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1990 MEAN ANNUAL SALARIES OF SUPERVISORY R&D PERSONNEL (The Scientist, Vol:5, #15, pg. 20, July 22, 1991) (Copyright, The Scientist, Inc.) ---------- Job Title Salary Directors (all) $76,946 Directors, life sciences 86,213 Directors, biochemistry 75,922 Directors, physical sciences 75,212 Directors, chemistry 77,049 Managers (all) 65,614 Managers, life sciences 58,580 Managers, physical sciences 73,216 Section heads (all) 65,870 Section heads, life sciences 67,062 Section head

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Job Title Salary

Directors (all) $76,946 Directors, life sciences 86,213 Directors, biochemistry 75,922 Directors, physical sciences 75,212 Directors, chemistry 77,049 Managers (all) 65,614 Managers, life sciences 58,580 Managers, physical sciences 73,216 Section heads (all) 65,870 Section heads, life sciences 67,062 Section heads, biochemistry 70,467 Section heads, biology 57,340 Section heads, 60,497 physical sciences Section heads, chemistry 64,306 Unit supervisors (all) 49,638 Unit supervisors, 51,448 life sciences Unit supervisors, 49,929 physical sciences Unit supervisors, chemistry 48,742

Source: Abbott, Langer & Associates

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