The Scientist Salary Report 2007

Life Sciences Salary Report 2007 Find out which fields and regions are paying best. By Edyta Zielinska Related Articles Salary by job title and years of experience Salary by specialization and years of experience, listed in order of highest median entry level salary Median salaries by area of specialization Median salary of a scientific researcher by region and the additional funds needed to match the living standard of the average American r

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Salary by job title and years of experience

Salary by specialization and years of experience, listed in order of highest median entry level salary

Median salaries by area of specialization

Median salary of a scientific researcher by region and the additional funds needed to match the living standard of the average American renter

Salaries for women still lag

Median Salary for a scientific researcher by city

How to negotiate a better salary

Straight out of a postdoc at the University of Southern California in 1970 and looking for his first faculty position, Alvin Crumbliss wanted a place that would buffer him through the first challenging years of becoming an independent scientist. Of the four positions he was considering, all offered a competitive salary, which at the time was less than $20,000 - about what a graduate student today would be paid for an assistantship.

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