Post-Doc Survey (American Scientist, 2005)

[Therapist4Chnge]

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I stumbled across this while looking for post-doc placements, and I thought it was an interesting read. The respondants were limited to psychology post-docs, so take everything with a grain of salt. Sadly, it seems that post-docs across the board are underpaid ($38,000), though satisfaction seems to be decent considering that.

I'd be curious to hear people's thoughts about their findings.

 

[SingingCow]

I stumbled across this while looking for post-doc placements, and I thought it was an interesting read. The respondants were limited to psychology post-docs, so take everything with a grain of salt. Sadly, it seems that post-docs across the board are underpaid ($38,000), though satisfaction seems to be decent considering that.

I'd be curious to hear people's thoughts about their findings.

I have been a grad student for too long. 38k a year looks good to me. You get to do research in the field you like (presumably), receive additional training, accumulate clinical hours towards licensure... and you get paid doing all of the above. Sounds good.

 

[ClinicalPsycPhD]

yeah, 38k is higher than I thought. I am looking at post docs in the philly area, and one I heard back from at a college counseling center in NJ pays 26k!

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

yeah, 38k is higher than I thought. I am looking at post docs in the philly area, and one I heard back from at a college counseling center in NJ pays 26k!

They definitely are poor at many sites. I'm looking mostly at VAs (41k-43k) and academic medical centers (33k-45k), with a couple outliers on either end....so it isn't too bad. Sadly, it looks like a lot of money compared to the average people make on internship ($18-25k?).

 

[appelsoranjes]

They definitely are poor at many sites. I'm looking mostly at VAs (41k-43k) and academic medical centers (33k-45k), with a couple outliers on either end....so it isn't too bad. Sadly, it looks like a lot of money compared to the average people make on internship ($18-25k?).

38k is nice.

I'm getting 32k/year (after taxes $900 every 2 weeks) at U. Virginia medical school. Med residents here get about 18k more, pharmacy post-docs get 10k more, and chaplain residents get 1k less.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

38k is nice.

I'm getting 32k/year (after taxes $900 every 2 weeks) at U. Virginia medical school. Med residents here get about 18k more, pharmacy post-docs get 10k more, and chaplain residents get 1k less.

I think what is most frustrating is that across the board we earn less, and it greatly effects our earning potential because raises usually aren't huge bumps, so it takes a long time to see a meaningful increase.