Cardiff University has 250 staff Earning more than £100,000 a year.

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A typical postdoc position starts at around £30k, however most phds don’t get postdoc positions and end up in research assistant roles which pay much less and can easily start in the low-mid £20s.

Where do they finish?

[rs3100]

Where do they finish?

It depends on what they achieve really.
If they aren't ambitious and just plod along then add about £10k to the number.
If they are ambitious and go for promotion then most professors (non-clinical) will be in the £60-70k bracket, but that's a long road for most researchers/academics, it's not a postdoc one minute and a professor the next.
Promotion is dependent on a number of things including high quality publications and grant income (researchers and research academics, teaching academics have slightly different criteria).

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Where do they finish?

Getting more difficult for a PhD to be worth it. Many struggle to find a job that was worthwhile, increasingly so.

I know many who did PhDs and taught at the same time, and they continued in pretty much the same role after, perhaps going full time. After that, the career hopefully improves but it's not guaranteed

[rs3100]

Getting more difficult for a PhD to be worth it. Many struggle to find a job that was worthwhile, increasingly so.

I know many who did PhDs and taught at the same time, and they continued in pretty much the same role after, perhaps going full time. After that, the career hopefully improves but it's not guaranteed

Possibly if you're going into industry, but if you're planning to be in academia then a PhD is beneficial.
There are some (actually many) who look down on academics without PhDs.

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Possibly if you're going into industry, but if you're planning to be in academia then a PhD is beneficial.
There are some (actually many) who look down on academics without PhDs.

A PhD is simply a must have if you’re considering a career in academia. Having published research (at least 3) in 3 or 4 star journals is a valuable addition but successful research funding grants is a clincher