Corrigendum to “Eleventh Triennial Toxicology Salary Survey”

Sullivan DW, Jr and Gad SC. Eleventh triennial toxicology salary survey. Int J Toxicol. 2023;42(4):309-325. doi:10.1177/10915818231162914

In Tables 1-20, the Tenth Triennial Toxicology Salary Survey data was inadvertently included in place of the Eleventh Triennial Toxicology Salary Survey data. The Eleventh Triennial Toxicology Salary Survey data is included in the following tables.

Table 1.A. Distribution of Respondents by Gender.

Sex	Frequency	Percent
Male	502	51.2
Female	478	48.8

Table 1.B. Distribution of Respondents by Age.

Age	Frequency	Percent
<30	19	1.9
30-39	186	19.0
40-49	293	29.9
50-59	252	25.7
60-69	186	19.0
>70	44	4.5

Table 1.C. Highest Degree Obtained.

Degree	Frequency	Percent
Bachelors	33	3.4
Masters	88	9.0
Doctoral	859	87.7

Table 1.D. Years Since Completion of Highest Degree.

Years	Frequency	Percent
No Response	4	0.4
0-1	5	0.5
1-3	29	3.0
3-5	48	4.9
5-9	109	11.1
9-19	302	30.8
19-29	265	27.0
29-39	164	16.7
>39	54	5.5

Table 1.E. Field of Highest Degree.

Field	Frequency	Percent
No Response	5	0.5
Anatomy and Pathology	86	8.8
Biochemistry	84	8.6
Biology	56	5.7
Chemistry	14	1.4
Drug Discovery, Safety Pharmacology and Physiology	11	1.1
Eco/Environmental	15	1.5
General Toxicology	218	22.2
Genotoxicity, Mutagenesis, and Carcinogenicity	28	2.9
Hepatotoxicity	16	1.6
Immunotoxicity, Microbiology	32	3.3
Inhalation and Respiratory	20	2.0
Metabolism/Toxicokinetics	11	1.1
Neuro/Behavioral Toxicity	32	3.3
Pharmacology	89	9.1
Reproductive, Developmental and Endocrine Disruptors	43	4.4
Risk Assessment	16	1.6
Other	204	20.8

Table 1.F. Years of Direct Experience in Toxicology.

Years	Frequency	Percent
No Response	10	1.0
0-1	10	1.0
1-3	61	6.2
3-5	47	4.8
5-9	112	11.4
9-19	309	31.5
19-29	237	24.2
29-39	141	14.4
>39	53	5.4

Table 1.G. Certifications Held.

Certifications	Frequency	Percent
None	405	41.3
ATS	46	4.7
DABT	387	39.5
DACVP	104	10.6
DSP	14	1.4
DSP	46	4.7
ERT	69	7.0
FIATP	13	1.3
RAC	11	1.1
Other	72	7.3

Table 2. Primary Job Base Salary.^*

Salary in USD ($)	Frequency	Percent
No Response	24	2.4
< 19,999	7	0.7
20,000-29,999	4	0.4
30,000-$39,999	6	0.6
40,000-49,999	4	0.4
50,000-59,999	19	1.9
60,000-69,999	14	1.4
70,000-79,999	25	2.6
80,000-89,999	37	3.8
90,000-99,999	44	4.5
100,000-109,999	64	6.5
110,000-119,999	50	5.1
120,000-149,999	169	17.2
150,000-199,999	236	24.1
200,000-$249,999	143	14.6
>250,000	134	13.7

^*Excludes fees, overtime, bonuses, commission and secondary employment.

Table 3. Received Bonus, Commission, stock gift, or profit sharing.

Received	Frequency	Percent
No Response	46	4.7
Yes	614	62.7
No	320	32.7

Table 4. Additional Professional Income outside primary employer.

Salary in USD ($)	Frequency	Percent
No Response	46	4.7
None	733	74.8
<499	45	4.6
500-4,999	72	7.3
5,000-9,999	22	2.2
10,000-14,999	20	2.0
15,000-19,999	9	0.9
>20,000	33	3.4

Table 5. US Doctoral Annual Salaries.

Employer	Sex	Years Experience Post-terminal Degree
		0-1	1-3	3-5	5-9	9-19	19-29	29-39	>39
Academic	F	—	135 ± NC (1)	70 ± 47 (4)	90 ± 23 (8)	100 ± 70 (24)	147 ± 70 (16)	143 ± 66(11)	—
	M	—	—	95 ± NC (1)	95 ± 48 (4)	130 ± 73 (15)	146 ± 73(15)	154 ± 53(14)	197 ± 70 (12)
Business Development/Sales	F	—	—	—	—	175 ± NC (1)	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Consulting (with a firm)	F	—	90 ± 7 (2)	112 ± 6 (3)	111 ± 23 (5)	153 ± 45(14)	156 ± 38 (7)	198 ± 43 (6)	—
	M	105 ± NC (1)	100 ± 7 (2)	135 ± NC (1)	—	182 ± 56 (5)	241 ± 134 (6)	250 ± 106 (2)	285 ± NC (1)
Consulting (independent)	F	—	—	—	—	307 ± 154(3)	231 ± 122(5)	293 ± 134(6)	—
	M	—	—	—	—	140 ± 120(2)	284 ± 122(6)	401 ± 368 (17)	394 ± 316 (8)
Contract laboratory	F	—	175 ± NC (1)	102 ± 42 (3)	151 ± 36 (5)	155 ± 48 (18)	190 ± 86 (8)	268 ± 187 (2)	—
	M	95± NC (1)	95 ± 36 (3)	175 ± NC (1)	133 ± 54 (5)	169 ± 80 (8)	193 ± 52(11)	248 ± 32 (2)	168 ± 117 (2)
Federal government (including military)	F	—	92 ± 23 (3)	120 ± 21 (2)	103 ± 20 (5)	127 ± 20 (13)	144 ± 30 (11)	165 ± 33 (7)	—
	M	—	75± NC (1)	95± 14 (2)	121 ± 40 (5)	133 ± 49 (14)	152 ± 23 (15)	173 ± 21 (14)	175 ± 0 (3)
State or local government	F	—	—	—	100 ± 21 (2)	113 ± 26 (9)	95 ± 0 (2)	110 ± 7 (2)	—
	M	—	65± NC (1)	95± NC (1)	65 ± NC (1)	90 ± 7 (2)	—	145 ± 42 (2)	—
Industry	F	175 ± NC (1)	200 ± 35 (2)	130 ± 27 (12)	143 ± 51 (32)	188 ± 58 (62)	230 ± 43 (41)	215 ± 57 (13)	—
	M	175 ± NC (1)	97.5 ± 13 (4)	136 ± 45 (7)	153 ± 46 (19)	190 ± 58 (67)	209 ± 56 (74)	231 ± 78 (33)	249 ± 34 (2)
Nonprofit research institution	F	—	—	—	—	115 ± 43 (4)	200 ± 35 (2)	225 ± NC (1)	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	225 ± NC (1)	—	292 ± 61 (3)
Other	F	—	—	—	120 ± 21 (2)	135 ± 0 (2)	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	55 ± NC (1)	—	—	225 ± NC (1)	—

NC = not calculable.

All numbers are mean ± standard deviation (no. of respondents); values in 1000’s of US dollars.

Highest mean salaries by years of experience are bolded.

Table 6. US Masters Annual Salaries.

Employer	Sex	Years experience post-terminal degree
		0-1	1-3	3-5	5-9	9-19	19-29	29-39	>39
Academic	F	—	—	—	—	105 ± NC (1)	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Business Development or sales	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	135 ± NC (1)	—	—	—
Consulting (with a firm)	F	—	68 ± 6 (3)	—	75 ± NC (1)	125 ± 14 (2)	105 ± 42 (2)	—	—
	M	—	105 ± NC (1)	—	—	105 ± NC (1)	115 ± 0 (2)	85 ± NC (1)	175 ± NC (1)
Consulting (independent)	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	125 ± 71 (2)	—	175 ± NC (1)	135 ± NC (1)
Contract laboratory	F	—	—	85 ± NC (1)	238 ± 88 (2)	—	135 ± NC (1)	175 ± NC (1)	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Federal government (including military)	F	—	45 ± NC (1)	—	—	100 ± 49 (2)	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	95 ± NC (1)	—	125 ± 14 (2)	125 ± 14 (2)	—
State or local government	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	95 ± NC (1)	—
Industry	F	65 ± NC (1)	—	95 ± NC (1)	135 ± 0 (2)	141 ± 93 (8)	131 ± 36 (5)	135 ± NC (1)	—
	M	—	135 ± NC (1)	—	90 ± 5 (2)	122 ± 54 (13)	177 ± 59 (3)	160 ± 36 (6)	—
Nonprofit research institution	F	—	75 ± NC (1)	—	—	—	115 ± NC (1)	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other	F	—	75 ± 10 (3)	—	—	—	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

NC = not calculable.

All numbers are mean ± standard deviation (no. of respondents); values in 1000’s of US dollars.

Table 7. US Bachelors Annual Salaries.

Employer	Sex	Years experience post-terminal degree
		0-1	1-3	3-5	5-9	9-19	19-29	29-39	>39
Academic	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Business Development or sales	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Consulting (with a firm)	F	—	—	—	—	100 ± 13 (4)	115 ± 28 (2)	135 ± NC (1)	—
	M	—	55 ± NC (1)	—	—	105 ± NC (1)	—	225 ± NC (1)	—
Consulting (independent)	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	175 ± NC (1)	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Contract laboratory	F	—	—	—	—	85 ± NC (1)	—	135 ± NC (1)	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	173 ±110 (2)	—	105 ± NC (1)
Federal government (including military)	F	—	—	—	—	95 ± NC (1)	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
State or local government	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Industry	F	—	—	—	35 ± NC (1)	—	133 ± 37 (4)	135 ± 35 (3)	175 ± NC (1)
	M	—	—	—	—	142 ± 31 (3)	140 ± 49 (2)	—	—
Nonprofit research institution	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

NC = not calculable.

All numbers are mean ± standard deviation (no. of respondents); values in 1000’s of US dollars.

Table 8. US Doctoral Bonus Amounts.

Employment Category	Sex	Years experience post-terminal degree
		0-1	1-3	3-5	5-9	9-19	19-29	29-39	>39
Academic	F	—	15 ± NC (1)	8 ± 4 (2)	—	8 ± 12 (4)	11 ± 13 (2)	25 ± NC (1)	—
	M	—	—	—	5 ± NC (1)	14 ± 16 (2)	43 ± 25 (2)	15 ± NC (1)	—
Development or sales	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	4 ± NC (1)	—	—
Consulting (with a firm)	F	—	—	12 ± 0 (2)	15 ± 11 (4)	21 ± 17 (10)	25 ± 44 (6)	28 ± 23 (2)	—
	M	15 ± NC (1)	11 ± 6 (2)	—	—	87 ± 142 (4)	76 ± 87 (4)	25 ± NC (1)	45 ± NC (1)
Consulting (independent)	F	—	—	—	—	554 ± NC (1)	120 ± NC (1)	15 ± NC (1)	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	40 ± 0 (2)	265 ± 332 (2)	—
Contract laboratory	F	—	35 ± 17 (1)	13 ± 45 (2)	35 ± 33 (2)	21 ± 15 (15)	17 ± 16 (7)	1 ± NC (1)	—
	M	—	—	—	7 ± NC (1)	31 ± 23 (5)	36 ± 21 (10)	78 ± 4 (2)	25 ± NC (1)
Federal government (including military)	F	—	—	7 ± 5 (2)	12 ± NC (1)	8 ± 6 (7)	4 ± 1 (2)	3 ± 1 (2)	—
	M	—	—	2 ± NC (1)	2 ± 0 (2)	2 ± 0 (2)	3 ± 1 (7)	3 ± 1 (6)	3 ± NC (1)
State or local government	F	—	—	—	—	9 ± NC (1)	—	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Industry	F	—	41 ± 31 (2)	25 ± 15 (11)	44 ± 67 (22)	57 ± 49 (52)	71 ± 86 (36)	109 ± 163 (12)	160 ± NC (1)
	M	19 ± NC (1)	7 ± NC (1)	15 ± 6 (4)	33 ± 36 (16)	55 ± 60 (60)	105 ± 133 (68)	67 ± 55 (29)	154 ± 207 (2)
Nonprofit research institution	F	—	—	—	—	33 ± NC (1)	40 ± NC (1)	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	20 ± NC (1)	—	34 ± 12 (2)
Other	F	—	—	—	23 ± NC (1)	—	24 ± NC (1)	—	—
	M	—	—	—	1 ± NC (1)	—	—	—	—

NC = not calculable.

All numbers are mean ± standard deviation (no. of respondents); values in 1000’s of US dollars.

Table 9. Distribution of Respondents by Country.

Country	Frequency	Percent
Argentina	1	0.09
Australia	4	0.37
Austria	1	0.09
Belgium	6	0.55
Brazil	1	0.09
Cameroon	1	0.09
Canada	40	3.68
China	4	0.37
Cuba	1	0.09
Cyprus	1	0.09
Denmark	3	0.28
Ecuador	1	0.09
France	5	0.46
Germany	9	0.83
India	4	0.37
Italy	3	0.28
Japan	7	0.64
S. Korea	3	0.28
Mexico	3	0.28
Netherlands	6	0.55
New Zealand	1	0.09
Norway	2	0.18
Panama	1	0.09
Portugal	1	0.09
Singapore	1	0.09
Slovakia	1	0.09
Spain	1	0.09
Switzerland	15	1.38
Taiwan	2	0.18
Turkey	1	0.09
United Kingdom	18	1.66
United States of America	854	78.56
No Response	85	7.82

Table 10. 2021 Society Membership of Respondents.

Society	Doctoral	Masters	Bachelors
AACR*	27	1	0
ACS	29	2	2
ACT	270	18	14
ASPE	29	0	0
BDRP	38	3	1
EMS	14	0	1
ISSX	16	0	0
RTC	38	1	0
SPS	40	3	2
SRA	26	5	1
SOT (National)	746	77	27
SOT (Canada)	15	1	2
SOT (Regional but not National)	3	0	0
SETAC	45	7	2
STP	144	7	1
Toxicology Forum	30	0	0
Other	115	12	3

^*Abbreviations: AACR: American Association for Cancer Research; ACS: American Chemical Society; ACT: American College of Toxicology; ASPE: American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; BDRP: Society for Birth Defects Research & Prevention; EMS: Environmental Mutagen Society; ISSX: International Society for Study of Xenobiotics; RTC: Roundtable of Toxicology Consultants; SPS: Safety Pharmacology Society; SRA: Society for Risk Analysis; SOT: Society of Toxicology; SETAC: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; STP: Society of Toxicologic Pathologists.

Table 11. Board Certification and Doctoral Salaries.

Certification Status	Sex	Years experience post-terminal degree
		0-1	1-3	3-5	5-9	9-19	19-29	29-39	>39
Certified	F	175 ± NC(1)	178 ± 37 (4)	104 ± 36 (7)	145 ± 51 (28)	177 ± 68 (95)	207 ± 73 (61)	206 ± 89 (38)	45 ± 43 (3)
	M	175± NC (1)	—	133 ± 43 (5)	148 ± 51 (21)	187 ± 64 (73)	213 ± 76 (89)	251 ± 205 (58)	279± 226 (25)
Not Certified	F	—	91 ± 17 (5)	117 ± 36 (17)	114 ± 35 (29)	124 ± 47 (58)	150 ± 57 (51)	147 ± 67 (15)	460 ± NC (1)
	M	105 ±NC (1)	92 ± 15 (9)	96 ± 43 (13)	110 ± 41 (11)	141 ± 44 (40)	198 ± 72 (44)	191 ± 68 (32)	202 ± 77 (18)

NC = not calculable.

All numbers are mean ± standard deviation (no. of respondents); values in 1000’s of US dollars.

Table 12. US Doctoral Degree Primary Job Base Salary.

Salary in USD ($)	Male (%tot) n = 440	Female (%tot) n = 402	Total (%tot) n = 842
<19,999	3 (0.68)	4 (1.00)	7 (0.83)
20,000-29,999	2 (0.45)	2 (0.50)	4 (0.48)
30,000-39,999	3 (0.68)	1 (0.25)	4 (0.48)
40,000-49,999	0 (0.00)	2 (0.50)	2 (0.24)
50,000-59,999	7 (1.59)	10(2.49)	17 (2.02)
60,000-69,999	4 (0.91)	5 (1.24)	9 (1.07)
70,000-79,999	6 (1.36)	12 (2.99)	18 (2.14)
80,000-89,999	14 (3.18)	14 (3.48)	28 (3.33)
90,000-99,999	12 (2.73)	25 (6.22)	37 (4.39)
100,000-109,999	23 (5.23)	30 (7.46)	53 (6.29)
110,000-119,999	18 (4.09)	21 (5.22)	39 (4.63)
120,000-149,999	58 (13.18)	78 (19.40)	136 (16.15)
150,000-199,999	121(27.50)	98 (24.38)	219 (26.01)
200,000-249,999	83 (18.86)	56 (13.93)	139 (16.51)
>250,000	86 (19.55)	44 (10.95)	130 (15.44)

Table 13. Description of Employment.

Employer	Frequency	Percent
Academic	145	14.26
Business Development and/or Sales of Equipment or Services	3	0.29
Consulting - as an Employee of a consulting firm	91	8.95
Consulting - Independent	75	7.37
Contract Laboratory	80	7.87
Government - Federal (inc. military)	117	11.50
Government - State or Local	24	2.36
Industry	454	44.64
Nonprofit Research Institution	16	1.57
Other	12	1.18

Table 14. Industry Employment Breakdown.

Employer	Frequency	Percent
Pharmaceutical	290	63.88
Chemical	57	12.56
Consumer Product	34	7.49
Food/Food Ingredients	19	4.19
Petroleum	5	1.10
Medical Devices	29	6.39
Other	20	4.41

Table 15. Academic Employment Breakdown.

Employer	Frequency	Percent
Private doctoral-granting institution/medical center	24	16.55
Private master's granting university	1	0.69
Private primarily undergraduate institution	4	2.76
Public doctoral-granting institution/medical center	104	71.72
Public master's granting university	4	2.76
Public primarily undergraduate institution	7	4.83
Other	1	0.69

Table 16. Industry Salaries for Doctoral Respondents.

Employer	Sex	Years experience post-terminal degree
		0-1	1-3	3-5	5-9	9-19	19-29	29-39	>39
Pharmaceutical	F	175 ± NC (1)	200 ± 35 (2)	130 ± 28 (11)	143 ± 22 (32)	188 ± 58 (62)	218 ± 43 (42)	215 ± 57 (13)	460 ± NC (1)
	M	175 ± NC (1)	98 ± 13 (4)	136 ± 45 (7)	153 ± 45 (21)	191 ± 57 (68)	229 ± 56 (75)	220 ± 80 (34)	399 ± 261 (3)
Chemical	F	—	—	—	125 ± 27 (6)	175 ± NC (1)	188 ± 25 (4)	135 ± NC (2)	—
	M	—	95 ± NC (1)	—	120 ± 17 (4)	165 ± 46 (14)	189 ± 24 (7)	178 ± 37 (4)	700 ± NC (1)
Consumer product	F	—	—	95 ± NC (1)	105 ± 19 (5)	168 ± 66 (4)	172 ± 55 (3)	—	—
	M	—	115 ± NC (1)	105 ± NC (1)	120 ± 21 (2)	148 ± 24 (8)	225 ± NC (1)	208 ± 103 (2)	249 ± 34 (2)
Food/ Food ingredients	F	—	—	135 ± NC (1)	175 ± NC (1)	135 ± 0 (4)	225 ± NC (1)	—	—
	M	—	95 ± NC (1)	—	120 ± 21 (2)	162 ± 23 (3)	213 ± 66 (3)	225 ± NC (1)	—
Petroleum	F	—	—	—	95 ± NC (1)	—	135 ± NC (1)	—	—
	M	—	—	—	—	—	—	213 ± 53 (2)	—
Medical Devices	F	—	—	—	120 ± 21 (2)	164 ± 20 (7)	175 ± NC (1)	—	—
	M	—	85 ± NC (1)	175 ± NC (1)	—	225 ± 27 (1)	196 ± 27 (7)	—	—
Other	F	—	—	95 ± NC (1)	105 ± NC (1)	161 ± 75 (5)	175 ± NC (1)	—	460 ± NC (1)
	M	175 ± NC (1)	—	—	152 ± 40 (3)	98 ± 110 (2)	—	130 ± 64 (2)	—

NC = not calculable.

All numbers are mean ± standard deviation (no. of respondents); values in 1000’s of US dollars.

Table 17. Academic Status.

Status	Frequency	Percent
Full Professor	74	51.03
Associate Professor	31	21.38
Assistant Professor	27	18.62
Research Scientist/Associate	9	6.21
Other	4	2.76

Table 18. Years worked for current employer.

Years	Frequency	Percent
0-1	96	9.67
1-3	202	20.34
3-5	133	13.39
5-9	149	15.01
9-19	246	24.77
19-29	111	11.18
>29	56	5.64

Table 19. Employer-Provided Benefits.

Benefit	Doctoral		Masters		Bachelors		Total
	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Health Insurance	768	92	73	91	32	94	873	92
Vision Insurance	699	85	66	84	26	79	791	85
Dental Insurance	713	87	69	87	30	88	812	87
Retirement Plan*	760	91	74	93	31	91	865	91

^*At least partially funded by employer.

Table 20. Insurance Premiums Paid by Employees.

Health Insurance	3954 ± 4060 (651)
Vision Insurance	193 ± 355 (597)
Dental Insurance	461 ± 710 (612)

Numbers are mean ± standard deviation (no. of respondents); values in US dollars per year.