If you have just received your doctorate, you're not married, and you live by yourself in a small apartment, the pay is adequate. But for those professors who are in their forties or fifties and have already achieved some fame, their salaries in America can be two or three times higher than newcomers. Professors here reach the highest salary bracket after teaching for 13 years, after which their salaries cannot increase.
如果剛拿到學位、沒有家室，自己住一個小房子，這樣的薪水還可以，但對那些四、五十歲，已經很有名的教授來說，在美國的待遇可以比資淺者高出兩、三倍；而我們這裡教授教了十三年後，薪資就已經達到頂點，無法再加薪。