I am currently a Research Technician at a major cancer center in
Manhattan. I have been working here for ~5 years, while attending
graduate school at night. This May, I will complete my Master's degree
and I have begun looking for a new job. Right now, I earn in the low
30's a year, and I am wondering if I have "peaked" in my career as far
as salaries go. So far, all responses I have thus far received offer to
pay around the same thing I am currently earning. (35K was the tops).
This was even for Sr. level technical jobs, and not only in academic
centers but in private industry as well. Am I out of line to be wanting
to earn more than this? I understand that in industry, even if I start
at the same level, there is more potential for growth, not just in
salary, but in responsibility, etc. Is this true? Meanwhile, while my
boss is happy that I have pursued a higher education, my Master's here
is getting me a big fat zero. (This is not his fault, he has no say in
money matters.) What should my expectations be?
