Salaries for all geoscience-related professions continue to exceed the national mean salary for all other science occupations in 2008. Petroleum engineering salaries averaged $119,400, and salaries for geoscientists (except hydrologists and geographers) averaged $89,300. Salaries for environmental scientists and specialists averaged $65,280, just $1,000 over the national average for other science occupations.

Source: AGI Geoscience Workforce Program, data derived from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, 1999-2008.

http://www.agiweb.org/workforce/Currents/Currents-024-Salaries99-08.pdf 

Through this lecture series a dynamic, early career alumni of the IRIS REU Program will visit the physics departments at Historically Black Colleges and Universities to deliver lectures focused on cutting edge research with explicit connections to core physics content. The lecture will conclude with information on geophysics as a possible career option for physics majors and the role the IRIS internship program can play in developing this career path.. Ideally this series will differ from traditional visiting lectures by occurring in class with time for social interaction between the visiting scientist, local faculty member and students.

All lectures are provided free of charge through funding provided by the National Science Foundation and the IRIS Consortium.

More infomation on the 2009 Speaker Series and details on requesting a speaker can be found here.

For more info on the AGI program please visit

http://www.agiweb.org/gap/interns/internse.html