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I did a post a few years ago that was a sort of informal salary survey for biopharma folks (I asked initially about the Boston/Cambridge area, but responses came in from many other places as well). I’ve had a recent request for an update, and I think it would make an interesting comparison..

So break out the comment-section pseudonyms! Let’s hear what the rough salary ranges are these days. Relevant information would be your level of experience, the broad scientific area/job function that you’re working in, and your geographical region, as well as your general pay level. If you’re just starting out, it would be worth knowing if you’re coming out of a post-doc and how long that took as well. At the other end, if you’ve moved into the world of consulting, I think people would like to know how that’s going, too.

This will be far from a controlled scientific survey, but I think that last time around it proved to be of some value, and we can also see if things come out any differently than they did in 2014. . .