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UPCOMING EVENTS

Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia 2nd Committee Meeting
Washington, DC
January 11, 2012

Conference: Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Woman in Academia
Washington, DC
June 7-8, 2012

PAST EVENTS

CWSEM Committee Meeting
Irvine, CA
November 17-19, 2011

Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia 1st Committee Meeting
Washington, DC
October 9-10, 2011

Workshop Blueprint for the Future: Framing the Issues of Women in Science in a Global Context
Washington, DC
April 4, 2011
Agenda & Presentations

CWSEM Roundtable of Representatives from Federal Agencies & Professional Societies 
Washington, DC
November 4, 2010

Agenda
Presentations and Handouts

 


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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