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Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t)

posted by martyb on Friday November 03 2017, @07:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the cost-benefit-analysis dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

How's that STEM education working out?

Much of the public enthusiasm for STEM education rests on the assumption that these fields are rich in job opportunity. Some are, some aren’t. STEM is an expansive category, spanning many disciplines and occupations, from software engineers and data scientists to geologists, astronomers and physicists.

What recent studies have made increasingly apparent is that the greatest number of high-paying STEM jobs are in the “T” (specifically, computing).

Earlier this year, Glassdoor, a jobs listing website, ranked the median base salary of workers in their first five years of employment by undergraduate major. Computer science topped the list ($70,000), followed by electrical engineering ($68,438). Biochemistry ($46,406) and biotechnology ($48,442) were among the lowest paying majors in the study, which also confirmed that women are generally underrepresented in STEM majors.

So study cybersecurity, not slime molds.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @01:29AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @01:29AM (#591990)

    Second and more importantly, race, creed, and color contribute to comfort. I was a white heterosexual Christian male in a CS classroom full of white heterosexual Christian males taught by white heterosexual Christian males.

    Wow, pops. What decade did you go to uni then? The '50s? Ever considered the possibility that your experience doesn't apply to the majority? I didn't think so you myopic grey haired boomer piece of shit.