salaries (2 Viewers)

[hipsta_jess]

im just curious as to roughly what academics at various levels would be paid?
coz the lecturers constantly whinge about the 'poor salary', so im just wondering how crap it truly is.
any ideas?

 

[tactic]

i am pretty sure a 'casual' lecturer gets about 200$/hr

as for others i wouldnt know

 

[Giant Lobster]

200$/hr isnt bad...

 

[jase_]

Yup they get around that much .

 

[Frigid]

$600 per lecture for my accting lecturer i think? something like roughly 100K per year...

 

[neo o]

Originally posted by Giant Lobster
200$/hr isnt bad...

If i could get a 9-5 job that payed that kind of money, i'd say it's a little better than not bad

 

[hipsta_jess]

Originally posted by Frigid
$600 per lecture for my accting lecturer i think? something like roughly 100K per year...

omg! then why the hell do they complain?

 

[neo o]

Originally posted by Frigid
$600 per lecture for my accting lecturer i think? something like roughly 100K per year...

That's like..3 lectures a week..

 

[Xayma]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
omg! then why the hell do they complain?

Cause they spent so long getting all their qualifications, and they could probably get more outside the uni.

 

[Giant Lobster]

Originally posted by Xayma
Cause they spent so long getting all their qualifications, and they could probably get more outside the uni.

damn straight
3 lectures a week?
1800 / week isnt that much actually

edit:
for a dude born and educated in aus with a phd or whatever lecturers have

else 1800/week is quite sweet

 

[Collin]

What? Lecturers get paid THAT much? I had no clue that that's how bloody much they were getting paid! FFS I'm gonna reconsider my options after hearing this.

 

[:: ck ::]

^

i dont like ppl who want to do certain jobs for money only ... =.="

 

[neo o]

Originally posted by Giant Lobster
damn straight
3 lectures a week?
1800 / week isnt that much actually

edit:
for a dude born and educated in aus with a phd or whatever lecturers have

else 1800/week is quite sweet

Assuming if that 3 lecture thing is right, lecturers with a workload so small might even be able to hold down a second job else they have an easy $100,000

 

[Generator]

It is not that much... Each lecturer would be in a unique position, as some would be academic to the core whereas others may be industry specialists on a very good part-time deal... Look through the weekend papers for job vacancies to get an idea, but I am pretty sure that a junior lecturer is only on something like $45-50k per year (not including research grants, short-term consultancy work, etc.).

An example...

 

[braindrainedAsh]

How much do you think humanities lecturers would be paid? Because if it's around that, you could earn a lot more lecturing journalism than actually being a journalist!!

 

[jase_]

They get paid a base salary for the times they don't lecture, and then they get paid the $100-$500 amount based on the time they actually lecture I believe. So they don't earn that much the whole time they are there, so don't get the wrong idea . You will notice that some lectures are junior and some are senior and such, and that will depend on how much they get paid and all.

 

[xiao1985]

uhm, not bad pay eh =)

 

[jm1234567890]

The pay for academics in Australia is fixed in Australia.
If you want good pay as an academic go overseas, at least double the pay.

In USA academics are payed by the popularity of subject, eg. Computer science professors (the term 'professor' is different in usa) might get paid $150k a year. While history (i am generalising here) may be paid a lowly 50-60k.

If you want the exact figures for australians. Go to the staff section of any university web page.

The max pay is around $100k for Professor. +20-30k for dean etc.

 

[jase_]

That's still pretty good pay though .

 

[jm1234567890]

Originally posted by jasee
That's still pretty good pay though .

lol, it does take a long time to get to professor, let alone dean.