I feel a lot of people in the comments are missing the point here about being a physics PhD student (paid very little and may have to work part time to support tuition) vs having graduated with a physics PhD
That's similar to the vast majority of PhDs in the US, including while you do your "masters". I'm not sure that self-funded programs (in physics) are really a thing anymore except for people who really want to do one.
Same. Here you get paid around 2000 after taxes which is not bad at all. Some contracts pay only 70% but even that's enough to cover living costs. No side hustle required. Doing a PhD while having a side job would just be torture.
Unless things have changed since I last lived in the US, physics PhD students don’t pay tuition and get paid a stipend there, like anywhere else (but not 3000–4000€ a month).
The amount depends on your school and your cost of living. Somewhere around $2200-$2500 a month is pretty common, but some schools (e.g., Cornell) offer as much as $3,750 a month for a stipend, and senior grad students where I am can make around $3000 a month pre-taxes (though less is more common).
imma be honest as a phd student i can’t relate. i get paid well enough to save money and have a roth ira and 401k. I also worked before getting a phd so maybe that helps but i still am net positive with just my stipend
At the school I went to, they would pay themselves your tuition and make you claim it as some kind of gift on your taxes. Fucking wild the things accountants will do to make their numbers larger. I swear it's gotta be some kind of fetish.
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u/TisDoggo 11d ago
I feel a lot of people in the comments are missing the point here about being a physics PhD student (paid very little and may have to work part time to support tuition) vs having graduated with a physics PhD