This page contains key outcome data for the Physical Sciences 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: $46,000 (Rank: 106 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $27,000
- Unemployment Rate: 8.30% (Rank: 170 of 171)
- Percent Female: 51.6%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 26.0%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 9.6%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 7.2%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 165 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.23 (Rank: 22 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.
- Physical Therapists: 7.59% (Average Income: $39,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 6.16% (Average Income: $60,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 3.78% (Average Income: $40,000)
- Social Workers: 3.56% (Average Income: $69,000)
- Insurance Sales Agents: 3.14% (Average Income: $61,000)
- Social and Community Service Managers: 3.00% (Average Income: $46,000)
- Personal Financial Advisors: 2.91% (Average Income: $29,000)
- Engineers, : 2.55% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Other Teachers and Instructors: 2.50% (Average Income: $14,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 2.31% (Average Income: $53,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 2.31%
- Management Analysts: 2.27% (Average Income: $49,000)
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers: 2.25% (Average Income: $39,000)
- Civil Engineers: 2.12% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 2.07% (Average Income: $35,000)
- Chemists and Materials Scientists: 2.07% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators: 2.06% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Including Wind Turbine Service Technicians, and Commercial Divers, and Signal and Track Switch Repairers: 1.98%
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.97% (Average Income: $88,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 1.90% (Average Income: $46,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 1.89% (Average Income: $15,000)
- Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians: 1.86% (Average Income: $22,000)
- Aerospace Engineers: 1.82% (Average Income: $67,000)
- Secondary School Teachers: 1.79% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Chemical Technicians: 1.69% (Average Income: $44,000)
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