"The Poopsmith is a great guy, he just has a crappy job"

Earlier this year I received a survey about income in the life sciences. I received an email today listing the results. I can also purchase software to look at all the data for the low low price of $262 (1/2 off!!), but since my job is second to the bottom of the list I'll just have to wait. Here are the results.

In general those working in the life sciences have a median income of $74,000.
However, 10% make less than $39,430 and 10% make more than $147,863, with some making in excess of $1,000,000.

By job function/level/tenure status, some of the interquartile ranges reported were:

Research VPs/Directors ... $100,750 - $179,625
"Distinguished" Researchers ... $103,875 - $197,750
Professors (11-12 month appointment - tenured) ... $100,000 -
$158,500
Research Managers ... $97,150 - $177,000
Presidents/Managing Directors ... $88,000 - $237,500
Laboratory Directors ... $70,200 - $127,493
Research Unit Supervisors ... $74,000 - $117,750
Government Section Heads ... $70,500 - $125,400
Professors (9-10 month appointment - tenured) ... $65,000 -
$103,000
Senior Consultants ... $58,500 - $104,600
Laboratory Managers ... $51,150 - $80,000
Assistant Professors (9-10 month appointment - on tenure track)
.. $49,365 - $66,562
Medical Technologists/Clinical Laboratory Scientists ... $48,280
- $64,000
Intermediate Researchers ... $41,000 - $70,000
Secondary School Teachers ... $41,750 - $60,000
Post-Doctoral Researchers in Academia (11-12 month appointment)
.. $36,998 - $45,000
Intermediate Research Technicians ... $29,800 - $41,587

Overall, median incomes in the life sciences were greatest in the following areas:

West New Jersey ... $130,000
New Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia ... $110,105
Mobile, AL ... $100,350
San Jose, CA ... $100,000
San Francisco, CA & vicinity ... $97,500
Ventura County, CA ... $96,000
Middlesex-Essex Counties, MA ... $96,000
Toledo, OH ... $95,000
Hartford, CT ... $95,000
Nassau/Suffolk Counties, NY ... $94,839

The lowest incomes of life scientists were found in:

Columbia, SC ... $45,000
Jacksonville, FL ... $50,000
Huntsville, AL ... $52,325
South Bend, IN ... $53,487
Grand Rapids, MI ... $55,800
Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, IA ... $57,700
Tampa/St. Petersburg/Bradenton/Sarasota, FL ... $58,000
Pittsburgh, PA ... $58,000
Phoenix, AZ ... $59,000
Tallahassee, FL ... $59,100

The median incomes in the dozens of other metropolitan areas studied fell between $60,000 and $93,000