All New Graduates Year Salary 1960 $ 6,500 1965 8,000 1970 11,000 1975 12,800 1980 17,100 1985 25,000 1989 31,000 1990 32,000 1991 33,000 1992 34,000 Men Year Salary 1989 $30,500 1990 32,000 1991 33,000 1992 34,000 Women Year Salary 1989 $31,000 1990 32,500 1991 33,200 1992 34,900 Source: American Mathematical Society/Mathematical Association of America Indeed, Brown's McClure notes that this continues a trend that, two years ago, prompted one former Ph.D. student he knows to accep

Chemists who are contemplating career alternatives in today's highly competitive job market might want to consider an emerging specialty: chemical information. Information professionals perform a wide variety of tasks, including library research, patent research, marketing research, preparation of customer service materials, acquisition of books and journals for libraries, and updates of electronic research systems. As computer networks, online databases, and various types of document delive

Survey: Female Toxicologists Earn Less Author: EDWARD R. SILVERMAN The average salary for most toxicologists has been rising, prompted by increased hiring, according to a recently released survey. Demand for toxicologists in 1991 was strongest at consulting firms, at contract laboratories (independent labs that conduct research for companies or government), and in industry, particularly at pharmaceutical and consumer products companies, accord- ing to Shayne Gad, who compiled the data for th

The median starting salaries for most new chemistry graduates rose slightly last year, according to a survey recently conducted by the American Chemical Society. Although the pay increases were modest, they were prompted by continued hiring by pharmaceutical companies, as well as efforts by industry and academia to keep pace with inflation, according to several recruiting experts. Bachelor's graduates received a median salary of $24,000, a 4.3 percent increase over the 1991 level. Joan Burrel

Date: December 7, 1992 Median salaries for most geology faculty rose sharply in the 1991-92 academic year, according to a recently released survey by the Alexandria, Va.-based American geological Institute (AGI). These results are surprising to some geology professors, who contend that salaries have been dampened by the recession. An AGI official acknowledges that the survey may not give a totally accurate picture of faculty pay. A separate AGI study of starting salaries for new graduates sh

The range of average salaries paid to agronomy professors with Ph.D.'s at government-funded schools, including land-grant colleges, was stagnant in the 1991-92 academic year, a recent survey has found. The static salaries for these researchers, who study soil management and field-crop production, are a reflection of the downturn in the economy, according to officials at the Madison, Wis.-based American Society of Agronomy. The society co- sponsored the survey with the Crop Science Society of Am

Spurred by a shortage of qualified personnel, mean annual salaries paid to scientists working in independent laboratories rose sharply in 1990 compared with compensation levels two years earlier, a recent survey has found. Bench scientists with expertise in analyzing a wide variety of items--including food, blood, air, and water--received pay increases that outpaced inflation, according to the American Council of Independent Laboratories Inc. (ACIL). The nonprofit group, based in Washingt

Salaries for college and university faculty rose in the 1991-92 academic year by an average of 3.5 percent, which was the smallest annual increase in more than 20 years, according to a recent survey by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Science faculty were among those affected by the across-the-board dip in pay raises, say science professors at schools across the United States. Adjusted for inflation, the average pay hike for all faculty was 0.4 percent. Even when newly

Medical schools and hospitals paid their research scientists higher average salaries last year than during the previous two years, according to a recently released survey conducted by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Annual actual salaries for medical research scientists reached an average of $36,485 in 1991, a 17.4 percent increase over the 1989 level and 26.8 percent more than the 1990 figure, according to the survey. The institution polled 33 hospitals, 11 medical scho

Salaries for computer scientists specializing in software design rose last year over 1990 levels, according to a recently released survey by the Massachusetts Computer Software Council. Pay increases were attributable to a growth in the number of start-up companies, which offered new job opportunities for software professionals, council officials say. While the recession eliminated jobs at larger companies, particularly among defense contractors and computer manufacturers, computer scientist

New science graduates who have not yet completed their job searches may get an idea of their employment prospects by taking a look at the offers that were made to graduates of the California Institute of Technology last year. The annual Caltech student employment survey, conducted by the school's career development center, found that the mean salary offers made to June 1991 graduates were higher than those made to the previous year's class. The rise occurred despite the recession and its dampe

Continued industry growth and the rush to develop new products had a hand in raising average annual salaries for scientists working in biotechnology in 1991, according to a recently released survey. The increases also reflected additional funds raised in stock offerings. These helped pay for new or expanded research projects, many of which necessitated hiring more staff, often at higher salaries, according to J. Robert Scott, a Boston-based consulting firm that conducted the survey. Among the