Qualifications and Salaries 



The following summary applies to require- 

 ments for filling most of the professional re- 

 search positions. 



Grades Salaries Requirements 



GS-5 $5,181 



GS-7. 



.Bachelor's degree in appro- 

 priate field, with specific 

 courses as described in 

 the examination announce- 

 ment, and pass a written 

 test. 



3,269.... Bachelor's degree plus 1 

 year of appropriate grad- 

 uate work (30 semester 

 hours), or 



Bachelor's degree plus 1 

 year of progressive research 

 experience, or 



Bachelor's degree with col- 

 lege average of "B" or bet- 

 ter, standing in upper 

 25 percent of class, or 

 other specified scholastic 

 achievement. 



GS-9 $7,479. 



GS-11. 



..Bachelor's degree plus (a) 

 2 years of appropriate grad- 

 uate work (60 semester 

 hours), or (b) 2 years of 

 progressive research expe- 

 rience, or 



Completion of all require- 

 ments for the master's de- 

 gree in an appropriate 

 field within the last 2 

 years, and demonstrated 

 superior ability in grad- 

 uate studies. 



5,961. ...Completion of all require- 

 ments for the Ph. D. de- 

 gree; or 3 years of progres- 



sively responsible research 

 experience (or appropriate 

 combination of experience 

 and education) beyond the 

 bachelor's degree level. 



GS— 12. ...$10,619.. ..Completion of all require- 

 ments for the Ph. D. degree 

 in an appropriate field 

 within the last 2 years, and 

 demonstrated superior abil- 

 ity in graduate studies; or 

 3 years of progressively 

 responsible, highly special- 

 ized research experience 

 (or appropriate combina- 

 tion of experience and edu- 

 cation) beyond the bache- 

 lor's degree level. 



Some undergraduates are employed bv ARS 

 as student assistants for full-time summer work 

 and for part-time work during the school vear. 

 High school graduates who have been accepted 

 by or enrolled in an accredited college or uni- 

 versity in an appropriate curriculum may be 

 eligible for appointment at the rate of S3.814 a 

 year; students with 1 full academic year of col- 



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