Buoyed by strong demand for personnel to conduct research and development programs in the quest for new products, average annual salaries for pharmaceutical scientists rose significantly in 1990, a recently released survey found. However, according to the study, the recession dampened starting pay during the same year. Healthy gains were posted by professionals in government, industry, and academia, according to the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), which sponsored the

Average salaries for government scientists kept pace with inflation between 1988 and 1990, according to the latest published data from the Washington, D.C.-based Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology. Yet according to the findings, based on material compiled every two years by the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the average pay for women and minority government scientists was lower than the average for all men. The findings indicate that pay increased as a

The median starting salaries for new holders of doctorates in mathematics who are launching careers in academia rose only slightly last year, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and released late last fall. The relatively small salary increases over the 1990 levels were primarily a result of budget pressures at many universities, according to the survey authors. More New Grads Also holding the rise to modest levels--3 percent for men and just 2.2

DISCIPLINE 2 7 10 15 18 24-25 Atmos., Earth, Marine and Space Science $2,864 $3,555 $3,848 $4,214 $4,625 $5,221 Biological Science N/A 2,975 3,748 3,457 3,651 4,021 Chemistry N/A 3,066 3,168 3,544 4,063 4,727 Computer Science 3,189 3,819 4,170 4,483 4,722 5,130 Mathematics 3,171 3,882 4,479 5,000 4,833 5,673 Optics/Lasers 3,669 3,571 4,430 4,758 4,447 5,467 Physics 3,370 3,405 4,414 4,584 4,872 5,349 Source: The Hay Group, 1991

Base pay for many research-and-development scientists was restrained by economic forces in 1990, with increases in some cases managing only to match the rate of inflation, according to a survey report recently released by the Washington, D.C.-based Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology. For instance, chemists with a bachelor's degree and two years' experience made an average of $2,465 per month in 1990, 4.2 percent more than in 1989. Atmospheric scientists with a master's deg

Editor's Note: This story is the second in a two-part series on the National Science Foundation's Biennial Ph.D. Survey. The first part, which focused on the salaries of men and women scientists, appeared in the Aug. 19, 1991, issue of The Scientist. The study was conducted by the National Science Foundation in 1989 for release this year. NSF surveyed 73,611 Ph.D. scientists of varying levels of experience, with a response rate of 55 percent. The findings show that the median annual sala

Editor's Note: This story, which discusses the salaries of men and women scientists, is the first of a two-part series on the National Science Foundation's Biennial Ph.D. Survey. The second part, which will focus on the salaries of scientists in various ethnic groups, will appear in the Sept. 16, 1991, issue of The Scientist. Reinforcing the widely held belief that women scientists face inequalities in compensation, a recent National Science Foundation survey reveals that female Ph.D. research

The mean annual salary for most research and development managers--including directors and supervisors--rose in 1990 as compared with 1989, according to a new survey by Abbott, Langer & Associates, a management-consulting firm based in Crete, Ill. Although recessionary indicators forced many companies to pare their R&D spending, many managers continued to receive increases based on cost-of-living adjustments, larger workloads, and additional projects. Abbott, Langer received responses from 244

Editor's Note: This article, which discusses the salaries of nonsupervisory research-and-development personnel, is the first of a two-part series. The second part, dealing with the salaries of supervisory R&D professionals, will appear in the July 22 issue. The mean salary for research-and-development specialists--including a wide range of professionals in the physical and life sciences--fluctuated greatly in 1990 as compared with the prior year, according to a new survey by Abbott, Langer &

Editor's Note: This article, which discusses the salaries of executives at biotechnology companies, is the second in a two-part series. The first part, which appeared in the April 29, 1991, issue of The Scientist, dealt with the salaries of middle managers and scientific staff at biotech firms. The average total cash compensation for most biotechnology executives fell this year, according to an annual survey by J. Robert Scott, a Boston-based executive search firm specializing in technology, a

Author: EDWARD R. SILVERMAN, p.21 Editor's Note: The following discussion of the salaries of mid-level managers and scientific staffers at biotechnology companies is the first in a two-part series. The second part, which will appear in the May 27, 1991, issue of The Scientist, will deal with the salaries of executives at biotech firms. While base pay for scientific managers is rising significantly at United States biotechnology companies, there appears to be no dramatic movement upward in sal

Salaries for most pharmaceutical scientists rose in 1989, reflecting the ongoing development of new drug products and the need to keep pace with inflation, according to the latest annual survey conducted by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. The 5,350-member association, based in Alexandria, Va., represents a wide range of science professionals who design, test, market, and develop drugs. For scientists working in industry--the bulk of those responding--1989 salaries rose