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Substantially higher here I would say. For some positions listed, the pay here in Canada is 3 fold.

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Is that using the same 'average' formula?

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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.

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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.

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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 :blink:
He got the job at 38...

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She's not a locum, or specialist, just a normal vet in a clinic. I know what she earns because I do her tax return for her! She also definitely started on around £30k, although didn't get any free accommodation so perhaps that's why her salary was higher.

She's been a vet in London for 15+ yrs.

:)

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Well you can't argue with facts. I guess some of the job descriptions are broad enough to catch low skilled versions of some jobs.

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Well not compared to the US dollar lately :D

But by 'real' I meant that the conversion rate doesn't apply to them in the same way that it does to those of us comparing Canadian salaries with British ones.

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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.

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Average in Canada is $61,025 based on 1025 people reporting their earnings.

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.