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Physicists don't make jack. I always wince when friends tell me their offspring are studying physics in college. It's a GREAT education, but don't plan on it as a career track.[/quote]

I am a physicist (PhD); I make 200K.  My work is more in the applied sciences, though.[/quote]

This, DH and I both have PhDs in physics with a HHI of over $500K.  We both work for for-profit companies, but we directly use the knowledge from our degrees.[/quote]

Why kind of for-profit industries are we talking here? Aerospace? Biotech? Pharm?[/quote]

Anything that is building systems hires physicists (or similar fields) to help ensure stupid things are not happening.  The thing about physics is it covers everything -- Electricity & Mag, Continuum Mechanics, sound in air, water and earth, etc.  We are generalists.

Now, if you want to focus on basic research, your options are limited, as there is no profit motive.

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Hi there.  I'm a physicist, 10 years post PhD (MIT), and female in case anyone is wondering.  I make just over $100k working in policy type stuff.  I'd welcome suggestions of things that pay better and where I could use my skills more directly.  I know this thread is a few months old.[/quote]

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