The average Federal salary for employees in nonsupervisory, supervisory, and managerial positions in 2003 was $82,729 in animal science and $68,846 in agronomy.

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, beginning salary offers in 2003 for graduates with a bachelor's degree in animal sciences averaged $30,026 a year; plant sciences, $28,203 a year; and in other agricultural sciences, $29,971 a year.