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Table 2692a. Percentage distribution of annual salary (in US dollar) in 2012, sorted by organization type. The microscopes included are i) Stereo light, upright light, inverted light, and confocal microscopes, ii) FTIR and Raman microspectrophotometer, iii) Scanning probe, AFM, NSOM, iv) SEM, TEM, STEM, EDS, EELS, and v) Digital imaging equipment. The highest percentage is marked in red. $1K = $1,000.
|
Average |
≤ 20K |
21-30K |
31-40K |
41-50K |
51-60K |
61-70K |
71-80K |
81-90K |
91-110K |
111-150K |
≥151K |
Total |
Academic
|
62K
|
5.76% |
4.47% |
11.7% |
15.1% |
16.8% |
10.7% |
11.7% |
8.52% |
8.59% |
4.47%
|
3.26% |
100% |
Industrial
|
76K
|
|
|
5.16% |
8.98%
|
12.7%
|
16.5%
|
9.28%
|
16.0% |
22.2%
|
9.47% |
0.59% |
100% |
Governmental
|
73K
|
|
|
6.55% |
9.74%
|
11.5%
|
16.2%
|
21.1%
|
14.4% |
12.9% |
6.55% |
1.58% |
100% |
Clinical
|
57K
|
|
4.08% |
12.2% |
16.2%
|
24.2%
|
28.2%
|
8.06%
|
8.13% |
|
|
|
100% |
Vendor/supplier |
86K
|
|
|
5.07% |
2.43%
|
9.87%
|
7.37%
|
9.74%
|
12.4% |
19.6%
|
24.5% |
9.74% |
100% |
Consulting |
68K |
|
1.00% |
5.99% |
11.9% |
17.8% |
17.8% |
5.86% |
11.8% |
17.7% |
|
5.99% |
100% |
Table 2692b. Percentage distribution of annual salary (in US dollar) in 2012, sorted by different application fields. Biological Sciences includes biology, biotech, biomaterials, medicine, and pharmaceuticals, Physical Sciences includes materials science, nanotechnology, semiconductors, and forensics, and Traditional Sciences includes chemistry, physics, geology, earth and environmental sciences. The microscopes included are i) Stereo light, upright light, inverted light, and confocal microscopes, ii) FTIR and Raman microspectrophotometer, iii) Scanning probe, AFM, NSOM, iv) SEM, TEM, STEM, EDS, EELS, and v) Digital imaging equipment. The highest percentage is marked in red. $1K = $1,000
|
Average |
≤ 20K |
21-30K |
31-40K |
41-50K |
51-60K |
61-70K |
71-80K |
81-90K |
91-110K |
111-150K |
≥151K |
Total |
Biological Sciences |
64K |
1.6%
|
4.0%
|
10.3% |
15.8% |
17.5% |
12.2%
|
11.3% |
9.3% |
10.4% |
6.2% |
1.4% |
100% |
Physical Sciences |
73K |
3.4% |
0.5% |
5.7% |
9.5% |
10.7% |
14.1% |
13.0% |
14.6% |
16.8% |
9.3% |
2.7% |
100% |
Traditional Sciences |
68K |
2.8% |
1.4% |
9.7% |
8.2% |
15.2% |
19.4% |
6.9% |
14.0% |
15.3% |
5.6% |
1.4% |
100% |
Table 2692c. Percentage distribution of annual salary (in US dollar) in 2012, sorted by position. The microscopes included are i) Stereo light, upright light, inverted light, and confocal microscopes, ii) FTIR and Raman microspectrophotometer, iii) Scanning probe, AFM, NSOM, iv) SEM, TEM, STEM, EDS, EELS, and v) Digital imaging equipment. The highest percentage is marked in red. $1K = $1,000.
|
Average |
≤ 20K |
21-30K |
31-40K |
41-50K |
51-60K |
61-70K |
71-80K |
81-90K |
91-110K |
111-150K |
≥151K |
Total |
Professor
|
83K |
|
2.51% |
1.09% |
3.54% |
10.9% |
4.74% |
9.77% |
15.7% |
23.0% |
15.6% |
10.8% |
100% |
Student
|
28K
|
40.9%
|
15.8%
|
19.0%
|
12.6%
|
6.46%
|
|
3.14%
|
|
|
|
|
100% |
Corporate Mgr.
|
99K
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.6%
|
6.97%
|
48.6%
|
21.1%
|
100% |
Lab manager
|
67K
|
|
|
4.51%
|
12.2%
|
18.1%
|
18.6%
|
18.9%
|
12.1%
|
12.1%
|
1.71%
|
|
100% |
Researcher
|
69K
|
0.51%
|
1.49%
|
7.94%
|
12.6%
|
9.89%
|
15.6%
|
9.77%
|
13.6%
|
18.2%
|
8.29%
|
|
100% |
Technologist
|
52K
|
1.6%
|
2.34%
|
18.3%
|
20.7%
|
25.3%
|
17.0%
|
5.14%
|
3.7%
|
3.66%
|
|
|
100% |
Engineer |
80K
|
|
|
|
|
13.7%
|
13.7%
|
13.6%
|
19.5%
|
25.4%
|
11.8%
|
|
100% |
Consultant |
73K |
6.97% |
|
6.74% |
20.7% |
7.14% |
|
7.09% |
|
13.8% |
13.9% |
20.7% |
100% |
Table 2692d. Percentage distribution of annual salary (in US dollar) in 2012, sorted by education level. The microscopes included are i) Stereo light, upright light, inverted light, and confocal microscopes, ii) FTIR and Raman microspectrophotometer, iii) Scanning probe, AFM, NSOM, iv) SEM, TEM, STEM, EDS, EELS, and v) Digital imaging equipment. The highest percentage is marked in red. $1K = $1,000.
|
Average |
≤ 20K |
21-30K |
31-40K |
41-50K |
51-60K |
61-70K |
71-80K |
81-90K |
91-110K |
111-150K |
≥151K |
Total |
High school |
49K |
|
7.6%
|
29.8%
|
15%
|
14.7%
|
14.7%
|
7.5%
|
7.4%
|
|
|
|
100% |
Associate
|
62K
|
|
1.8%
|
3.2%
|
14.5%
|
25.8%
|
21%
|
13%
|
8.1%
|
6.5%
|
3.3%
|
|
100% |
Bachelor's |
61K
|
1.2%
|
3.3%
|
12.7%
|
14.1%
|
15.3%
|
16.9%
|
10%
|
8.5%
|
12.2%
|
2.7%
|
0.6%
|
100% |
Master's |
62K
|
10%
|
0.8%
|
5.7%
|
10.7%
|
14.8%
|
15%
|
10.8%
|
11.3%
|
10.7%
|
5.7%
|
1.6%
|
100% |
PhD/DSc |
74K
|
0.8%
|
1.6%
|
6%
|
9%
|
9.8%
|
7.6%
|
13%
|
15.1%
|
18.7%
|
11.9%
|
3.8%
|
100% |
Post Doc |
76K |
|
2.6% |
4.9% |
7.1% |
9.8% |
13.2% |
9.9% |
14.4% |
17.7% |
11.9% |
6% |
100% |
Table 2692e. Examples of annual salary (in US dollar) in some specific organizations in 2012. The salary range is marked in green.
Location and position\$1K = $1,000 |
Average |
≤ 20 |
21-30 |
31-40 |
41-50 |
51-60 |
61-70 |
71-80 |
81-90 |
91-110 |
111-150 |
≥151 |
Electron Microscopist, Hourly, Tegal |
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Electron Microscopist, Lockheed Martin |
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Electron Microscopist, Henry M. Jackson Foundation |
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Clinical Electron Microscopist, Dartmouth |
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Microscopist (Optical and Electron), ANS Group
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Research Electron Microscopist, University of Michigan |
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Research Electron Microscopist, University of Illinois |
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Materials Engineer (Senior TEM Microscopist), Evans Analytical Group |
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Senior Microscopist, ATMI |
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Research Microscopist, Trison Business Solutions |
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Analytical Scientist, Microscopy/TEM, Woodmoor Group Inc, Akron, OH |
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