Wages in the UK
Jan 10th 2014, 12:45 pm
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Re: Wages in the UK
My sis-in-law is a vet, and earns £55k (she's not a clinic owner). I think her starting salary was about £30k. But again, she's in the South East, so probably earns quite a bit more than somebody in a different area.I agree on the debt though, my 9 year old is desperate to be a vet and we're already saving for her 5 years at uni!
Jan 10th 2014, 1:34 pm
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Re: Wages in the UK
These wages are just way of the mark..an architect earning 40k..i think not and a dentist on 45k really..not in a million years..these have to be starting salaries..my job is on there but i was earning 20k more than is shown there when i was in the UK.
Jan 10th 2014, 2:09 pm
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I agree they are more like starting salaries.
Jan 10th 2014, 2:30 pm
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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
Jan 10th 2014, 2:46 pm
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Jan 10th 2014, 2:48 pm
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Re: Wages in the UK
lol...quarry operatives in the UK on 33k 
if i had been on that i would still be in the UK..think 50% of that after 20+yrs.
wagon drivers on 25k ave about right for most of UK (not the SE).
Canada you can/will earn more.
noticed a GP in UK at 46k ???????.
jimmy
if i had been on that i would still be in the UK..think 50% of that after 20+yrs.wagon drivers on 25k ave about right for most of UK (not the SE).
Canada you can/will earn more.
noticed a GP in UK at 46k ???????.
jimmy
Jan 10th 2014, 3:03 pm
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I know for a fact GPs earn between 75-100k/year
Jan 10th 2014, 3:31 pm
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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
Yes, there is. In my occupation I started at a salary in the same range as one that I would earn as a Director in Britain. When you do the conversion the salaries are similar, but people living in the UK are earning those as real amounts, not as salaries converted to Canadian dollars.
Jan 10th 2014, 4:49 pm
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Re: Wages in the UK
Yes, there is. In my occupation I started at a salary in the same range as one that I would earn as a Director in Britain. When you do the conversion the salaries are similar, but people living in the UK are earning those as real amounts, not as salaries converted to Canadian dollars.
Jan 10th 2014, 8:54 pm
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i get a better basic here, and i work more overtime here too...so all in all i'm probably a lot better off
Jan 10th 2014, 9:43 pm
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Those are terrible wages. All of them 
Jan 10th 2014, 9:48 pm
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Rather meaningless as they appear to be an average of everyone in the profession.
Jan 10th 2014, 10:08 pm
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Re: Wages in the UK
My sis-in-law is a vet, and earns £55k (she's not a clinic owner). I think her starting salary was about £30k. But again, she's in the South East, so probably earns quite a bit more than somebody in a different area.I agree on the debt though, my 9 year old is desperate to be a vet and we're already saving for her 5 years at uni!
If I had to decide what to do after school now, I'd be a plumber. Same smells less stress, more money!
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