Wages in the UK
#31
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Re: Wages in the UK
Interesting list of incomes for 400 different jobs in the UK, is there much difference in the wages being paid here for similar jobs?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/art...cupations.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/art...cupations.html
#33
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Re: Wages in the UK
This list seems like bullshit. I don't know anyone in the UK on such low wages for their jobs. They look more like Canadian salaries.
#34
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Re: Wages in the UK
For my partner the list says her occupation (cashier) makes 9,000 pounds a year, which apparently according to XE.com is roughly 16,000 CAD which is about double what she makes, but she is part-time. If she worked full-time she would make about 21,000 a year before deductions.
Closest title I can find for my job is 16,000 pounds per year which according to XE.com is 28,700 a year CAD.
Assuming nothing changes in 2014, I'll make about 22,000 before deductions.
Closest title I can find for my job is 16,000 pounds per year which according to XE.com is 28,700 a year CAD.
Assuming nothing changes in 2014, I'll make about 22,000 before deductions.
#35
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Re: Wages in the UK
Those look like median averages.
Chief Executive of the company I left in the UK was on £500k basic last year and is only 46
He got the job at 38...
Chief Executive of the company I left in the UK was on £500k basic last year and is only 46
He got the job at 38...
#36
Re: Wages in the UK
Starting salary is closer to 25k for vets in the uk(even in the south east) though free accommodation of some sort and car allowance is often provided on top of that. They often max out at around 40k with 5yrs+ experience. You can earn more if working as an emergency vet, or if earning on a %. 55k is unheard of unless she has some specialist skills, or is working as a locum (self employed) since they charge 200-250gbp per day.
She's been a vet in London for 15+ yrs.
#37
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The wages for care workers and senior care workers (£12,000 and £17,140) is way way under.
I'm not a senior yet and I'm on more than that wage in my role with my company
I'm not a senior yet and I'm on more than that wage in my role with my company
#38
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I'm a Support Worker in the UK, and I am on more than the closest on the list, I also get six and a half weeks holiday, full sick pay and medical and all my training is paid for.
I am much better off in the UK.
I am much better off in the UK.
#39
Re: Wages in the UK
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-meth...ngs/index.html See Methodology link.
#40
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Jeez your lucky, I know very few support workers (unless they work for a major organisation or local authority) who get medical and full sick pay in the UK
#41
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When I applied for an Engineering job in Scotland last year that had about the same responsibility as here and we got down to salary, we were out by about £15K.
It was tempting though.
It was tempting though.
#42
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Re: Wages in the UK
The averages are medians. On the whole, the medians seemed accurate to me.
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-meth...ngs/index.html See Methodology link.
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-meth...ngs/index.html See Methodology link.
#44
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Re: Wages in the UK
Looking at advertised positions for various occupations I've always noticed that the salaries are lower back in Britain.
In graduate school I did a lot of research for thesis and dissertation purposes on MI5 and, while checking something on their webpage one day, I happened to look at their recruitment pages and I couldn't believe how low the salaries were. And I have a cousin who works for one of the intelligence agencies in Britain and his salary is a lot lower than for a similar position here.
#45
Re: Wages in the UK
Chartered and certified accountants £38,283
if true then that is horrific
FFS even at a junior entry level a bean-counter here makes as much as that in dollars
and currency parity is my bible as a dollar is, as far as i am concerned, same as sterling given the cost of living across the pond
so in retrospect i made the right decision when i got out some 51 years ago
if true then that is horrific
FFS even at a junior entry level a bean-counter here makes as much as that in dollars
and currency parity is my bible as a dollar is, as far as i am concerned, same as sterling given the cost of living across the pond
so in retrospect i made the right decision when i got out some 51 years ago
http://www.payscale.com/research/CA/...ountant/Salary
And $62k according to Robert Half:
http://www.jobwings.com/en/job-advic...ounting-sector
Also I noticed in the UK that other than fuel and property pretty much everything else is cheaper on my last 6 visits all in the last 3 years.
I'm not so convinced about your decision to move,your knowledge of the accounting profession or your basic ability to do currency mental arithmetic.
Last edited by JamesM; Jan 12th 2014 at 2:11 am.