Jobs that connect biology to the rest of the world—writing, drawing, teaching, selling, investing in, protecting, and making laws about science.
Top pay: highest pay, longest training
Patent Agent (Life Sciences): Protects inventions like new drugs and gene therapies by writing and arguing patent applications. Typical pay $150k.
Patent Examiner (Biotech): Works for the US Patent Office deciding whether new biotech inventions truly deserve a patent. Typical pay $120k.
Biotech Venture Capitalist: Decides which biotech startups get millions of dollars of investment. Typical pay $250k.
Life Sciences Management Consultant: Advises drug and biotech companies on strategy—what to develop, how to price it, which markets to enter. Typical pay $135k.
Business Development Manager (Biotech): Makes deals between biotech companies—licensing drugs, forming partnerships, buying technology. Typical pay $155k.
Scientific Review Officer: Runs the expert panels at the NIH that score grant applications, deciding which medical research gets billions of dollars in funding. Typical pay $150k.
Mid pay: solid pay, degree or apprenticeship
Science Writer / Journalist: Explains new discoveries in biology and medicine to the public through articles, podcasts, and books. Typical pay $72k.
Medical & Scientific Illustrator: Draws and animates the body, cells, and molecules for textbooks, surgeons, museums, and courtrooms. Typical pay $80k.
Technology Transfer Officer: Helps universities turn lab discoveries into patents, licenses, and startups. Typical pay $100k.
High School Biology Teacher: Teaches teenagers biology—cells, genetics, ecology—and runs labs and science clubs. Typical pay $65k.
Biomedical Research Librarian: Helps doctors and scientists find the right studies fast and teaches them to search huge databases. Typical pay $72k.
Life Sciences Recruiter: Finds and hires scientists and specialists for biotech and pharma companies. Typical pay $80k.
Science Festival Director: Plans and runs citywide science festivals with hands-on demos, shows and expos that bring science to thousands of families. Typical pay $72k.
Starter: fastest way in
Science Content Creator: Makes videos, podcasts, or social posts that make biology fascinating for millions of followers. Typical pay $45k.
Science Camp Instructor: Teaches hands-on science to kids at camps, after-school programs, and outdoor schools. Typical pay $34k.
Science Center Floor Educator: Brings science alive for visitors at science centers with live demos and conversations. Typical pay $36k.
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