-$29K (52%) less than national average Anonymous Employee salary ($70K)
-$4K (9%) less than average UC Berkeley salary ($45K)
-$55K (95%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"Very low: $15,000 per class, at two classes per year. If it was not for additional salary from another employer, it would not be enough to live. This is an unfortunate situation that the financially constrained UC system faces."
-$34K (50%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"The salary for a postdoc is reasonable and competitive compared with other universities but not as good as in national labs."
-$49K (80%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"I am satisfied since I am being compensated for research, which is done voluntarily a lot of the time."
-$52K (88%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"I feel underpaid simply because the amount of work we are expected isn't quite representative of salary."
-$30K (42%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"I think that my adviser provides me with more than enough to live considering that I am a full-time student."
-$20K (26%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"Underpaid, definitely. I mean, after 2 Master's degree, a PhD and 8 yrs of postdoc, only 65K. The only reason I accept such a low pay is that I am doing something very exciting."
-$52K (88%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"Since I am doing this job part-time, I think the compensation is fair enough."
-$42K (65%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"Compensation is the primary reason for the job switch"
-$25K (34%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"Good compared to other post-docs, terrible compared to industry."
-$55K (95%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"The position also waives tuition fee, so overall worth it..."
-$45K (72%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"I am a Fulbright scholar and therefore my salary is not related to UC Berkeley's postdoc salaries."
-$43K (67%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"I think it's less than other universities like Stanford...But I'm satisfied with it."
-$37K (55%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"I think my pay is rather average - postdoc positions do not have a high pay."
-$22K (29%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"Pay is average for a RA in the school."
-$20K (26%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"Excellent wages and also can work overtime."
-$54K (93%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"I really liked it and thought it was fine."
+$20K (21%) more than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"Salaries were pretty low"
-$37K (55%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"The salary is okay for living in the Bay area."
-$49K (80%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"It’s good salary"
-$56K (98%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"good"
-$54K (93%) less than average UC Berkeley Anonymous Employee salary ($85K)
"fits"
-$52K (118%) less than national average Anonymous Employee salary ($70K)
-$27K (85%) less than average UC Berkeley salary ($45K)
"UCB definitely is not able to compensate its GSI's as much as a school like Stanford, which clearly has more resources."
+$95K (80%) more than national average Anonymous Employee salary ($70K)
+$120K (114%) more than average UC Berkeley salary ($45K)
"Better than average"