PHD Salaries
PhDs working in industry earn more than those in government and those in academia. About half of all PhDs take a postdoctoral appointment in a university or college as their first position after earning their degrees. These temporary positions involve research and the pay is not as high as with a permanent position. Permanent first positions are mostly found in the private sector.
Average National PHD Salaries
| Associate
Director Clinical Research Associate Director Drug Safety Biochemist Biologist Biochemist Biomedical Engineer Biomedical Engineer Director Biostatistician Chemist Clinical Research Scientist Director Drug Safety Director of Biostatistics Director of Clinical Research Director of Medical Affairs Endocrinologist Epidemiologist Geneticist Microbiologist Pharmacologist Physicist Postdoctorate Scientist Research & Development Associate Research & Development Director Scientist (Biotech) Senior Scientist Toxicologist |
$81,000 $83,420 $53,380 $42,820 $55,262 $58,100 $71,545 $69,613 $74,310 $62,660 $90,700 $105,300 $99,820 $100,090 $120,750 $54,455 $113,111 $55,279 $84,048 $90,864 $46,242 $87,795 $104,000 $98,470 $114,038 $61,072 |