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

Is that using the same 'average' formula?

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.

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.

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...

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Well not compared to the US dollar lately

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.

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.

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.