A link to the American Physical Society that presents many reasons and facts.
(short bar: entry salary, long bar: salary after 10 years). According to this study by the US website PayScale, physicists are the sixth-highest-earning group of graduates, with a median salary of $98,800 after at least 10 years in the workforce. And physicists will receive a salary boost from earning a Master's or a Ph.D. Read the complete article in Physics World by clicking on the chart above.