• Question: how much do you earn?

    Asked by Nickname (required) to Stephen, Stephanie, Rehemat, Christopher, Caroline, Aileen on 9 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Christopher Nankervis

      Christopher Nankervis answered on 9 Mar 2018:

      At the moment I do not have a regular salary, as I pay myself from my business. I use external funding to keep the business going for now.

    • Photo: Rehemat Bhatia

      Rehemat Bhatia answered on 9 Mar 2018:

      For a PhD salary, if you are funded by a UK research council you get paid around £13, 900 – £21, 000. Depends which council is funding you.

    • Photo: Aileen Baird

      Aileen Baird answered on 9 Mar 2018:

      Im a PhD student, so I am funded by a research council- they give money to PhD students so that they can have a salary and also have money for their scientific research. At the moment I’m earning about 17k per year, but as Rehemat said it can vary depending on the research council!

      Lots of PhD students also do teaching or other part time work to boost their CV and to earn a bit of extra cash! I also go into schools and teach university style lessons to students.

    • Photo: Stephen Twomlow

      Stephen Twomlow answered on 10 Mar 2018:

      Unlike the others in the climate zone I am no longer a young scientist – sometime I wish I still was as life appeared much simpler with less responsibilities. I have been the struggling PhD student and young researcher, like the others, trying to make ends meet on research grants. Fortunately after working for 25 years I was able to join the United Nations as a Regional Climate and Environmental Specialist – so I am now well rewarded for the work I do, but with it comes a lot of responsibilities. In British pounds I earn, depending on the exchange rate 90,000 pounds

    • Photo: Caroline Hickman

      Caroline Hickman answered on 12 Mar 2018:

      It varies, I have some independent work which helps increase my income, my salary for my full time work is roughly £30,000. I pay for my PhD and research myself out of my salary so I do some extra work on top of my day job to pay for this

    • Photo: Stephanie Mann

      Stephanie Mann answered on 12 Mar 2018:

      I have started wokring full time since finishing my PhD, which means I’m earning a salary of £32,000 a year. This is around normal for a starting salary after a PhD (the average depends on other experience and location, for example people in London are paid more because the cost of living is so high there). It is a comfortable salary though I don’t think anyone goes into a job saving the planet for the money!

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