Looking to get some ideas for spouse who is interviewing for economist role at amazon Seattle. PhD from top 75-100th ranked worldwide Econ program, with 2 year postdoc. Recruiters reached out for this role. An offer in hand for a 50-75th ranked assistant prof position with TC 120k that could lead to tenure if everything goes well. Postdoc: TC:80k Ass Prof offer: 120 (USA west coast)
Just throwing it out there. Where you got your degree, doesn’t really make a difference.
In the Academic world it’s probably more important. The profs at any given school typically come from higher ranked institutions, so at the moment they are punching above their weight based on some good papers and collaborations that came out of the postdoc