• Question: how much do you earn in a year?

    Asked by mollyoanes to Gina, Callum, Katie, Michelle, Sam on 14 Nov 2012. This question was also asked by banana1.
    • Photo: Gina Tse

      Gina Tse answered on 14 Nov 2012:

      As a PhD student I earn a stipend. I am being sponsored by the Medical Research Council who pay for my student fees, bench fees (money for equipment, chemicals etc) as well as my stipend. I get given roughly £14,000 a year. Once I get my PhD my salary will obviously rise to a better one.

    • Photo: Callum Johnston

      Callum Johnston answered on 15 Nov 2012:

      Hey, I’m a PhD student too like Gina so I get about the same. The good thing about still being a student is you don’t have to pay tax so we get to keep all the money we get rather than having to give some to the government.

    • Photo: Michelle Linterman

      Michelle Linterman answered on 15 Nov 2012:

      At the University of Cambridge, people at my level earn about £28,000 a year. But at different universities this can be different.

    • Photo: Katie Howe

      Katie Howe answered on 15 Nov 2012:

      Once you have finished your PhD and become a research associate then you get a nice pay rise (but you do have to pay tax which is a bit annoying!) I work in London so you get paid a bit more than in the rest of the country. People of my level earn around £30,000 a year in London.

    • Photo: Sam Godfrey

      Sam Godfrey answered on 16 Nov 2012:

      I’m like Katie and work in London so I also earn in the low 30 thousands. The higher up in science the more you can earn. Professors get lots of money (sometimes in the 100 thousand area), as do some scientists who work for companies instead of universities.

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