That's in CA. It's a lot lower outside of CA.

Example. In UCB my friends lab leader (besides the prof) got his PhD and took a job offer in Ohio. His pay $70K a year. This is after 7years of graduate study at a top University. Now in Ohio you can live comfortably on 70K. In CA he would have been paid closer to 90K.


Too bad for him, he already had 2 kids with 1 on the way and he has to take care of him mother too. So he gets by but he looks forward to when biotech takes off again.