Careers

When I go to college, I will likely major in biochemistry.  Three jobs that accompany that major are a chemical engineer, a doctor, and a pharmacist.

Chemical Engineer:
Average Salary: Chemical engineers with a B.A. earn a starting salary of $40,000 a year.  Chemical engineers with a PhD earn a starting salary of $85,000 a year.  Average pay is approximately $100,000 a year.
Geographic locations: high population states, such as California and Texas, offered the most chemical engineering jobs with average salaries between $100,000 to $130,000 a year.
Education: B.A. (4 year college degree)
Personalities: Careful/meticulous, precise

Doctor:
Average Salary: Average salary depends on the type of doctor, ranging from a family physician (least amount of education) to a neurosurgeon.  A family physician will make approximately $189,000 a year and neurosurgeons make approximately $535,000.
Geographic locations: Generally, upper-midwest doctors earn the highest salary and northeastern doctors have the lowest salaries, on average.
Education: B.A. (4 year college degree), M.D. (4 year medical school), 1 year internship (family physician), 6 year residency + 2 year fellowship (neurosurgeon)
Personalities: caring, precise, intelligent, sympathetic, optimistic

Pharmacist:
Average Salary: $115,000
Geographic locations: Pharmacists earn the highest salaries in Alaska, California, Maine, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
Education: B.A. (Including two years of pre-pharmacy coursework - anatomy, biology, calculus, chemistry, physics, and sociology, Pharm.D (Doctor of Pharmacy degree - 4 years), 2 year residency program (for clinical pharmacists)
Personalities: precise, careful/meticulous