This report provides information on the demographic characteristics and employment status of recipients of doctoral degrees granted from June 1980 to January 1983 (who were residing in the United States in February 1981). Information was collected on 39,547 of the 63,022 individuals in the survey sample, yielding a response rate of 63 percent. Chapter 1 consists of analyses of doctorates in the sciences and engineering, which includes the broad fields of mathematics, computer science, physics/astronomy, chemistry, earth/environmental sciences, life sciences (agriculture, medical, and biological), psychology, and social sciences. Chapter 2 includes analyses of doctorates in the humanities fields of art history, classical languages, English/American literature, history, modern languages/literature, music, philosophy, speech, and "other humanities." Data are provided for: doctoral population by field; field mobility by employed Ph.D.s; academic position by cohort, field of doctorate, and sex; tenure status by field, sex, and age; and for geographic differences in employment status. Data are also provided by field of doctorate for: demographic characteristics; employment status; type of employer; primary work activity; median annual salary by sex and years since doctorate; and for median annual salary by sex and type of employer. Survey questionnaire and supporting documentation are included in appendices. (JN)