ISCO 21 · ÖNACE M

Research scientists & academics

Professionals · M72 · ÖNACE M Sector

AI impact

7/10

Employees

23,009

Median gross annual earnings

€63,760

~€5,313 / month (estimated)

Education

Doctoral/PhD

Supplementary Structure of Earnings Survey (VSE 2022)

Statistik Austria earnings survey — gross hourly medians for ISCO-08 21 (full-time, all genders). “Employees”: LFS/Mikrozensus (ISCO) with NACE weighting; pay: VSE sample — different survey bases.

Gross hourly median

€26.20

Quartiles (Q25–Q75)

€20.51 – €32.64

Estimated annual gross (×2,080 hours, excl. 13th/14th month salary)

€54,496

VSE sample size

76,141

Classification

ISCO major group

Professionals

Sector context

M72 · ÖNACE M

AI impact rationale

Literature analysis, data processing, statistical modelling, and manuscript preparation are digital tasks (approximately 60%). Laboratory work, field research, and experimental setup are physical. AI accelerates systematic reviews, data analysis, and hypothesis generation.

Source, methodology, and reproducibility

Employment: Eurostat lfsa_egai2d (2024) · ISCO-08 21 · 152,300 employed
Survey: LFS/Mikrozensus AKE
NACE weight: 15.1% · nama_10_a64_e · NACE M72
Pay: VSE 2022 · ISCO-08 21 · €26.2/h median × 2080h × 1.17
Formula: hourly median × 2,080 h × 1.17 (13th/14th salary)
Pipeline: generate-occupations.ts · deterministic · OGD · 99 hypothesis-driven verification tests

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