| Postdoctoral employment sectors (n = 81,539) |
SED |
Received a doctoral degree in LS or PSE between 2009 and 2018 and took a postdoc position at graduation (i.e., indicated took postdoc in their SED responses) |
Academic, government, industry, non-U.S., non-profit |
| Permanent employment (n = 71,880) |
SED |
Received a doctoral degree in LS or PSE between 2009 and 2018 and took a permanent position at the time of graduation (i.e., indicated did not take a postdoc in their SED responses) |
Academic, government, industry, non-U.S., non-profit |
| Postdoc length (n = 11,008) |
SED, SDR |
Respondents in LS and PSE who were in Years 2 through 8 of their employment following employment in a postdoc at graduation |
Academic, government, industry, non-U.S., non-profit (at graduation) |
| Reasons for remaining in a postdoc (n = 1,313) |
SED, SDR |
Respondents in LS and PSE who took a postdoc at graduation and held a postdoc position two years later |
Academic, government, industry, non-U.S., non-profit (at Year 2) |
| Movement between sectors (n = 1,985) |
SED, SDR |
Respondents in LS and PSE who took a postdoc at graduation and held permanent employment at Year 5–6 |
Academic, industry, government (at graduation and at Year 5–6) |
| Initial Salaries (n = 58,205) |
SED |
Respondents in LS and PSE who took a postdoc at graduation and filled out their starting salary information |
Academic, government, industry, non-U.S., non-profit (at graduation) |
| Salary gaps in subsequent permanent employment (n = 2,631) |
SED, SDR |
Respondents in LS and PSE who took a postdoc or permanent employment at graduation, held permanent employment at Year 5–6, and filled out their Year 5–6 salary information in the SDR |
Academic, government (at graduation); Academic, industry, government (at Year 5–6) |
