I get paid 40 cents a mile. I have days I turn in over 600 miles and days I turn in less than 200. I assume this year I will make perhaps what an average teacher with tenure makes in the US. However, because I am paid by the mile I don't really know until the end of the year what I make.
All figures are adjusted to reflect variations in the cost of living from one country to another. According to ILO the World average wage in Purchasing Power Parity dollars is $1,480.
Stephan, however, suggests that average postdoc pay in the U.S. may be even less, with the latest statistics from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) pointing to a starting base salary of only $39,000.cross the globe, scientists earn a wide range of salaries, with US researchers earning nearly $96,000 total compensation per year while India lags far behind at less than $11,200, though this discrepancy is at least partly explained by the vast differences in cost of living in the two countries.