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Archaeology Payrises - 2006 - kevin wooldridge - 3rd January 2007
Outwage UK has been monitoring payrises awarded to UK and Irish archaeologists since April 2005. As we have now come to the end of the first full calendar year of Outwage operation, I am in a position to present a Summary of UK Archaeological Pay Increases - 2006.
During 2006 Outwage recorded 56 instances of archaeological wage increases from 32 separate archaeological employers. This is a very small percentage (19%) of the total number of archaeological employers (c170) in the Outwage database, but it shouldn't be read to suggest that only 19% of archaeologists received payrises in the last full calendar year. Far from it.
In the first instance, I have only been able to record payrises for archaeological employers for which I had comparable adevertised posts recorded in 2005. I estimate that figure at approximately 90 employers and therefore the percentage of companies recording rises is closer to 30%.
Secondly 11 of the original 90 employers did not post a single job advert in calendar year 2006 and a further 14 did not post an advert in a comparable post. I am hoping that the 2007 survey will improve upon these figures as well as providing a larger base from which comparable data can be extracted.
I want to stress that because a company or employer does not appear in the Outwage payrise table does not mean that no payrise was forthcoming. It merely means that I haven't recorded it.
OUTWAGE 2006 PAYRISE - Summary table
Key Description (posts advertised) (% rise) (£pw rise)
- Trainee (4) (3.8%) (£9.25pw)
- Archaeologist (25) (3.5%) (£9.52pw)
- Field Supervisor (10) (3.6%) (£11.50pw)
- Project Officer(6) (3.6%) (£12.16pw)
- Project Manager/Consultant (4) (3.45%) (£15.25pw)
- Specialist (6) (2.8%) (£9.66pw)
- HER Officer (1) (3%) (£10pw)
- Totals (56) (av 3.46%) (av £10.57pw)
It should be noted that the 'average' payrise for all grades, other than those for 'Specialists', exceeded the IFA and BAJR 'minima' for 2006-7. Make of that what you may.
Sometime in 2005 I wrote to BAJR suggesting something along the lines that an average payrise of 3.5% every year for the next 10 might bring archaeology wages up to 'dignity' wage levels by 2015. The 2006 recorded payrises seem to on track for that. I'd be happy if my Jeramiahic enthusiasm was several years past the mark in this instance!!
I do suspect however that a small number of archeological employers have made [u]no increase </u>in archaeological wages during 2006 and I suspect that a very small number have actually [u]cut</u> wages.
All details (and better graphics!!) are viewable at http://www.freewebs.com/outwageuk and click on the Payrise 2006 sidebar.