Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Nov 25th 2005, 11:45 am
#31
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by smurtaza
Hi,
Salaries in Australia, are quite lower than what people earn in UK?People get London allowance if they are working in London but in Australia there is nothing like Sydney Allowance even if they are working in Sydney?
Usually in UK people earn around GBP3500 per month(after taxes) but in Australia(Sydney) the same person may earn AUD$2100 per month (after taxes). If u are planning to move to Australia then u have to compromise over the salary and allowances?Please comment
Thanks,
Salaries in Australia, are quite lower than what people earn in UK?People get London allowance if they are working in London but in Australia there is nothing like Sydney Allowance even if they are working in Sydney?
Usually in UK people earn around GBP3500 per month(after taxes) but in Australia(Sydney) the same person may earn AUD$2100 per month (after taxes). If u are planning to move to Australia then u have to compromise over the salary and allowances?Please comment
Thanks,
The truth is their are loads of 60-100 000K mid-range jobs in Syd or Melbourne-and certainly not just for the "elite".
There are a number of industries that pay better in Oz
1 Sales
2 Clerical work
Nov 25th 2005, 11:49 am
#32
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by touchingcloth
And If your rec agency told you that they could get you a job offering $40k...would u register with them?
I spent years believing rec agencies. Now I treat them with real scepticism.
TC
I spent years believing rec agencies. Now I treat them with real scepticism.
TC
Fair Enough! Good Point
But the very same agency that set my expectations, is one of the companies I have an interview with? Anyway I guess I'll soon find out?
Cheers
Nov 25th 2005, 11:52 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by BSherlock
Fair Enough! Good Point
But the very same agency that set my expectations, is one of the companies I have an interview with? Anyway I guess I'll soon find out?
Cheers
But the very same agency that set my expectations, is one of the companies I have an interview with? Anyway I guess I'll soon find out?
Cheers
Interviews for jobs are great
Interviews with Recruitment agencies are a waste of time.
It jsut another way for them to get people on their books
TC
Nov 25th 2005, 12:33 pm
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
I work in IT in London and am planning to move to Melbourne.
I have compared my basic salary here now to what the salary surveys say I should earn in Oz. It seems that my ozzie salary is calculated as follows -
Salary in pounds x 1.5 = salary in AU$.
What I mean is, for every £10,000 I earn here I expect to earn AU$15,000 in Oz.
Would anyone like to comment on this estimate?
Cheers
Buzzy
I have compared my basic salary here now to what the salary surveys say I should earn in Oz. It seems that my ozzie salary is calculated as follows -
Salary in pounds x 1.5 = salary in AU$.
What I mean is, for every £10,000 I earn here I expect to earn AU$15,000 in Oz.
Would anyone like to comment on this estimate?
Cheers
Buzzy
Last edited by Comer; Nov 25th 2005 at 1:18 pm.
Nov 26th 2005, 1:26 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
February 16, 2005
UK average Wage £22,411
UK Capital City Average wage £30,984
Source: The Guardian UK - http://money.guardian.co.uk/pay/stor...415864,00.html
November 17, 2005
Australian average wage $53,000 a year
Australian Capital City average wage almost $62,000
Source: Channel 9 - http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=71971
National average converts at 2.36
Capital City average converts at 2.00
Wages vary tremendously.
UK average Wage £22,411
UK Capital City Average wage £30,984
Source: The Guardian UK - http://money.guardian.co.uk/pay/stor...415864,00.html
November 17, 2005
Australian average wage $53,000 a year
Australian Capital City average wage almost $62,000
Source: Channel 9 - http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=71971
National average converts at 2.36
Capital City average converts at 2.00
Wages vary tremendously.
Nov 26th 2005, 1:54 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by smurtaza
Hi,
Salaries in Australia, are quite lower than what people earn in UK?People get London allowance if they are working in London but in Australia there is nothing like Sydney Allowance even if they are working in Sydney?
Usually in UK people earn around GBP3500 per month(after taxes) but in Australia(Sydney) the same person may earn AUD$2100 per month (after taxes). If u are planning to move to Australia then u have to compromise over the salary and allowances?Please comment
Thanks,
Salaries in Australia, are quite lower than what people earn in UK?People get London allowance if they are working in London but in Australia there is nothing like Sydney Allowance even if they are working in Sydney?
Usually in UK people earn around GBP3500 per month(after taxes) but in Australia(Sydney) the same person may earn AUD$2100 per month (after taxes). If u are planning to move to Australia then u have to compromise over the salary and allowances?Please comment
Thanks,
Sydney does have an allowance of an extra 10% on all others just for being in Sydney.
Nov 26th 2005, 2:00 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
February 16, 2005
UK average Wage £22,411
UK Capital City Average wage £30,984
Source: The Guardian UK - http://money.guardian.co.uk/pay/stor...415864,00.html
November 17, 2005
Australian average wage $53,000 a year
Australian Capital City average wage almost $62,000
Source: Channel 9 - http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=71971
National average converts at 2.36
Capital City average converts at 2.00
Wages vary tremendously.
UK average Wage £22,411
UK Capital City Average wage £30,984
Source: The Guardian UK - http://money.guardian.co.uk/pay/stor...415864,00.html
November 17, 2005
Australian average wage $53,000 a year
Australian Capital City average wage almost $62,000
Source: Channel 9 - http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=71971
National average converts at 2.36
Capital City average converts at 2.00
Wages vary tremendously.
So therefore on these figures that OZ and UK average wages are pretty much the same. (depends on the exchange rate of the day to which is more or less)
Nov 26th 2005, 8:36 am
#38
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
My experience, FWIW...
I had a government job back home in Australia. I worked 25 hours a week, and was paid fortnightly. After two years in that job, I bought a fully-refurbished 1944 2-bedroom California bunglow on a quarter-acre block in one of the northern Perth suburbs (Western Australia) for the equivalent of £40,0000.
I have found that a similar property in my area of Britain would cost around £250,000-£280,000 which is utterly ridiculous.
I came to the UK in January 2004, having sold my house for a 40% profit and purchased an investment property to keep me in the Australian real estate market; that property has now doubled in value, and is paying for itself quite nicely.
It has taken me nearly two years to find a private sector job which pays as much as I earned back home, but for that salary I have to work 40 hours a week and am paid monthly, which is very inconvenient.
I could not possibly buy a house of any description on my UK salary - so it's just as well that my wife already had her own house when I met her - nor can I afford the same standard of living that I enjoyed back home in Australia.
UK pensions aren't worth the paper they're written on; I can't wait to return down under and start topping up my Aussie superannuation fund.
I had a government job back home in Australia. I worked 25 hours a week, and was paid fortnightly. After two years in that job, I bought a fully-refurbished 1944 2-bedroom California bunglow on a quarter-acre block in one of the northern Perth suburbs (Western Australia) for the equivalent of £40,0000.
I have found that a similar property in my area of Britain would cost around £250,000-£280,000 which is utterly ridiculous.
I came to the UK in January 2004, having sold my house for a 40% profit and purchased an investment property to keep me in the Australian real estate market; that property has now doubled in value, and is paying for itself quite nicely.
It has taken me nearly two years to find a private sector job which pays as much as I earned back home, but for that salary I have to work 40 hours a week and am paid monthly, which is very inconvenient.
I could not possibly buy a house of any description on my UK salary - so it's just as well that my wife already had her own house when I met her - nor can I afford the same standard of living that I enjoyed back home in Australia.
UK pensions aren't worth the paper they're written on; I can't wait to return down under and start topping up my Aussie superannuation fund.
Nov 26th 2005, 8:39 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
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UK pensions aren't worth the paper they're written on; I can't wait to return down under and start topping up my Aussie superannuation fund.
UK pensions aren't worth the paper they're written on; I can't wait to return down under and start topping up my Aussie superannuation fund.
My pension is worth a lot.
And I started getting it age 55
G
Nov 26th 2005, 8:48 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by Grayling
Don't generalise.
My pension is worth a lot.
And I started getting it age 55
G
My pension is worth a lot.
And I started getting it age 55
G
It's just that I couldn't help but notice Britan's current pension crisis.
Not to mention the NHS crisis.
And the Railtrack/Network Rail crisis.
Never mind. I'm sure it'll all work out in the end.
Somehow.
Nov 26th 2005, 8:50 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
I apologise for generalising.
It's just that I couldn't help but notice Britan's current pension crisis.
Or the the ongoing NHS crisis.
Not to mention the ongoing Railtrack/Network Rail crisis.
Never mind. I'm sure it'll all work out in the end.
Somehow.
It's just that I couldn't help but notice Britan's current pension crisis.
Or the the ongoing NHS crisis.
Not to mention the ongoing Railtrack/Network Rail crisis.
Never mind. I'm sure it'll all work out in the end.
Somehow.
Nov 26th 2005, 8:51 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by thatsnotquiteright
Most state pensions are in decline. G is lucky to have come from a generation where a state pension probably counted for something.
Thanks.
Nov 26th 2005, 8:51 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
It's just that I couldn't help but notice Britan's current pension crisis.
Or the the ongoing NHS crisis.
Not to mention the ongoing Railtrack/Network Rail crisis.
Or the the ongoing NHS crisis.
Not to mention the ongoing Railtrack/Network Rail crisis.
Is that because you are Australian and moaning comes naturally to you?
G
Nov 26th 2005, 8:53 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by thatsnotquiteright
Most state pensions are in decline. G is lucky to have come from a generation where a state pension probably counted for something.
G
Nov 26th 2005, 8:54 am
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Re: Salaries in Australia / Comparision With UK
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
My experience, FWIW...
I had a government job back home in Australia. I worked 25 hours a week, and was paid fortnightly.
I had a government job back home in Australia. I worked 25 hours a week, and was paid fortnightly.
Last edited by A dogs life; Nov 26th 2005 at 8:58 am.