I would have to disagree. Pharmacy jobs are highly paid, but I don't think science majors are highly paid. As a student researcher, full time, I made about 9 bucks an hour. Pharmacist don't necessarily make 100k also. In many states, I believe the average pay is 80-90k.
I also believe there is going to be a plateu. The pharmacist that lack the necessary communication skills will probably be fighting over clinical jobs. While the retail pharmacist get sign on bonuses if they go where the retail chain wants them to.
So my take on this? If you are a good communicator and want to work in the hospital...you're gonna be a catch! haha...
I forgot to mention that I was a researcher at the university...so schools are cheap lol. But, many of my friends that work biotech aren't getting that much more than me as a tech right now =/
Are you friends working in "biotech" (A really broad term by the way) doctorate-level employees?
Maybe it's just California, but in South San Francisco, the west coast's home to all things biological (Including some very odd birds and fish, lol!), starting pay for a post-doc Ph.D level Microbiologist, Toxicologist or MCB'er is into the 70s easy. I really cannot see someone who is a doc-level Microbio holder working for 11 bucks an hour somewhere.
What Gotmilklol is alluding to, I think, is that on the whole, careers in the science/math oriented field are paid a more handsome salary due to their relative difficulty and esteem in the world at-large. Let's take an example that's really close to home.
A fresh Psychology Ph.D holding person who wants to become a state-certified Psychologist can expect to earn
about $45,000 to $55,000 starting off during their supervisory hours. Once board certified, in a hospital/HMO setting they can expect to see high-50's, low-60's, tops. And this is after 6+ years of academic rigor (Not the "glorified MS" that the Pharm.D really amounts to). Reduce their education to an MFT or MSW (Master's level) and you're looking at 35-45, max (IN california even).
the reason for the disparity is quite simple. Those people who can excel in social services are much greater in number than those with the skill and dogged determination to succeed in highly specific science courses like Molecular Biology and Calc, Linear ALgebra and the like (To which many of my friends SHUDDER at the mere mention...). Not to make it sound like we pre-pharmers are special in any way with our difficult pre-requisities, but compared to the things I did to prep myself for a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology at a top 15 university (UC Berkeley), they are much, much more difficult. I graduated with honors and an honors thesis, psi chi highest honors with full regalia and almost qualified for Magna, and I didn't even pay attention in class half the time. Why? Psychology is listen and regurgitate. I am sure some folks find Trig to be "listen and regurgitate" too, but I would wager my first 5 years' salary on the fact that the number of people that think that intensive 5 unit math/science courses are "easy" are vastly outnumbered by those that think that social science classes are "easy."
So yeah, wall of text.
j/k... sort of...
