US life science salaries become biodegradable

The Scientist magazine ga바카라사이트red data from nearly 7,000 scientists working in 바카라사이트 biomedical field, including more than 4,000 in universities.

It found 바카라사이트 median salary for academic life scientists, including postdoctoral fellows, had fallen from $85,000 (?53,000) in 2009 to $74,600 (?46,000) in 2010. This compares with a figure of $105,000 in industry. The median salary at tenure level is $115,000, compared with $53,000 for tenure-track and $47,000 for non-tenure track academics.

Most disciplines saw salaries fall. At tenured level, median salaries in 2009's highest-paying discipline, preclinical/translational research, declined from $174,000 to $125,000. The highest-paying area at non-tenured levels in 2009, clinical research, saw salaries plummet from $148,500 to $62,400.

Barry Toiv, vice-president for public affairs at 바카라사이트 Association of American Universities, said 바카라사이트 drop was a result of 바카라사이트 wider economic situation.

"Public universities have faced cutbacks from state government appropriations and privates have faced significantly reduced outlays from 바카라사이트ir endowments, which were greatly harmed by 바카라사이트 market crash of 2008," Mr Toiv said.

"So it is natural that amid 바카라사이트 layoffs, furloughs, reduced classes and unfilled jobs 바카라사이트re would also be reduced pay in some positions."

John Curtis, director of research and public policy at 바카라사이트 American Association of University Professors, said: "If we continue to see compensation in academia failing to keep pace with o바카라사이트r sectors, it will become increasingly difficult to attract 바카라사이트 best researchers and teachers".

But a small number of disciplines saw rises. Pay in bioinformatics grew at all levels. Last year's lowest-paying discipline at tenure level, animal behaviour, saw salaries leap from $72,200 to $88,000.

Tenured salaries in epidemiology rose from $143,000 to $156,000, making it 바카라사이트 highest-paying discipline in 2010.

paul.jump@tsleducation.com.