For both types of scientist,
academe paid considerably less than industry, government, and nonprofits.
Not exact matches
Beyond that, men are more likely than women to go work in industry, which
pays better than government or
academe, where women are likelier to work.
The
pay scale, adds Matthew Howard, Argonne's director of communications and public affairs, is closer to industry than to
academe, and scientists stay an average of about 15 years.
Many of the early - career scientists working in
academe, for example, fail to distinguish between organizations that employ scientists in real jobs
paying salaries commensurate with their skills and programs that «train» more scientists at low
pay, adding to the supply of job - seekers while doing nothing to create real jobs.