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Median salary for chemists as a group rose substantially faster than inflation for third year
|
|
% annual change |
| $ Thousands |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
1998-99 |
1994-99 |
1989-99 |
| CHEMISTS' MEDIAN SALARYa |
| B.S. |
$37.0 |
$39.0 |
$40.3 |
$42.0 |
$43.5 |
$44.3 |
$45.4 |
$45.0 |
$49.4 |
$49.6 |
$50.1 |
1.0% |
2.5% |
3.0% |
| M.S. |
43.0 |
45.0 |
47.4 |
50.0 |
51.5 |
52.0 |
53.5 |
53.6 |
56.2 |
57.7 |
61.0 |
5.7 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
| Ph.D. |
52.5 |
55.0 |
58.0 |
60.0 |
62.8 |
65.0 |
66.0 |
68.0 |
71.0 |
73.3 |
76.0 |
3.7 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
| All chemists |
47.3 |
49.8 |
52.0 |
54.6 |
56.0 |
57.9 |
59.7 |
60.0 |
63.0 |
65.0 |
68.0 |
4.6 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
| Change in Consumer Price Index |
1.7 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
a Median base annual salary of chemists employed full time as of March 1, 1999. Source: ACS survey
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