19th April 2005, 10:18 AM
Even if what you say about our average wage level is true. And I find 20K quite a reasonable estimate considering the evidence and my limited understanding of statistics! It is still 5K lower than the national average wage. Troll it seems to me that you are being shocked about a fact which demonstrates that its not just diggers who are underpaid its the supervisors, project officers and managers too!!!! Trust me once you've reached the average for archaeology, you'll then start wondering why you're not average for the UK, or (the holy grail) average for a university graduate.