Geoscientist Salaries Reported

Compensation of Geoscientists - 2001
Survey Summary

PUBLISHED: March 2001

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Summary of the 370-page Compensation of Geoscientists - 2001 survey report from Abbott, Langer Association Surveys. The following describes the national average and range income, and the factors affecting salary (Type of Employer, Level of Education, Length of Experience, Supervisory Responsibility, Geographic Location, and Geological Specialty, etc.).

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The average income reported in a recent survey of the compensation of geoscientists was $71,008, according to Abbott, Langer Association Surveys. However, 10% of the reported incomes were under $38,076 and 10% over $135,710. The survey was sponsored by the American Geological Institute and a number of its member societies. Copies of the in-depth, 370-page survey report, Compensation of Geoscientists 2001, are available for $375.00 through our On-Line Order Form or from Abbott, Langer Association Surveys, 1725 I Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006 (Telephone: (877) 210-6563, Fax: (877) 239-2457).

Compensation varies considerably from one type of employer to another. Median incomes are highest in drilling firms ($202,500), the banking/financial field ($140,000), integrated petroleum companies ($112,000), and independent exploration and production companies ($110,000); and lowest in museums ($46,000), water resources firms ($48,092), community colleges/technical schools ($51,650), and state & local government ($55,000).

Income data are reported by region, state, and metropolitan area; type of employer; size of organization; level of education; length of experience; geological specialty; primary objective of occupation; level of professional responsibility; industry or service of employer; age; gender; registration/licensure status; and level of supervisory/managerial responsibility.

The median total cash compensation of some of the jobs included in the survey report are:

Senior Executive

$129,750

Executive

$100,000

Senior Manager

$90,000

Senior Professional

$80,000

Professor

$78,026

Educational Department Head

$73,250

Project or Department Manager

$72,000

Associate Professor

$57,500

Project Professional

$50,600

Assistant Professor

$45,991

Staff Professional

$39,650

College Instructor

$36,200

Junior Professional

$34,375

Geoscientists with under one year of experience have a median income of $32,000, as opposed to the 30-plus year veteran with a median income of $88,000.

Those geoscientists with no supervisory responsibility have a median income of $65,000. For those supervising 25 or more professional & sub-professional employees, it is $98,812.

The highest median incomes are found in the Houston, New Orleans, Tulsa, Anchorage, San Francisco/Oakland, Orlando, and Washington DC/MD/VA metropolitan areas (all between $84,000 and $112,500). The lowest are found in Vermont, Montana, and the Portland (OR), Kansas City, Indianapolis, Birmingham, and Nashville metropolitan areas (all between $30,000 and $51,000).

By geoscientific specialty, the highest median incomes are found in petroleum geophysics; hydrocarbon exploration; appraisal, evaluation & investment analysis; and petroleum geology (all between $95,938 and $116,000). The lowest are found in mathematical geology or geostatistics, teaching/training, field geology, and petrography or petrology (all between $34,500 and $54,750).


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Compensation of Geoscientists - 2001
Participating Organizations

The participants in this survey were all individual members of the following professional societies, each of which was a co-sponsor of the survey:

The primary sponsor of this survey was the American Geological Institute. The following member societies of the American Geological Institute co-sponsored the survey:

  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists
  • American Institute of Professional Geologists
  • Association for Women Geoscientists
  • Association of American State Geologists
  • Association of Engineering Geologists
  • The Clay Minerals Society
  • Council on Undergraduate Research, Geosciences Division
  • Friends of Mineralogy
  • Geological Society of America
  • Geo-Institute of ASCE
  • National Association of Geoscience Teachers
  • Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists
  • SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
  • The Society for Organic Petrology
  • Soil Science Society of America


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