Where does your job figure in the earnings league?
24 August 2006, 09:50 PM
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Where does your job figure in the earnings league?
Average earnings across all jobs were £28,210 in 2005, according to the figures from the Office for National Statistics. So where does your job rank?
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How the hell can anyone actually live on the Average Wage??
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How the hell can anyone actually live on the Average Wage??
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24 August 2006, 09:53 PM
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Nurse No153 = Sh1te
Mind you I get paid more then then the listed figure but still not enough for the crap I've had for this week alone.
Mind you I get paid more then then the listed figure but still not enough for the crap I've had for this week alone.
24 August 2006, 09:56 PM
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I have no idea why I'm doing the job I do for *that* money with all the crap that goes with it when I could be doing one of *those* jobs for the same money 
24 August 2006, 10:11 PM
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Sfunny pissy? for someone who claims to be an professional engineer, they dont do that well, i seem to recall your boasts about earning 80K yet according to that it, max's at about £37k bit of a shortfall i,d say, or is it just your walter mitty alter ego again??
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24 August 2006, 10:17 PM
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I'm not listed but where do they get the Lawyer figure from ? I do not know a lawyer that would do 1 day a week for 50k
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Originally Posted by AudiLover
last year I made 60k and im a plumber. Nearly payed off all my gambling debts now 
Come back to the dark side, ooooooooo, look at the flashy lights, lol
just kidding, and who am i to know, you could be kidding too. but if you have had gambling problems and are sorting them out then I'm 200% behind you. now tell the manager of the year people that I helped you and get me brownie points
24 August 2006, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooby-Doo
I'm not listed but where do they get the Lawyer figure from ? I do not know a lawyer that would do 1 day a week for 50k
24 August 2006, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by AudiLover
doesnt it depend on what type of lawyer they are?
Agree but that is the average and I'm surprised people are practising Law for much less than that.
Lawyers in London will be on high 5 figures just as a junior.
24 August 2006, 10:32 PM
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Well that does make me want to change career, but according to this lawyers dont seem to be getting all that much these days.
http://www.totaljobs.com/SalaryCheck...kerSearch.aspx
http://www.totaljobs.com/SalaryCheck...kerSearch.aspx
24 August 2006, 10:44 PM
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Surprised there is only one rating over six figures. And number one is more than twice number two 
In terms of 'lawyers' there are oodles of conveyancing solicitors earning peanuts for every London based Corporate Arbitrage adviser.
Rannoch
PS My old profession is on there but not my new one
In terms of 'lawyers' there are oodles of conveyancing solicitors earning peanuts for every London based Corporate Arbitrage adviser.
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PS My old profession is on there but not my new one
24 August 2006, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Lydia72
The Engineers I know are on £60-£75k so not sure how accurate those lists are.
So, I assume that a greasemonkey could say to the survey that he is an Engineer on £13,000?? A proper Engineer says he is on £60,000 .... the average comes down. Proper Engineers wouldn't get their Slide-Rules out for less than £60k I would hazard a guess??
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24 August 2006, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Rannoch
In terms of 'lawyers' there are oodles of conveyancing solicitors earning peanuts for every London based Corporate Arbitrage adviser.
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24 August 2006, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Indeed, it's an average apparently .............. and some people call themselves Engineers when you and I know that they really are NOT!
So, I assume that a greasemonkey could say to the survey that he is an Engineer on £13,000?? A proper Engineer says he is on £60,000 .... the average comes down. Proper Engineers wouldn't get their Slide-Rules out for less than £60k I would hazard a guess??
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So, I assume that a greasemonkey could say to the survey that he is an Engineer on £13,000?? A proper Engineer says he is on £60,000 .... the average comes down. Proper Engineers wouldn't get their Slide-Rules out for less than £60k I would hazard a guess??
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slide rules went out with the ark pete, thats what progress is all about luddite!!60K, theyd need to do better than that to tempt me
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25 August 2006, 02:39 AM
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I would agree with the average Engineers salaries. Hubby is a fully qualified Mechanical Engineer (and Chartered) and was earning over £30K in County Durham (Just a few months ago) He was very well paid for where we lived.
Since the move to Japan - He's now a manager & his level of work has more than tripled, but so has his salary!
But that is the life of a fully expensed contracter and for moving half way round the world!
The average for a Engineering manager in the UK would be about the 45 -50k mark.
However this is refering to the professional Engineering catagory, not just someone calling themselves and 'Engineer'!
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Since the move to Japan - He's now a manager & his level of work has more than tripled, but so has his salary!
But that is the life of a fully expensed contracter and for moving half way round the world!The average for a Engineering manager in the UK would be about the 45 -50k mark.
However this is refering to the professional Engineering catagory, not just someone calling themselves and 'Engineer'!
Sayonara
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