Why do physicists, chemists and engineers make so much money?
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The_Doc_Man say: I used to be a chemist but I changed careers to computer administration and made more money.
If a physicist, chemist, or engineer has a good invention and patents it, they can make money off the royalties. But as far as salaries go, they don't get paid astronomical sums.
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Tom S say: They don't make very much compared to the CEO's and other top executives of insurance companies, oil companies, auto makers and other similar large corporations, or professional athletes, top tier actors, other entertainers, all these people make several tens of millions per year.
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Ronald 7 say: Because they work very hard, doing a very difficult job
We wouldn't be as well off without them
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Jeffrey K say: I don't know where you got your information, but scientists make very little money. Some interns don't get any pay. Temporary lab employees make close to minimum wage. Adjunct professors make $2000 per semester. Substitute science teachers make about $80 per day. Full time tenured professors have to get their salary from grant money that they hope to get from NSF and other government science funding.
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Julien say: Physicists and chemists don't make much money, except if they cease to be physicist or chemist and start to use their diplomas to do something else in the private sector instead.
Engineers have very different levels of revenue depending on which kind of engineer they are. There are some mediocre engineering schools and some highly-respected ones.
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Clive say: Surely you're joking. They don't, particularly.
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Russ in NOVA say: Look around you. Pretty much everything electronic, mechanical, or complex had engineering involvement, and that this just the tip of the iceberg. Factories, military hardware, transportation, communications, the internet...again all had significant engineering involvement in development, design, and/or manufacture.
On the other hand physics and chemist don't make as much as you think they make. Get a BS in chemistry or physics and you probably end up being a school teacher. The ones that make the big bucks generally spend an extra 4-6 in grad school, not to mention post doc work and work in chemical, drug, medical, electronics, communication, military, or space industries, often laying the theoretical groundwork for engineering to exploit and deliver to your front door via Amazon Prime.
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David S say: They're highly educated and specialized. Relatively few people have the knowledge they do and they're paid accordingly.
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. say: Supply and demand. There is a shortage. So they get paid more.
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David say: because of the education required to do the job... Why do you ask?
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Davros say: ROFLMAO
They don't.
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Choose a bloody best answer. It's not hard. say: I wish I lived in your universe.
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Acetek say: because we can
Software Engineer for one of the top 15 companies to work for in the US
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