• Question: How much money do you earn, as you have quite a unique job.

    Asked by Baileylee12 to rochellevelho, Hannah, Stephen, Phil on 6 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by 637spah44.
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      Hannah Sargeant answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      A PhD student will often have something called a Studentship which is sort of like a wage. You are guaranteed 3 years pay to complete your studies. I receive about £14,000 a year tax free. That means I have enough to rent a room nearby to the University and to pay for anything else I need. A lot of PhD students are happy to live this way for a few years because we will usually end up with a great job afterwards.

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      Phil Sutton answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      I am working at the junior end of the scientist job family. After you have done a PhD then you would be working as a postdoc or even junior lecturer. I am technically around this area so this would put me in the middle of the pay grade £28 – 36K. Scientists will be on a system that means as you gain more experience in a role you will go up each year within a set pay grade. We call these increments.

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      Stephen Pulker answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      Forgive me for not answering directly but I think it could be quite sensitive to be figures in a semi-public forum.
      Enough to say that I earn competitively for my experience / age; enough to service a mortgage on a decent house, go on a couple of holidays a year and save a bit. Key to this is that I consider my work / life balance to be good. So can’t complain.

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