How much do you make?

Fill out our annual Salary Survey to help us calculate the most current salary data for life scientists

Written byJef Akst

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While last year's Salary Survey saw drops in salaries across the board, a few select fields bucked the trend. Specifically, bioinformatics, biophysics, biotechnology, and neuroscience all saw increases in the median salaries of our respondents. Which fields will fare best this year?Take 5 minutes to tell us how you're doing in this year's Salary Survey. We'll linkurl:break it down;http://www.the-scientist.com/salarysurvey/ by life science specializations, geographic location, degree, job title and more, and report the results in our November issue this year. The more responses we get, the more robust and current the data will be. So fill out the survey today, and encourage your friends to do so as well.Click linkurl:here;https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BY3Q7MS for the survey.
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Jef Akst
Jef (an unusual nickname for Jennifer) got her master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses. After four years of diving off the Gulf Coast of Tampa and performing behavioral experiments at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, she left research to pursue a career in science writing. As The Scientist's managing editor, Jef edited features and oversaw the production of the TS Digest and quarterly print magazine. In 2022, her feature on uterus transplantation earned first place in the trade category of the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers.
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