Hi everyone

Thinking about a Post Doc in the states when I finish (Currently have about 9 months left of PhD in England). Does anyone have any broad idea of Post Doc salaries in an independent research institute ie Not a university?

Thanks!

Depends on your field I guess.

I don't think it's that bad, but you do get hardly any days holiday - I know someone who only gets 12/13 days for teh first 2 years he works for a particular company, and then it only goes up to 20 days after that

From what I've heard Rutherford, the salaries for academic posts in the States are much higher than in the UK--with the stress levels to match.

I'm in the U.S.; Don't know about non-universities, but most research institutes using federal funded grants for post-doc programs seem to pay per the NIH guidelines:
Postdoctoral Years of Experience:
0 $36,996
1 $38,976
2 $41,796
3 $43,428
4 $45,048
5 $46,992
6 $48,852
7 or more $51,036
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-057.html
They can be supplemented from other funds to make a more liveable/competetive salary. These stipends are terrible, amounting to a paycut even at the 7+ year experience slot compared to what I am currently making as a research associate with an graduate degree and a lot of experience. Another route is 'Staff Scientist" which usually gives a better salary, but may not have all of the mentoring/protected time for getting your own funds as a post-doc, depending on who you work for.