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kathyadams53@hotmail.com (Kim) wrote in message news:<79c42d6a.0201140845.11bb5ec2@posting.google.com>...
> The latest data on the salaries of scientists 
> including physicists can be found at 
> http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/sciencesalaries.html
> 
> This is a good way to see if you are being 
> paid what you are worth. 

Only if you compare with typical industry pay scales for the same
work. Real industry pay that is.

Also, don't depend on the ridiculous pay figures posted on someone's
web site.
Alway get a sanity check from your close fiends working in industry,
in the jobs of a type that you want.

If it helps, todays's typical (rough) pay scales are:

         $35-40 K -- Typical for a recent science (BS) or technology
graduate.
         $50-70 K -- 5-8 Years with good performance reviews.
         $90-130 K -- Competitive salary with a few marketable
achivements.

Graduate degrees don't matter much after the first year.  Personality
and pracical on the job expience matter much more.

Don't worry about hearing stories about kids earning $200K doing web
design and such.  Most of these high paying jobs last less that
3-months, at which point the guy goes back to the usual "Burger King"
scales.

                                                  Harry C.