Bioengineers Get Top Pay: Survey

 

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 20, 2001 --- Bioengineering, bioinformatics and clinical research are among the top three paying areas of the life sciences, according to a new survey.

 

The survey by the trade journal The Scientist and Abbott, Langer & Assoc. shows median salaries plus cash compensation for jobs in the three areas that range from $75,000 to $77,000.

This is 36 percent to 40 percent higher than median pay for all of the life sciences together.

For bioinformatics professionals who also hold medical degrees, median pay rises to $95,000, according to the survey of 23,933 subscribers to the journal and 29,172 registrants at the publication's web site. The survey produced 7,902 usable responses.

 

Ranked fourth in the survey was pathology with a median income of $72,300, followed in order by drug discovery and toxicology, both at $72,000; pharmacology, $70,000; biophysics and biotechnology, both at $65,000; and veterinary science, $63,700. (source)