This page contains key outcome data for the Biology Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $44,000 (Rank: 122 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $22,000
- Unemployment Rate: 4.30% (Rank: 114 of 171)
- Percent Female: 61.0%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 21.4%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 30.1%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 13.8%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 6 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.3 (Rank: 14 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians: 4.74% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 4.07%
- Registered Nurses: 3.27% (Average Income: $60,000)
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, : 3.08% (Average Income: $41,000)
- Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioner Support Technicians: 2.91% (Average Income: $30,000)
- Medical Assistants and Other Healthcare Support Occupations, : 2.74% (Average Income: $28,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 2.61% (Average Income: $37,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 2.34% (Average Income: $63,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 2.17% (Average Income: $46,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 2.03% (Average Income: $31,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 1.87% (Average Income: $24,000)
- Biological Scientists: 1.84% (Average Income: $49,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.80% (Average Income: $35,000)
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 1.64% (Average Income: $34,000)
- Physical Scientists, : 1.55% (Average Income: $51,000)
- Chemists and Materials Scientists: 1.48% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.36% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Secondary School Teachers: 1.27% (Average Income: $44,000)
- Other Teachers and Instructors: 1.27% (Average Income: $22,000)
- Receptionists and Information Clerks: 1.24% (Average Income: $26,000)
- Postsecondary Teachers: 1.12% (Average Income: $34,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 1.12% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Cashiers: 1.11% (Average Income: $22,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 1.08% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides: 1.04% (Average Income: $24,000)
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