Life, Physical and Social Scientists

These are the people that build the computers, write the sofware, manage the networks and calculate the staistics that make business networks and the Internet function.  Careers in computers and math science will always be in demand, even though many technology companies have had cutbacks in recent years.  Technology remains the wave of the future.  The mean hourly range for all computer and math science positions is $31.57 per hour with the mean annual salary of $65,660*.

If you have one of the positions listed on this page we want to list you in this section.  Seeing is believing, and if we see others like us in these positions we will know that it is possible.


Lawson Bush, V - Professor and Program Director


Lawson Bush, V, Ph.D. is Professor and Director of the CSULA/UCI Joint Ed.D. Program in Urban Educational Leadership. In addition to his book entitled, Can Black Mothers Raise Our Sons?, he has published over 20 articles addressing African American educational history, African-centered education, school desegregation, and Black male schooling and developmental issues in such publications as the Educational Horizons, Urban Education, Journal of Negro Education, American Secondary Education, Journal of Black Studies, Black Issues in Higher Education, and Community College Journal. He is also the founder and director of the following programs and organizations: Imani Saturday Academy, Neighborhood Manhood Development Program, Tehuti Educational Consortium, and Afrikan-centered Charter School Group.


OccupationMean HourlyMean Annual
Animal Scientists$31.02$64,510
Food Scientists and Technologists$30.95$64,370
Biochemists and Biophysicists$42.57$88,550
Microbiologists$34.61$71,980
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists$29.17$60,670
Astronomers$40.98$85,240
Physicists$46.85$97,450
Chemists$36.16$75,220
Economists$46.31$96,320
Market Research Analysts$32.45$67,500
Survey Researchers$20.35$42,330
Clinical Counseling, and School Psychologists$34.77$72,310
Sociologists$36.63$76,190
Urban and Regional Planners$31.10$64,680
Historians$27.09$56,350
Political Scientists$48.58$101,050

* The salary information for each profession comes from the U.S. Board of Labor & Statistics and represents 2009 averages based on statistics gathered from metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. For a listing of other professions not listed on our site, visit the U.S. Board of Labor & Statistics website.

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