Comparison of Salaries
(from AAAS Life-Sciences Salary Database)

	25th percentile	Average	75th percentile	Responses
Bioinformatics
MS-academic	20,000	37,000	43,000	6
MS-nonacademic	67,000	100,000	133,000	8
PhD-academic	39,000	72,000	100,000	41
PhD-nonacademic	80,000	106,000	125,000	52
Bioengineering
MS-academic	41,000	41,000	41,000	1
MS-nonacademic	63,000	79,000	95,000	2
PhD-academic	36,000	59,000	81,000	23
PhD-nonacademic	71,000	124,000	142,000	12