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The almost half of last year's Ph.D. chemistry
graduates who took full-time jobs . . .
|
Employed
full-time |
Employed
part-time |
Postdoc |
Unemployed |
|---|
| Chemistry |
48% |
2% |
45% |
3% |
| Chemical engineering |
72 |
1 |
24 |
3 |
| Physics |
50 |
4 |
43 |
2 |
| Geophysics & related sciences |
46 |
3 |
49 |
2 |
| Mathematics |
70 |
4 |
24 |
2 |
. . . are paid about as well as other new science Ph.D.s
|
|
|
|
Education |
| Median full-time salary,
$ thousands |
All |
Business/ industry |
Government |
9- to 10-month
contract |
11- to 12-month
contract |
| Chemistry |
$59.5 |
$60.0 |
$53.0 |
$35.5 |
$32.5 |
| Chemical engineering |
66.0 |
67.0 |
-- |
52.0 |
-- |
| Physics |
60.0 |
64.0 |
59.5 |
36.8 |
42.5 |
| Geophysics & related sciences |
53.7 |
64.6 |
52.3 |
37.5 |
40.2 |
| Mathematics |
41.0 |
65.0 |
58.6 |
37.0 |
54.5 |
Note: Median salary of new Ph.D. graduates as of week of Oct. 12, 1998. Source: Multisociety survey
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