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What Is the Salary of a Marine Biologist?


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Question: What Is the Salary of a Marine Biologist?
Think you want to be a marine biologist? An important consideration might be what amount you'll earn.
What is a marine biologist's salary? The answer to this simple question may be complex, depending upon where a marine biologist works and what job they are performing. Learn more about the job and salary of a marine biologist.
Answer:

First, what does a marine biologist's job entail?

The term 'marine biologist' is a very general term for someone who studies or works with animals or plants that live in salt water. There are thousands of species of marine life - so while some marine biologists do well-recognized jobs like training marine mammals, the vast majority of marine biologists do other things - including studying the deep sea, working in aquariums, teaching at a college or university, or even studying the tiny microbes in the ocean.

So, what is a marine biologist's salary?

Because the jobs of a marine biologist are so wide-ranging, their salary is also. A person that has focused on marine biology in college may first get an entry-level technician job helping a researcher in a lab or in the field (or rather, out in the ocean). These jobs may pay an hourly wage and may or may not come with benefits. Jobs in marine biology are competitive, so often a potential marine biologist will need to get experience through a volunteer position or internship before they can get a paying job.
More established marine biologists may earn from about $35,000 (according to Salary.com to about $110,000 (according to About BioScience). In many organizations and universities, a marine biologist will have to write grants to supply funding for their salaries.

Should you become a marine biologist?

Most marine biologists I know do their jobs because they love the work - which is a benefit in itself, even though compared to some other jobs, they don't make a lot of money, and the work is not always steady. So you should weigh the benefits of a job as a marine biologist (e.g., often working outside, getting to travel - sometimes to exotic locations, working with marine life) with the fact that jobs in marine biology generally pay fairly modestly.
Even if you don't choose marine biology as a career, keep in mind that you still may get to work with marine life - many aquariums, zoos, rescue and rehabilitation organizations and conservation organizations look for volunteers, and some positions may involve working directly with, or at least on behalf of, marine life.

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