What is the highest paying science career?

Question

My science teacher's brother gets $1000 doing something with earth science but he has been doing it for awhile.

Answer 1

medical science or rocket science..chemical science is a dead end job..

Answer 2

I would have to guess working with medicine. What I mean by that, is discovering new medicine, diseases, causes, and cures. Because there are so many sicknesses and not enough medicine, a person who discovered a new medication or cure for that disease would get a LOT of money. Earth scientists would also recieve a HUGE salary- because of all the non- renewable resources we are using, and we need renewable ones! All jobs that are high-paid require many years of hard work and dedication- at college of course. I want to be a vaterinarian when I grow up, but the work in college will be unbearable- I am still willing to go throught that because of my love for aniamls.

Anyway, what I said about the scientists was pretty much everything you needed to know. I get carried away sometimes when I write- sorry about that.

Answer 3

1K? A year? A month? A week? Science teachers don't get paid much, typically.

Probably a neurosurgeon or anesthesiologist make more than most scientists. But that's because it might take you 20 years to get to that point.

In response to someone above - astrophysicists make very little money compared to the 8-12 years of college we got. Starting salaries around 40K for a post-doc - maybe your first 5 years after getting your doctorate. After that, very few make more than a 100K, even at the end of their careers. That's more like starting salary for doctors.

Answer 4

The key is to key up with the changes in industry after you graduate, otherwise the world passes by you. I am in the computer field and made over $75K in the early 80s. Didn't keep up with the PC and networking phenomena and now make just over $50K.

Whatever your chosen field is, network, keep abreast with technology, and learn to communicate with all levels of people, and be ambitious. You dont have to be the sharpest tool in the shed - if you're ambitious, hardworking, and take risks the dollars will come.

Answer 5

You need to look at the future. Today's well paying jobs will soon dead end and they all shift to another area. The best paying job to go for is Renewable Energy and how to improve it. It is really going to boom in the next ten years. It is starting to now. This requires a knowledge of physics, and chemistry. So there are you 2 Fields of work to watch. Medical and the rest are trailing due to the fact of the struggle to create a cleaner, healthier life for us to live in, not just for today, but future generations to come.

Check this out for yourself... Go to www.nrel.gov and search on the education and research links. Renewable Energy is in fact going to help save a lot of live's and our environment in the immediate future. More and more scientist are being called upon to help everyday to aid in heating/cooling, fuels, and earth studies. Look at the contracts and what money is being awarded through grants from DOE to fund these studies, then make your decision.

Answer 6

Engineering is consistently one of the highest-paid professions. There is a shortage of qualified engineers. Engineers are getting paid $50,000/year or more straight out of school because they are trained to solve problems. They design, build, and work on projects with tens- or hundreds-of-millions of dollars, so industry can afford to pay them well.

Answer 7

Hi!

Actural Science -> actually has somethig (a lot) to do with the Financial / economic world

Answer 8

Engineering... Just as previously stated, there is a demand for engineers... now if you can do aerospace, etc. engineering.... even better!

Answer 9

astrophysics