• Question: how much do u get for ur salary

    Asked by dougl to Joe on 10 Mar 2015.
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      Joe Spencer answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Hey dougl,
      As a PhD student I get paid 13500 per year, doesn’t sound like much but it’s tax free, so it’s the equivalent of about 20,000 pound per year salary.
      I can also do teaching work in the university which pays around £15 per hour. Which means I can probably get another £2000 per year from that.
      It’s good to live on, as I’m still classed as a student so don’t pay tax or anything. But if I stay and become a professor one day they can earn around £80,000 per year quite easily.
      Hope that answers your question

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