Sources
We use official or primary sources only. Salary aggregators and content sites are not used for any figure.
Pay
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national, all industries. Retrieved 2026-11-03 from the official BLS public data API.
Job tasks
Task statements come from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
Doctoral, funding and UK data
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Agricultural and Food Science Technicians, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Agricultural and Food Scientists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Atmospheric Scientists, Including Meteorologists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Biochemists and Biophysicists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Biological Technicians, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Chemical Technicians, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Chemists and Materials Scientists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Computer and Information Research Scientists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Conservation Scientists and Foresters, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Environmental Scientists and Specialists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Epidemiologists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Forensic Science Technicians, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Geoscientists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Hydrologists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Medical Scientists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Microbiologists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Physicists and Astronomers, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Postsecondary Teachers, retrieved 2026-11-03
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists, retrieved 2026-11-03
- National Careers Service job profile: Forensic scientist, retrieved 2026-11-03
- National Careers Service job profile: Microbiologist, retrieved 2026-11-03
- National Careers Service job profile: Research scientist, retrieved 2026-11-03
- NCSES InfoBrief NSF 21-327, retrieved 2026-11-03
- NIH Fiscal Policy Notices, retrieved 2026-11-03
- NIH NOT-OD-26-044, retrieved 2026-11-03
- NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education, Postdoc Fellows, retrieved 2026-11-03
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) page, retrieved 2026-11-03
- NSF NCSES, Survey of Doctorate Recipients 2023, Table 12-1 (NSF 25-321), retrieved 2026-11-03
- NSF NCSES, Survey of Doctorate Recipients 2023, Table 20 (NSF 25-321), retrieved 2026-11-03
- NSF NCSES, Survey of Doctorate Recipients 2023, Table 54 (NSF 25-321), retrieved 2026-11-03
- NSF NCSES, Survey of Earned Doctorates 2025, Table 1-12 (NSF 26-326), retrieved 2026-11-03
- NSF NCSES, Survey of Earned Doctorates 2025, Table 6-1 (NSF 26-326), retrieved 2026-11-03
- NSF NCSES, Survey of Earned Doctorates 2025, Tables 6-6 and 6-7 (NSF 26-326), retrieved 2026-11-03
- NSF PAPPG 24-1, Exhibit II-3, retrieved 2026-11-03
- ONS ASHE Table 14.7a (Occupation SOC20 4-digit, Annual pay - Gross, Full-Time sheet) and 14.7b (CV), retrieved 2026-11-03
- UCEA 2026-27 New JNCHES pay round page, retrieved 2026-11-03
- UCEA news release, 2 October 2026, retrieved 2026-11-03
- UKRI-funded studentships, retrieved 2026-11-03
- UKRI, Get a studentship to fund your doctorate, retrieved 2026-11-03