Postdoc Salaries: Foreigners vs Americans

 
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A typical graduate student in our department gets $25,000 per year. A typical post-doc gets $40,000 per year (range 36-45) and a typical Assistant Professor is hired at about $80,000 per year (range 70-100, depending on the university).

What should a post-doc earn? Would salaries be higher if you couldn't hire any foreigners as post-docs?

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