Timeline for How much is the normal salary of a postdoctoral fellow in North America and Western Europe?
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Oct 30, 2013 at 12:59 | history | edited | posdef | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Sep 15, 2013 at 6:12 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | In particle physics lab jobs are both highly competitive and prestigious, and often attract some of the next generation of stand-out scientists. | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 16:26 | comment | added | John | In the USA, health insurance can eat up the tax difference. And then you must buy a car unless you are in New York City! To have a fair comparison, then while talking about being a postdoc in London must be compared with being a postdoc in NYC which are equally expensive. I should add here that I am neither from the USA nor UK. I have worked as a postdoc in both the countries though. And the life as a postdoc in the UK is far more respectable than in the USA with the respective postdoc salaries. | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 16:25 | comment | added | John | @Tara B, I don't know about St Andrew's but usually most other towns (except of course some big cities like Manchester) in the UK are fairly reasonable compared to their postdoc salaries which is as Simon Arnold said is even better than a fresh engineer (which is not the case in the USA where on an average a fresh engineer would get starting from around $50000 per year whereas a postdoc can except 36000-45000$). Taxes are slightly higher in the UK but then you have to consider free health services, great public transportation, etc. issues. | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 13:43 | history | edited | Simon Arnold | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Sep 13, 2013 at 13:42 | comment | added | Simon Arnold | @F'x, I should indeed put references for each of the figures I mentioned but it may take a bit of dig to get all these figures. However, I have applied to all these countries during the past 4 years and have got a job in each of these countries. So these figures are practical ones, i.e., quoted on my offer letters! | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 13:38 | history | edited | Simon Arnold | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Sep 13, 2013 at 13:18 | comment | added | fileunderwater | In Norway, postdoc salaries in biology are often in the range 75000-90000$ per year before tax. | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 11:55 | comment | added | Tara B | By the way, other postdocs without anyone else to support can afford to live in St Andrews just fine. It isn't as expensive as London. | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 11:53 | comment | added | Tara B | @F'x: Indeed, but it's very nice, and there are more people who want to live there than fit, therefore accommodation is in high demand. It has a lot of golf courses and so rich people come on holiday there and retire there. It's also close enough to Edinburgh for a day-trip, so not completely out of civilisation. But this is getting rather off-topic! | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 11:42 | comment | added | F'x | @TaraB how come St Andrews is expensive? it's in the middle of… well, I won't say “nowhere”, but it's a rather little place in the middle of the countryside | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 11:27 | comment | added | Tara B | Also I think NZ salaries have gone up (along with living costs). A friend there is getting $70,000 for his postdoc there and he only just finished his PhD. And in Australia the top of the range is more like $80,000 these days. | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 11:23 | comment | added | Tara B | @SimonArnold: London salaries are higher to compensate for the higher living costs. I find it a bit unfair actually that it's the only place in the country where salaries and PhD scholarships are higher, because I work in a town which is too expensive for me to live in (St Andrews, Scotland). | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 9:23 | history | edited | F'x | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Sep 13, 2013 at 7:37 | comment | added | F'x | @SimonArnold great answer, would you have sources for these figures? | |
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Sep 13, 2013 at 4:28 | comment | added | Googlebot | very informative answer! | |
Sep 13, 2013 at 4:19 | history | answered | Simon Arnold | CC BY-SA 3.0 |