This statistic shows the median income of biology and life science majors in the United States in 2013, differentiated by the main focus of study. The median income of a biology and life science majors who specialized in biology was ****** U.S. dollars in 2013.
Statistics calculated by full-time, full year workers with a bachelors degree.
The sample size for majors in Genetics, Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Cgnitive science and Biopsychology were too small to be statistically valid.
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Center on Education and the Workforce. (May 7, 2015). Median income of biology and life science majors, by focus of study in the United States in 2013 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/238451/median-income-of-biology-and-life-science-majors-by-study-focus-in-the-us/
Center on Education and the Workforce. "Median income of biology and life science majors, by focus of study in the United States in 2013 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. May 7, 2015. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238451/median-income-of-biology-and-life-science-majors-by-study-focus-in-the-us/
Center on Education and the Workforce. (2015). Median income of biology and life science majors, by focus of study in the United States in 2013 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238451/median-income-of-biology-and-life-science-majors-by-study-focus-in-the-us/
Center on Education and the Workforce. "Median Income of Biology and Life Science Majors, by Focus of Study in The United States in 2013 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 May 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/238451/median-income-of-biology-and-life-science-majors-by-study-focus-in-the-us/
Center on Education and the Workforce, Median income of biology and life science majors, by focus of study in the United States in 2013 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/238451/median-income-of-biology-and-life-science-majors-by-study-focus-in-the-us/ (last visited July 27, 2025)
Median income of biology and life science majors, by focus of study in the United States in 2013 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Center on Education and the Workforce, May 7, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/238451/median-income-of-biology-and-life-science-majors-by-study-focus-in-the-us/
