Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Biochemistry, anyone?

2 decades ago, biochemistry, genetic engineering, all that stuff was considered the future. I met 3 biochem PhD's in Beijing who laughed at their own past expectations. Now all of them are in the financial business. I got curious and looked up salaries of professors in various disciplines. I believe they reflect what the ultimate market demand needs. Indeed, business, legal, engineering professors command the highest average salaries in the US. Biological and biomedical professors are not among the highest paid. This is corroborating evidence of what I was told by 3 Beijing biochem PhDs:

March 14, 2008
Average Faculty Salaries By Field and Rank at 4-Year Colleges and Universities, 2007-8

Professor
Associate professor
Assistant professor *
New assistant professor
Instructor
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences
$86,062
$68,259
$58,360
$57,963
$43,527
Architecture and related services
$93,591
$72,024
$58,808
$56,695
$46,345
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies
$94,700
$71,014
$56,271
$56,035
$45,311
Biological and biomedical sciences
$86,146
$64,836
$54,610
$54,209
$41,938
Business, management, marketing, and related support services
$102,965
$86,633
$79,910
$86,640
$53,937
Communication, journalism, and related programs
$80,514
$61,745
$51,401
$50,469
$42,420
Communications technologies/ technicians and support services
$85,704
$63,950
$52,317
$42,519
$43,571
Computer and information sciences and support services
$96,180
$78,784
$68,954
$71,889
$48,859
Education
$79,281
$62,672
$53,075
$52,128
$43,639
Engineering
$107,134
$82,857
$72,734
$71,802
$55,364
Engineering technologies/technicians
$82,525
$68,513
$59,710
$59,335
$46,190
English language and literature/letters
$76,793
$59,949
$49,528
$48,289
$39,834
Family and consumer sciences/ human sciences
$81,482
$64,400
$53,667
$53,646
$42,709
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
$82,094
$62,564
$51,621
$49,802
$40,638
Health professions and related clinical sciences
$88,748
$70,801
$59,091
$60,088
$50,015
History
$79,409
$60,523
$50,076
$49,314
$41,103
Legal professions and studies
$129,527
$94,444
$79,684
$78,901
$63,174
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities
$81,626
$61,707
$49,876
$49,832
$41,788
Library science
$82,225
$65,266
$52,553
$54,108
$47,491
Mathematics and statistics
$81,818
$63,728
$53,800
$53,787
$40,971
Multi/interdisciplinary studies
$87,674
$66,784
$54,166
$51,338
$39,948
Natural resources and conservation
$87,676
$67,417
$56,735
$56,809
$46,053
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies
$76,038
$62,002
$50,894
$50,628
$42,702
Philosophy and religious studies
$81,464
$61,686
$51,183
$50,059
$40,228
Physical sciences
$85,294
$64,835
$54,782
$54,359
$42,403
Psychology
$80,546
$62,491
$52,825
$52,153
$42,896
Public administration and social-service professions
$85,477
$66,152
$54,268
$53,619
$44,677
Security and protective services
$80,766
$63,683
$52,340
$52,417
$43,618
Science technologies/technicians
$101,406
$69,155
$58,278
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Social sciences
$85,729
$65,680
$55,052
$55,243
$43,667
Theology and religious vocations
$69,855
$57,790
$49,214
$51,105
$42,687
Visual and performing arts
$76,293
$60,204
$49,821
$48,004
$41,608
* Includes data for new assistant professors.

Source: College and University Professional Association for Human Resources

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