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I've read in numerous places that astrophysics/astronomy majors have a 0% unemployment rate e.g. http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/NILF1111/#term= http://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-degrees-with-0--unemployment.html...

My interpretation would be: yes - I'm glad I studied physics and not something else. no - I wish I had studied something else.

Anyone care to say why they're glad they studied physics?

That is the purpose of the poll. As an example "Yes, I do regret it. I would recommend an undergrad go into engineering instead.", I'm sure there's more but to go through and find them would defeat the purpose of the poll.

Many threads give the impression that a large percentage of physics graduates regret studying physics. To those of you who have qualifications in physics, do you regret studying physics?

From what I've searched postdoctoral research fellowships, though temporary, do pay well, for example, Griffith University offers a postdoctoral research fellowship in quantum information science which pays $79,377 - $94,263 per annum plus 17% superannuation (retirement fund), which equates to...

I was referring to physics generally as I have been led to believe it can be difficult to be employed in a specific field of physics, not really sure if that's the case. If you could provide some insight into the employability of physics graduates from your knowledge/experience (presumably in...

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Under the prospects tab it is stated: How many workers are employed in this occupation? 9800 How many work full-time (% share)? 85 What are the weekly earnings for full-time workers ($ before tax)...

Preferable, as in, would you be more likely to be employed as a medical physicist with a physics degree or with a biophysics degree?

Although it may be preferable to have a more advanced degree than a bachelor's to be employed as a medical physicist, what bachelors degree is preferable? e.g. physics or biophysics?

yeah, the occupation "physicist" links to "Other Natural and Physical Science Professionals", so it must consider other occupations also, though as a rough estimate it should provide some indication.

Prior to researching physicist salaries I was under the impression that physicists compared to other occupations e.g. engineers are rather low payed. Though after some browsing I found that physicists, roughly earn ~$85k/year (AUD) and mechanical engineers for instance earn ~$84k/year (AUD)...