-$27K (47%) less than national average Anonymous Employee salary ($70K)
+$8K (20%) more than average University of Minnesota salary ($35K)
-$16K (26%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"Not many PhD students receive compensation! Anything is usually great. Between a teaching and research assistant load, you can usually get by on groceries and sharing an apt. with one or more other students. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone wanting to start a family or, you know, drive a car."
-$3K (4%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"Considering the average salary for similar requirements and a MS/PhD is north of six figures, the salary is nothing particularly impressive. Though, academia is inherently not set up to compete with the salaries offered by private companies."
-$38K (77%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"The pay as a research assistant at the University of Minnesota was not very good, but the hours are flexible for a student."
-$43K (92%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"The pay in our department was among the lowest at the university."
-$26K (47%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"The salary is standardized and fair for teaching assistants."
+$7K (9%) more than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"I believe I am get an average amount of pay for the work I do."
-$38K (77%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"The pay for any academic research institution is terrible. Period."
-$30K (56%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"It paid good for the position. The work load was not very intense. It's like average."
-$18K (30%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"My salary is 50k which is well above the average salary 45k."
-$56K (140%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"It was within the range I expected,"
-$37K (74%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"Salary is competitive for location I live in."
-$20K (34%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"The salary is good enough for RA."
-$8K (12%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"Underpaid since it's a non profit organization."
-$18K (30%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"Pretty competitive and satisfactory."
-$13K (21%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"Fair"
+$2K (2%) more than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"Average"
-$25K (45%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"The pay is decent"
-$41K (86%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"Average"
-$28K (51%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
-$20K (33%) less than national average Anonymous Employee salary ($70K)
+$15K (35%) more than average University of Minnesota salary ($35K)
-$19K (32%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"I want to work in industry so my salary as a postdoctoral researcher is low compared to what I could make in industry."
-$19K (32%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"The salary offered to postdoc is competitive compared to other competitor"
-$16K (26%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"On the high end for this field."
-$35K (66%) less than national average Anonymous Employee salary ($70K)
Equal to average University of Minnesota salary ($35K)
-$53K (127%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"This is a position for students and while getting paid a dollar or two more per hour would have been nice, I understand the rationale for minimum wage."
-$13K (21%) less than average University of Minnesota Anonymous Employee salary ($68K)
"I'm highly paid for the university... others are less fortunate."
-$50K (111%) less than national average Anonymous Employee salary ($70K)
-$15K (54%) less than average University of Minnesota salary ($35K)
"I believe that the salary was lower than competitors."
-$49K (107%) less than national average Anonymous Employee salary ($70K)
-$14K (50%) less than average University of Minnesota salary ($35K)
"Definitely underpaid. Did not expect much from a college job."
-$39K (77%) less than national average Anonymous Employee salary ($70K)
-$4K (12%) less than average University of Minnesota salary ($35K)
"Normal pay for my position."
-$37K (71%) less than national average Anonymous Employee salary ($70K)
-$2K (5%) less than average University of Minnesota salary ($35K)
"I'm a student worker so I don't have any ground to demand or negotiate more."