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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 3-21

           

Salary and benefits of U.S. S&E doctorate holders in postdoc positions: 2006

             
 

Median salary ($)

 

Benefits (%)

S&E field

Academic postdoc

Nonacademic postdoc

Nonpostdocs 1–3 years after degree

 

Medical

Retirement

All fields

40,000

48,000

60,000

 

90.1

48.9

Engineering

40,000

60,000

71,400

 

92.4

56.2

Life sciences

40,000

44,000

55,000

 

92.9

47.7

Mathematics/computer sciences

47,000

55,000

72,000

 

93.0

69.1

Physical sciences

40,000

55,000

63,000

 

92.7

54.7

Social sciences

40,000

50,000

53,000

 

75.0

44.8