&gt;Although you&#x27;re still paid poorly.<p>In the US, yes - in Australia postdocs get between 60k and 90k per year, with an additional 15-17% that goes into your Super (retirement account - Australia&#x27;s equivalent of US&#x27; 401k). I&#x27;m a &quot;new&quot; post-doc in Perth with a salary of 86k p&#x2F;y and my wife doesn&#x27;t need to work.<p>But yes, so far I&#x27;m enjoying it greatly, after a few years of the constant Damocles&#x27; sword of my thesis deadline dangling over my head the freedom is great!