Question about academic salary. A salary is a fixed regular payment made by an employer to an employee.
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In which countries are academic salaries published?
This is a simple question but I am not sure how to find out the answer. Where in the world are the salaries of (senior) academics published and freely available? I found this amazing web page from Canada. Is it unique?
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How to parse "$70,000/yr for 9 months' employment payable over 12 months"?
I have received a job offer for a full-time contract position at a college in the US. The offer says that my salary will be $70,000/year for nine months’ employment payable over a period of twelve months. I received my offer not long ago, and…
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Bad departmental funding, when do you leave the ship?
As a post-doctoral researcher, I am employed directly by a university. Due to the economic crisis, funds are not overabundant right now, and a lot of expenses have been scaled back or even cut out completely in the last few months (library access,…
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How do you ask for a raise?
Once you have a faculty job, how do you ask for a raise (beyond a yearly university-wide cost of living increase)? Is there any way to negotiate, short of soliciting outside offers? What should someone do if they are not willing to uproot their…
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What has the effect of publishing salaries been?
In the US, many (most?) states have laws which require the publication of full salary details for all employees of state universities. For example, California has a full online database of all state workers it seems which includes UC Berkeley…
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Can a researcher get his full salary from a European Project?
I would be interested in creating with some colleagues a FET Young Explorers project, in which I would be Work Package leader.
I've been involved in several european projects, but always as a postdoc recruited by a PI (or WP leader), and I don't…
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Do faculty members get additional compensation such as bonuses in industry?
Do faculty members get bonuses similar to industry such as cash bonus, stock bonus, profit sharing, commission sharing, and tips? Or only for teaching more courses?
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I received an F32, how do I ask for more money?
The F32 pays for my salary, and my benefits. This is going to be more than 58,500 dollars that my boss saves per year, for the next 3 years. That is a lot of money.
I think it is only right that I ask my boss for more money on top. She has 1…
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Why law and business faculty are paid the highest salaries?
According this site
https://www.higheredjobs.com/salary/salaryDisplay.cfm?SurveyID=28
"Legal Professions and Studies" and "Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services" are paid higher than faculty in more research oriented fields…
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My advisor asks about my salary?
It seems that my advisor keeps pushing me to answer this question, and I am not comfortable answering it. How should I respond him?
Update: I just recently graduated and landed a tenure-track position. The salary mentioned above is of this…
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What are ways that academics make money?
Possible Duplicate:
How do academics make money from applying their research?
What are the various revenue sources for academics? Are some ways to earn money more usual than others?
I'm asking this question per this comment.
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