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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 49 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

57k a year is a decent salary if you live in the UK.

A seasoned postdoc could expect to make 55K max. A professor a bit more.

[–] resting_parrot@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

57k usd is a little less than 42k gbp

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Which is roughly the pay for a staff scientist or lecturer

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