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Table 3-19
Median annual salary of recent doctorate recipients 1–5 years after receiving degree, by type of employment: 2006
(Dollars)
Field	All sectors	Private	Tenure track	Postdoc	Other education	Nonprofit/ government
All S&E fields	52,000	80,000	53,000	40,000	48,500	68,000
Computer/mathematical sciences	64,000	90,000	62,000	48,500	48,000	S
Engineering	70,000	80,000	71,000	40,000	56,000	80,000
Life sciences	42,600	74,000	57,000	40,000	48,000	60,000
Physical sciences	53,000	78,000	50,500	42,000	48,000	76,000
Social sciences	51,300	65,000	52,000	39,600	50,000	62,000