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[fearless_winnower]

But are you still considered to be a student when you are a post doc? Do post docs get "salary" during the summer, or do you have to find a summer job?

No, I don't think you're considered a "student" as a post-doc, exactly, but it's still a "training" position so it's not quite faculty.  There are also a lot of differences between fields, types of post-docs, etc. so it's hard to say anything "in general."

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe most post-docs receive 12-month salaries.

[scampster]

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe most post-docs receive 12-month salaries.

Yes. Unless perhaps it is a teaching postdoc.

[mleok]

Complicating the discussion is that sometimes people on academic year (9-month) contracts have their salary spread out over 12 monthly payments. There is sometimes a benefit to being on a 9-month contract, since that allows for the possibility of receiving further summer salary from grant funding.