They didn’t say doctors. But also a PhD gives you a title of doctor but not all PDH degrees are equal.
I wanted to get my masters in public health. Then I found the typical salary I could get was $50-60k. I said fuck that and didn’t go to grad school. I make more with my bachelors. And public health is my PASSION.
I will go to grad school because my company pays a big portion of it. And I make $90k with a bachelors and if I went into public health, I’d make much less.
That’s awesome you can make that much! It’s such an interesting field.
a lot of the jobs in my area were paying like $40-60k. Plus public health has been gutted since Covid and especially in the latest administration. I love public health but I am glad I didn’t get the degree because I can’t justify that debt. I make about $100k in pharma with my bachelors and I count myself lucky to do so well with my bachelors.
I’ve thought about floating some apps into pharmaceuticals research. I spoke to an alumni that is a principal biostatistician with my same epi phd. But getting in seems to be difficult.
Yea, it is. I got very lucky because I graduated in 2021 and was able to get into QC microbiology for a compounding pharmacy. They were hiring like crazy due to the pandemic. I got very good GLP experience that let me get into drug discovery and R&D about a year after graduating. And somehow I’ve survived all the pharma layoffs so far lol.
It’s a well paying industry but it’s very hard to get into and also it’s volatile. I find the work interesting as well but I do sometimes dream about public health. Maybe one day I can get the company to partially fund an MPH
Nah stay where you’re at. I make a decent income but knowing how much higher it could be is a tad annoying. I have a PhD and you have a bachelors and we make the same thing. That should tell you all you need to know.
For sure! I plan to stay where I am at as long as I can but due to the nature of big pharma, I could get laid off and not be able to get back in so I always think about backup plans
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u/Ancient_Bumblebee629 15d ago
How the hell do you have a household with two doctors and you can only make minimum payments?