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[โ€“] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The NIH postdoc rate and therefore academic standards in most places for all biomedical postdocs is ~60k. Math is an outlier by a lot.

[โ€“] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I guess they have to compete with the financial sector and the likes? Over here, it varies wildly by field and by what you do.