What should someone with a degree, a masters and relevant work experience be paid?

[Indecisivelurcher]

Just wondering whether I'm justified in feeling a bit hard done by... Straw poll, what should someone at this level be paid?Degree, masters, 16 years relevant work experience, in a senior position in the team, not a line manage but work at that level to manage a team of 6, also lead on own projects. Interested how my sector compares.

Degree here, approx 20 years in Payroll/HR field and I'm on just short of 35K. I think I could get up to another 15K especially if I gained my CIPD.

In my profession (accountancy practice outside the main cities), £40-£50k would be the going rate. Obviously higher for responsibility, i.e. management level, or directorship/partnership.

@bluntness, most people were saying it depends on the sector. So I clarified that I'm asking what different sectors get. So that I can compare to my sector. For interest 😁

Me (BSc, MSc, PhD, Chartered, 25 years experience) - £40k (public sector)
DH - same field, private sector, not chartered , no PhD - £60k

In the interests of sharing, I work as an environmental planner in the public sector for a demi-quango, its a technical job, I need my qualifications, I would get £32k but am part time so get £20k. Today my brain has been mushed up by a QC and a nationally new road costing £xxxmil and a colleague cried on the phone because of workloads, and I just had a....!!!! moment.

Should have said nationally significant. See brain mush.

Yes but what sector are you in OP?

Sorry - you’ve literally just answered that!

Try payscale.com - you can filter for sector, area, job roles, etc.

I don’t think it matters about the degree or masters, if your degree is in science but you work in HR why would you be paid more? It also depends on public or private sector. It’s too broad to give an amount.

I work in heritage and tourism. I have a degree and masters unrelated to my job and earn £9.30 an hour. My manager has a masters in a specialist area related to her job, has 9 years experience and earns just over £20k a year. There are very few opportunities for career progression.

My degree and masters are in the work I do and a degree qualification is the minimum requirement to get the job plus relevant work experience. The salary band is £30-40k but there is no progression between the two ie no pay scale and no pay rises due to govt freeze 8yrs followed by 2yrs of 1% cap.

I earned £40k 12 years ago with a multi national engineering/construction company with zero qualifications. Look around at the private sector.

I work in media. My colleague has a degree and a masters and gets £45k. I do the same job and have no qualifications higher than A-levels and also get £45k because that’s the going rate for the job and I have more experience than her. If someone with 16 years experience, a degree and a masters applied they’d also get £45k.

It’s pointless comparing sectors because if I was in banking I’d probably be on 6 figures, but if I worked in charity or third sector I could easily be looking at a £10k pay cut.

Finance is one of the better paid sectors and there I would expect a salary north of £55k outside London and at least £80k in London. Those are lower end figure for smaller companies/firms.

[quote Indecisivelurcher]@bluntness, most people were saying it depends on the sector. So I clarified that I'm asking what different sectors get. So that I can compare to my sector. For interest 😁[/quote]
It’s not just sector though, it’s the organisation and the individual role. I work for a smaller company in the environment sector, very niche area, relevant degree and masters and 10 years experience. I have no line management responsibilities but I’ve got 3 distinct roles merged into one and I’m the go to person for those 3 areas (the roles are all linked in the niche field). My salary is about £27k full time but I could go to a bigger company and I would be on £10K more.

You are only really comparable to other environmental planners. Even then, you may on a lower wage because the company is smaller, which comes with its own pros and cons. So you weigh up if the increase in salary is worth working for a bigger company.

Degree, post grad diploma and 15 years experience. £48k.

DH - engineer with Masters and 12 yrs experience is on 75k.

I would probably get no more than 50k - planning experience in construction.

I work with a lot of environmental consultants and salaries are low. 15 years experience would be 35-42k for a technical role, more if you were in a semi-commercial role.

So sounds like you’re in a low paid field. Have you investigated any higher paid options for which you have transferrable knowledge or skills?

Op I thought my examples show it is more than just the sector, hence why I used two of each degree.

Public sector is notoriously low paid. Why don’t you move.

Out of curiosity does your degree not enable you to do anything else other than be an environmental planner? Because if that’s the case you simoly chose a low paid field. If it is not, then move.

Undergrad degree in humanities, directly related job, with 15 years' experience: 80k - but I got lucky and also chose my roles carefully. It's all a bit of a strategic game, I think.

@bluntness yes your info was useful, thank you. I enjoy your bluntness. If I went private sector I'd definitely earn more, maybe £20k more. But that's going to the dark side! I suppose I'm not in it for the money alone. That doesn't mean I don't have moments when I think what the fuck am I doing?! Like today!

I am on around £50k and have a Masters and a BA.

look up www.glassdoor.co.uk they do companies job type etc - they also give you employees review of what it is like to work at different companies in different positions (I really have too much time on my hands)