Senior marine scientist
| Highest | $9,500 / mo · United States |
|---|---|
| Experience | 5+ yrs |
| Degree | Required |
| First paycheck | 4-year bachelor's + 5-year PhD + 5 to 8 years post-doctoral experience |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $9,500max |
| AustraliaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · AUD 30–50k | $8,950 |
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $8,750 |
| CanadaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · CAD 20–40k | $8,750 |
| NorwayIELTS 6.0–6.5 · NOK 130–260k | $8,550 |
| Hong KongIELTS 6.0–6.5 · HK–200k | $8,550 |
What does the day look like?
More than 85% of your time is spent in front of a computer. 40% of the working day goes toward drafting multi-million grant proposals, project administration, and budget tracking. Another 25% involves advanced data processing, numerical modeling, and writing scientific papers using tools like MATLAB, Python (NumPy, SciPy, xarray), R, ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, ROMS, Delft3D, and ODV. Team supervision of PhD students and lab staff takes up 20% of your schedule.
The fieldwork at sea accounts for only 10% to 15% of your year. You spend 2 to 6 weeks annually aboard research vessels deploying CTD profilers (such as Sea-Bird Scientific SBE 911plus), ADCP current meters, Niskin bottles, and sonar systems. Office hours run 37 to 40 hours per week, but ship expeditions require 12-hour rotating shifts, 7 days a week for weeks at a time in rough seas and night watches.
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