• Question: What's your salary?

    Asked by khilan to Vicky, Indi, Jarv, John, Ken on 13 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by lemonsqueeze99.
    • Photo: Vicky Young

      Vicky Young answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      I don’t get paid much as I am technically a student. I have a scholarship which gives me just over £13k a year and its enough to live on and have some fun.

      But I also teach the undergraduate medical students twice a week and I get paid extra for that!

      Hopefully I will get paid a lot more when I graduate!

    • Photo: Ken Dutton-Regester

      Ken Dutton-Regester answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      Unlike Vicki, I am just finishing being a student and will begin to start my first job after being a student. With a PhD I will probably be getting about $65,000 p/a. That being said, that’s in Australian dollars so once you do the conversion to pounds- probably about $2000 a year (jj).

    • Photo: Jarvist Moore Frost

      Jarvist Moore Frost answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      I’m on a fairly well paid postdoc and get about £30k before tax, including the ‘London weighting’.

      As I’m an employee, I no longer get paid extra for teaching the undergraduates, so my tutorials are included in that.

    • Photo: John Prytherch

      John Prytherch answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      I get paid around £26k, this is fairly typical for a new postdoctoral scientist outside London. Science doesn’t pay mega money, but it is enough to live comfortably on.

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