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Asked by then485nap on 6 Jun 2023. This question was also asked by hays485var, chat485ref.
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Ferran Brosa Planella answered on 6 Jun 2023:
I work at a university so the salary depends on your role and on how long you have been in that role. For example, I now make around £50k a year (before taxes). In fact, the salary scales at the university are public, so you can check them here: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/humanresources/internal/payroll/salscalescurrent/current/.
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Laura Thomas-Walters answered on 6 Jun 2023:
When I did my PhD I had a grant of ~14k a year. When I got my first science job after my PhD, I was on ~35k. Currently I’m on ~50k, and next month I start a new job where I’ll be earning ~60k.
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Alexander De Bruin answered on 6 Jun 2023:
Science isn’t the highest-paid career option (compared to e.g. banking or finance), but we are rewarded for our skills and experience. I started my first role around ~£30k, and am now closer to £60k + bonus and shares
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Cat Cowie answered on 6 Jun 2023:
I earn about £37,000 per year at the moment, or I would if I was working full time! There are definitely higher paid jobs available, but my salary will grow with my experience and I think that the other rewards (a supportive and exciting work environment, lots of flexible working, the freedom to explore my ideas and to make a difference) make it worth it.
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Helen Littler answered on 6 Jun 2023:
I make enough money to live a comfortable life and to be able to buy the things which make me happy – I’ve just bought my fourth bicycle which is a cargo bike which allows me to take my baby daughter places sustainably.
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John Grasmeder answered on 6 Jun 2023:
It depends. I get paid a salary, and sometimes I get a bonus as well, but the amount depends on how well the company is doing and how well I do my job. There are other long-term things I have like share ownership plans, which sometimes pay out. So I cannot give an exact answer but it is a number with 6 figures.
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Amy Stockwell answered on 6 Jun 2023:
I work a 4 day (32 hour) week and earn £37k. I could earn more and get more benefits if I did the same job at a bigger company, but I probably wouldn’t be so happy. I like that I have a lot of autonomy, that if I have an idea to improve the company I can mention it to the owner and then fix it on the same day without having to have my idea approved by hundreds of people.
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Luke Humphrey answered on 6 Jun 2023:
When I started my role as a graduate in 2020 I was on a £29k salary. This was historically uplifted by £1k per year for the first two years, but this was put on hold during the pandemic as part of the public sector pay freeze so I didn’t receive that.
Like many others, my partner and I have struggled a lot to stay on top of finances during the ongoing cost of living crisis (very fast increase in cost of food and rent). However, I have recently had a promotion around the same time as we secured a decent pay increase through negotiations with our union, so I now have a take home (after tax and student loans etc.) of about £2000 per month off the top of my head, which reasonably comfortable.
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Alastair Henniker-heaton answered on 6 Jun 2023:
What you make depends on your level within the company, time served, responsibilities (do you manage a team for example) and accountability (for example managing a budget of £X). We are graded using a global grading system which the highest grade is around 22 – 24 and is occupied by the CEO with the board of directors usually being on grades from 17 / 18 upwards. Grades 11 to 16 are typically middle management / director grades followed by 1 – 10 which are the staff grades like technicians, engineers and analysts.
I am currently a grade 11 which is the first management level and I make just over £70,000 per year plus bonus (up to 20%) and benefits (pension, health care etc). It has taken me roughly 10 years to get to this level since completing my apprenticeship. I have no line management responsibilities however my job has high influence on the success of very expensive projects.
That said, each grade has a salary band and the bands can be quite wide so for a grade 11 role the band could be anything between £55k – £80k. Salary bands aren’t published but they often overlap too so a grade 12 could be £65k – £90k meaning you can find people on a lower grade than you earning more than you.
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Emma Spooner answered on 7 Jun 2023:
I have just finished my PhD and started a new researcher job (called a postdoc). You do not get paid a lot to do a PhD- around £14-15,000 a year. In my new job I am starting at the lowest level for a postdoc, which is around £33,000, but it will go up each year and can go up to around £40,000. Most people only postdoc for a few years before moving onto something else higher paid.
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Sharron Kenny answered on 7 Jun 2023: last edited 9 Jun 2023 8:17 am
i am based in the north east of england so i know that makes a difference but with 10yrs of laboratory experience my pay before tax ect is £45k
my basic wage is £31k but there is a generous pension scheme. company share scheme bonus scheme and various health and well being schemes which top it up.
down south i realise id likely be paid more
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Ian Duffy answered on 13 Jun 2023:
I started on £25k per year, but now earn somewhere more than £100k per year – it varies a bit depending on how well the company is doing. I’m actually just moving jobs to a different company that pays me a bit less than I’m currently earning – I’m doing that because I’m excited about the new job and I’ve also saved enough to be really comfortable for me and my family.
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