64,500 29,800 50,000 - - - - 58,500 55,300 - - - - - - -
Industry Mean 45,900 47,000 70,700 47,800 60,000 77,300 39,700 54,900 - 29,300 - 59,600 51,900 58,300 84,800 - - - - - -
Consultants                                          
Petroleum - - - 80,000 58,600 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Environmental - - 96,000 75,300 69,000 150,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Consultants Mean - - 96,000 59,000 61,000 150,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Federal Government                                          
Mining - - - - - - - - - - - - 59,000 - - - - - - - -
Petroleum - - - 37,900 51,000 65,200 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Environmental 44,500 55,680 72,300 40,100 45,800 72,200 - 45,200 - - - - 42,600 31,000 - - - - - - -
Federal Mean 43,600 54,300 72,600 40,200 46,800 73,400 33,100 45,200 41,000 67,000 40,300 74,200 44,300 37,000 - - - - - - -
State/Local Government 24,700 35,200 - 40,800 43,500 61,900 - - - - - - 50,700 - - 39,200 38,500 - - - -

Data is from the NSF National Survey of College Graduates, 1993
Data reflects status as of 15 April 1993
- = Insufficient data

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