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GoCubsGo

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20. Likely less than $30 K--if you can find a job.

Reply to AlphaCentauri (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:14 AM

Jul 2012

To even stand a chance of finding a decent-paying job, one needs a PhD. Most biomedical research jobs open to people with a BS degree tend to be low-paying grunt jobs. That also holds true for those with a Masters Degree in a lot of cases.

And, finding a job is a big "if" these days, regardless of what degrees one has. Grant money has been drying up for the past decade, and without grant money, investigators can't hire technical staff to do their work. It mostly gets left up to grad students.

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How much a neuroscientist with a bachelor degree makes a year? [View all] AlphaCentauri Jul 2012 OP

Well that's a NURSING position. He studied the science end of things. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #1

Thinking about my kids and many other kids who dream to become scientists AlphaCentauri Jul 2012 #13

Someone with B.S. degree in neuroscience is not a nurse. LisaL Jul 2012 #2

Probably about as much as a Starbucks barista. DavidDvorkin Jul 2012 #3

Supposedly he couldn't get a job anyway and worked at McDonalds before going to a graduate LisaL Jul 2012 #5

Starbucks PT folks can get decent medical and other benefits obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #18

lol! Thanks for the smile! nt left coaster Jul 2012 #6

How about a Grand�? longship Sep 2012 #26

"For this I got a PhD?" DavidDvorkin Sep 2012 #28

I'm still chuckling over the notion that a nurse of any kind, would make that much.. left coaster Jul 2012 #4

My wife's a nurse. She makes $100K this year. postulater Jul 2012 #7

and what nurses have to do they are worth much more . Salaries depend where you live. Someone still_one Jul 2012 #9

Absolutely! postulater Jul 2012 #14

Spam deleted by kdmorris (MIR Team) ronniew Sep 2012 #25

I guess I need to go back to school and get a Master's. nt left coaster Jul 2012 #11

Me too..35 years and making < $80,000. likesmountains 52 Jul 2012 #8

My daughter made well over 100k last year TouchOfGray Jul 2012 #10

This guy wasn't a nurse. LisaL Jul 2012 #12

She deserves every penny for what she does. postulater Jul 2012 #15

My former MIL makes >80k Nevernose Jul 2012 #16

The nurse in the OP probably has a MS or more obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #19

If I wanted to kill myself with overtime ismnotwasm Jul 2012 #23

In the Bay Area, Registered Nurses make that much CreekDog Sep 2012 #27

That's a nuirsing job, not a scientist job obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #17

Likely less than $30 K--if you can find a job. GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #20

wonder if it is worth the investment on 8 to 10 year of college education AlphaCentauri Jul 2012 #21

If you are only worried about the money, then no, it's not worth it. GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #22

With just a BS, not much 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #24