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Compensation inflation remains consistent at private life science companies

Non-founder total target cash compensation increased 3.3% at private life science companies in 2015.

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Figure 2: Screenshot of a sample CompStudy base salary histogram from a 2015 survey.
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Rychlik, B. Compensation inflation remains consistent at private life science companies. Nat Biotechnol 34, 667–670 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3604

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