• Question: how much money do you earn ?

    Asked by condor1234 to Emily on 15 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
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      Emily Cook answered on 15 Mar 2010:

      Oooh, personal question.
      As a researcher in a university I earned about 33,000 quid a year though that included london weighting so would be a bit less outside of London. This was a job straight after my PhD so money would go up the longer you worked. People in private companies earn more but have less freedom in what they research.

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    maktar commented on :

    WOw Thats Quite Alot of Money!……♥

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    babehillier2k10 commented on :

    33,000 wow

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    missharty22 commented on :

    33,000 god that good

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    Emily commented on :

    Glad you are all positively suprised!
    To get to that salary you need to have a degree and a PhD, so that takes at least 7 years of study.

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    dt13 commented on :

    dont you ever get fed up of it

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    lani commented on :

    Wow 7 years. So I guess it is worth it

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    Emily commented on :

    Fed up of studying? no! I’ve split my time between three different universities so have lived in different places, met loads of different people and generally had a lot of fun along the way. At university you have more freedom than you do in school and if you’re studying something you’re interested in – great!

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    Chris commented on :

    I just thought I would agree with Emily here. Don’t think of the 7 years as like studying at school. For sure the 3-4 years of a PhD is much more like working than being at school.

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    elleh48 commented on :

    wow that is alot of money a year

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    izzygleekx commented on :

    7 years is worth it

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    Emily commented on :

    Chris, are you not going to tell us what you earn?

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    Chris commented on :

    Emily – this didn’t come up as a question to me. I thought the students were only interested in you! If anyone is interested I do earn quite a bit more than Emily, but I am older and uglier to make up for it ………. The serious point is that in general science graduates earn more than non-science graduates. And doing science until you are 21 does not close any career doors for you (even ones that might be potentially more lucrative in the long run such as banking – not sure if that is a good example or not..).

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    Martin commented on :

    I didn’t get asked this question either. But I am at about the same level as Emily, which is not surprising because we have the same qualifications and roughly the same experience.

    Specifically in reply to izzygleeks: 7 years is worth it ONLY if you enjoy it! No sane human being does a PhD just for the money! 😀

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      Natalie commented on :

      If you didn’t enjoy doing it the money wouldn’t make up for it. I’m doing a PhD at the moment, and I’m lucky enough to get a Stipend from two of the research councils BBSRC and EPSRC. This means that I get paid to do it, which is good. PhD students get around £12 000 per year.

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    Emily commented on :

    Thanks guys- just being nosy!