• Question: Do you guys get payed quite alot? (This is a question for everyone :D)

    Asked by anon-264125 on 19 Oct 2020.
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      Siti Syuhaida Mohamed Yunus answered on 19 Oct 2020:

      It’s based on location and uni as well. If you’re based in London, you’ll get paid more than other places.

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      Cheukyau (Jane) Luk answered on 19 Oct 2020:

      That is a very subjective question! I would not say I get paid a lot but am very thankful that my PhD stipend is enough to cover my tuition fee and basic living expenses, thanks to British Heart Foundation!

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      Stephen Clarke answered on 19 Oct 2020:

      I have a niche role, the government body for medicines (MHRA) have approved me to be a “Qualified Person”, which means that I can be trusted to release good batches of medicine, and reject batches where something has gone wrong. That responsibility, plus there being a shortage of “Qualified Persons” does make it a well paid job.

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      Sonia Rodriguez answered on 19 Oct 2020:

      That’s a very subjective question. I’m making enough money to live comfortably (according to my standards, of course) but I’d be paid more money in other jobs with a similar level of experience, or even doing the same job in industry.

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      James Smallcombe answered on 19 Oct 2020:

      I am paid well enough to live comfortably (£42k) which is based on 6 years post-PhD experience. But I am earning much less than my colleagues who went into the private sector (>£50k) rather than research after our PhDs.
      I also have a lack of job security and have had to make lots of costly international moves out of my own pocket. Research is not a career path to get rich.

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      Gaby Mayorga Adame answered on 19 Oct 2020:

      I will say pay is mid-range and it depends a lot on the Institution. It is a bit counterintuitive that people in “national research centers” get lower salaries for the same job than in Universities. And a similar job in the industry could double the salary. Science is definitively not a career to get rich but should be enough to live comfortably and can get you experiences that can’t be bought with $$, like going on submarines, going to Antartida, helping others, protecting the environment…

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