I think a big part of that is there are too many people inherently interested in doing science. In fact there are already a lot more grads coming out with scien

I think a big part of that is there are too many people inherently interested in doing science. In fact there are already a lot more grads coming out with science degrees than there are jobs, and math is even worse. Although these positions have less pay, the competition is probably more fierce than for the positions you mentioned (although I think game-dev has a similar issue). This is a problem but it's a good one to have, we have a lot of people out their willing to make science their life's work even without these external motivators.