Individual_Bison1776 t1_j7zof7r wrote on February 10, 2023 at 3:39 PM

Reply to comment by Scatheli in Temple University deactivated health insurance of all striking graduate workers today by TransFattyAcid

Thats pretty much the standard PhD salary.

Scatheli t1_j7zphw8 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 3:46 PM

It most certainly is not especially for biomedical science PhDs. I literally just did one. They are including tuition remission in their 40k number that Temple is touting on their website. They are giving 20k in actual take home money for their PhDs which is absurd. I made 32 by the time I finished and lived in a way cheaper city

deadliftothersup t1_j806wi2 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 5:39 PM

19k is barely above what I made as a PhD student at UMaine a handful of years ago and it should go without saying that my cost of living was a hell of a lot less ($500 / room rent) than Philly.

Also, anyone saying your lab work, teaching responsibilities, and mentor work is part time are being pretty silly.

100nm t1_j83l4ee wrote on February 11, 2023 at 11:18 AM

There are 168 hours in a week. Working 50-80 hours a week is only part of that time. /s

boringhistoryfan t1_j813nok wrote on February 10, 2023 at 9:12 PM

It is nowhere close to the average. Colleges in cities with much lower COL offer much higher wages.

If you had said 22k or so was close to the average, that'd be correct. 19 is definitely underpaid. And offensively so for a major city. And post-Covid, the average has ticked up, though not as much as it should have.