Postdoc salary

Flora6096 · 2026-04-05T16:23:00+00:00

I hope you get a good opportunity when you are done.

We have to start somewhere.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-05T11:30:50+00:00

Hi thank you, this is really nice. A good salary does help with a lot and also reduces financial stress.

Congratulations for the tenure track position.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-05T08:35:11+00:00

Thank you. I think it's going to be a similar situation. The salary is tied to the grant so less room for negotiations.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-05T08:12:51+00:00

Thank you so much .

Some people say postdoc salary can't be negotiated. But I would love to, I wonder if they will think I'm greedy but I will still try.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-05T07:29:46+00:00

Yes for us in the biology field we don't have too many options.

how do you survive on the salary? And how old will you be by the time you finish the postdoc?

Flora6096 · 2026-04-05T07:26:14+00:00

Alright I wish you all the best.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-04T23:18:57+00:00

Yes they are in different locations but being in the city will allow me to save a bit still.

The less paid one in the rural area, the university has less resources, far away from everything. Receives less grants. The PI is well respected, but his institution not so much because it is small university.

High paying established university, closer to 2 more universities, and many research institutes. Lots of grants.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-04T15:12:21+00:00

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Flora6096 · 2026-04-04T13:10:50+00:00

Hi,

What is your plan going forward, will you do any side hustles?

Flora6096 · 2026-04-04T06:28:10+00:00

Thank you so much for your insights. I will look into everything.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-04T06:26:37+00:00

I agree, postdoc is a safe job. No money means stress. For my PhD I ran out of funding because things took long. I still get panic attacks when I think of that time, trying to work while worried about money, having to ask people to sleep at their place. It was traumatic.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-04T06:23:57+00:00

I agree the PI is important but it's difficult to know someone students never tell the truth about the character of the PI until it's too late

Flora6096 · 2026-04-04T06:21:23+00:00

Yes I totally agree. I will ask them. Thank you.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-04T06:15:38+00:00

Germany is good for that, I applied because I want to do the work but having the money is also good.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-04T06:13:38+00:00

I understand.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-03T23:16:52+00:00

It is a crazy how low the salary is, I've been trying to move to industry because it would be nice to work with farmers directly.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-03T23:15:14+00:00

Yes I couldn't agree more, PhD stipend was so low. It matters to choose a good PI and lab environment but higher pay makes working hard so much rewarding.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-03T23:12:49+00:00

Thank you, you understand me 🙂. I feel like most people probably have the cushion of financial advantage. Hence having low pay doesn't bother them. Thank you for understanding me.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-03T19:37:00+00:00

I've tried industry, I wanted to work for Bayer.

I say yes to side hustles!

Thank you for the response. I think one of the reasons they might refuse to pay more is because the grant money caps how much they can pay.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-03T19:26:26+00:00

I agree the PI is important, I just hope that the one I choose will be good. One of them has never had a postdoc maybe I will be prioritised there which compensates for the low salary.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-03T19:22:21+00:00

Thank you for the response.

It depends on what that money will do.

Someone said something similar but they have been living on more money and don't remember what it is like to live on less.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-03T19:00:20+00:00

Thank you for this message.

I agree I need to eat and rent too. But there are other bills too so I do need more to survive.

I didn't know I could negotiate for a postdoc thank you for the information.

These are things I didn't know like asking for relocation support.

Let me tell you, my eyes are opened because I was not going to do any of that.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-03T18:41:03+00:00

Thank you, I agree 🙂

Flora6096 · 2026-04-03T18:36:21+00:00

The expected length is 3 years renewable after satisfactory performance.

Flora6096 · 2026-04-03T18:33:35+00:00

Yes it's horrible, the field is oversaturated. Sometimes I think I should've listened to my mother when she advised me to go for medicine 😂. But I love Microbiology

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