Biotech salaries

Here is a summary of our latest survey, which asked questions about salaries in the Biotech world:

Highest Degree: 28% BSc, 21% MSc, 18% PhD, 21% Post-Doc

Time in workforce: 6% <1 year, 9% 1-4 years, 30% 5-9 years, 54% 10+years

Position: 14% Lab Tech, 5% Lab Manager, 4% Grad Student/Post-Doc, 21% Middle Manager (Product/Sales/Marketing), 20% Senior Manager, 8% Executive Manager

Total Compensation (salary + bonus/Commission if any): 8% $25-$50K; 24% $50-$75K, $27% were $75-$100K; 21% were $100K-150K; and a lucky 18% were over $150K. Good for them.

All Salaries were in US dollars, assuming 1:1 for Canada, 1:1.5 for Euros, and 1:2 for Pounds.

The majority of the respondents were from the US at 71% and England at 9%. Canada, Europe, and other countries made up the balance.