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Zoology
The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated
with a degree in Zoology. We have separated the tables
depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the
bachelors degree in Zoology, and those who get either a masters
in Zoology, a Ph.D. in Zoology.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in
Zoology some students with a bachelors degree in Zoology will get advanced
degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees
that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Zoology.
Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary,
it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students
in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others
place students in many different income categories. For this reason,
we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Zoology Salaries.
Histogram of Zoology Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Zoology who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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Histogram of Zoology Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Zoology while an undergraduate.
The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.
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Bachelors Degree
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Zoology.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$60,344 26 14.36 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$46,035 15 8.29 Biological scientists (e.g., botanists, ecologists, zoologists)
$45,643 14 7.73 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
$61,493 8 4.42 Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
$47,663 8 4.42 Chemists, except biochemists
$35,425 7 3.87 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$31,999 7 3.87 Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
$40,009 6 3.31 OTHER management related occupations
$34,025 6 3.31 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$31,767 6 3.31 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$41,160 5 2.76 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$38,736 5 2.76 OTHER biological/life scientists
$24,696 5 2.76 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$50,080 4 2.21 Engineers: Environmental
$80,304 4 2.21 Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
$30,680 4 2.21 Construction trades, miners and well drillers
$56,996 3 1.66 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$25,580 3 1.66 Biochemists and biophysicists
$63,333 3 1.66 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$44,758 3 1.66 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$55,518 2 1.10 Teachers: Elementary
$57,500 2 1.10 Engineers: Mechanical
$47,500 2 1.10 Computer system analysts
$60,000 2 1.10 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$46,662 2 1.10 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153)
$69,000 2 1.10 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$36,276 2 1.10 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$24,800 2 1.10 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$36,036 2 1.10 OTHER health occupations
$34,700 2 1.10 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$30,500 2 1.10 Computer engineer - software
$29,360 2 1.10 Mechanics and repairers
$27,550 2 1.10 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$24,908 2 1.10 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$18,000 1 .55 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$21,000 1 .55 Transportation/material moving occupations
$21,600 1 .55 Teachers: Special education - primary and secondary
$22,812 1 .55 Atmospheric and space scientists
$23,000 1 .55 Historians, science and technology
$40,000 1 .55 Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences
$33,600 1 .55 Professors: OTHER health specialties
$36,000 1 .55 OTHER service occupations, except health
$36,000 1 .55 Professors: Trade and Industrial
$37,000 1 .55 Agricultural and food scientists
$38,000 1 .55 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
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Masters
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree
in Zoology.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$44,258 17 27.42 Biological scientists (e.g., botanists, ecologists, zoologists)
$35,904 7 11.29 Professors: Biological Sciences
$28,525 4 6.45 OTHER management related occupations
$34,250 4 6.45 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$55,686 4 6.45 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$45,308 4 6.45 Agricultural and food scientists
$47,533 3 4.84 Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
$36,431 3 4.84 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$42,098 3 4.84 OTHER biological/life scientists
$43,893 3 4.84 Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
$150,000 1 1.61 Professors: Medical Science
$78,000 1 1.61 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
$75,000 1 1.61 Engineers: Environmental
$72,000 1 1.61 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$27,000 1 1.61 OTHER service occupations, except health
$45,000 1 1.61 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$36,788 1 1.61 Chemists, except biochemists
$35,000 1 1.61 Engineers: Agricultural
$31,200 1 1.61 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
$28,000 1 1.61 Computer system analysts
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Ph.D.
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in
Zoology.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$42,045 20 35.09 Biological scientists (e.g., botanists, ecologists, zoologists)
$57,680 13 22.81 Professors: Biological Sciences
$70,200 7 12.28 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$62,150 2 3.51 OTHER postsecondary
$49,550 2 3.51 Professors: Medical Science
$95,000 2 3.51 Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
$59,750 2 3.51 Biochemists and biophysicists
$28,600 1 1.75 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$95,000 1 1.75 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$72,696 1 1.75 Professors: Earth, Environmental, and Marine Science
$52,000 1 1.75 Professors: OTHER natural sciences
$60,000 1 1.75 Agricultural and food scientists
$49,500 1 1.75 Professors: Agriculture
$45,828 1 1.75 Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
$43,000 1 1.75 Professors: Theology
$32,600 1 1.75 Statisticians
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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Zoology
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$36,680 18 14.29 Zoology, general
$39,169 16 12.70 Biology, general
$56,523 13 10.32 Business administration and management
$46,724 10 7.94 OTHER biological sciences
$55,285 5 3.97 Physiology, human and animal
$33,240 5 3.97 Education: OTHER education
$48,055 5 3.97 Microbiology
$37,128 4 3.17 OTHER conservation/renewable natural resources
$47,150 4 3.17 Education: Science teacher education
$61,103 3 2.38 Public administration
$53,450 3 2.38 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
$36,307 3 2.38 Ecology
$48,615 3 2.38 Education: Administration
$72,000 2 1.59 Pharmacology, human and animal
$95,000 2 1.59 Health services administration
$47,500 2 1.59 Environmental science studies
$117,000 2 1.59 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
$16,920 2 1.59 Psychology: General
$37,620 2 1.59 Psychology: Counseling
$33,378 2 1.59 Oceanography
$31,054 2 1.59 Botany
$28,783 1 .79 Chemistry
$20,000 1 .79 Forestry sciences (Except management)
$21,000 1 .79 Communications, general
$78,000 1 .79 Cell and molecular biology
$76,000 1 .79 Engineering: Environmental
$24,000 1 .79 OTHER physical sciences
$68,000 1 .79 Biochemistry and biophysics
$68,000 1 .79 Biochemistry
$66,000 1 .79 Computer science
$44,000 1 .79 Education: Pre-elementary teacher education
$60,000 1 .79 Statistics
$60,000 1 .79 Engineering: Bioengineering and biomedical
$31,000 1 .79 Library Science
$31,200 1 .79 OTHER business management/administrative services
$52,478 1 .79 Health/medical technologies
$52,364 1 .79 Engineering: Industrial production technologies
$52,000 1 .79 OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
$32,000 1 .79 OTHER agricultural sciences
$35,000 1 .79 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Zoology
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$57,277 15 18.07 Zoology, general
$53,316 11 13.25 OTHER biological sciences
$59,840 11 13.25 Physiology, human and animal
$76,999 7 8.43 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
$41,599 7 8.43 Biology, general
$74,200 5 6.02 Cell and molecular biology
$66,511 5 6.02 Biochemistry and biophysics
$66,511 5 6.02 Biochemistry
$36,928 3 3.61 Pharmacology, human and animal
$81,500 2 2.41 Genetics, animal and plant
$115,500 2 2.41 Microbiology
$45,000 2 2.41 Ecology
$39,578 2 2.41 Anthropology and archeology
$35,800 2 2.41 Psychology: Clinical
$57,000 1 1.20 OTHER psychology
$60,000 1 1.20 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
$63,000 1 1.20 Education: Science teacher education
$55,000 1 1.20 Statistics
$51,000 1 1.20 Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
$78,000 1 1.20 OTHER agricultural sciences
$104,000 1 1.20 OTHER foreign languages and literature
$104,000 1 1.20 Sociology
$32,000 1 1.20 Journalism
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Other Professiona Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Zoology
Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$93,694 215 94.71 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
$35,000 3 1.32 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$46,372 2 .88 Pharmacy
$90,000 2 .88 Zoology, general
$108,500 2 .88 Medical preparatory programs (e.g., pre-dentistry, pre-medical, pre-veterinary)
$31,000 1 .44 OTHER communications
$41,600 1 .44 Health/medical technologies
$80,400 1 .44 OTHER health/medical sciences
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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com