3rd January 2006, 04:51 PM
Simply having a degree, doesn't automatically entitle you to a certain wage. The starting wages in archaeology aren't all that bad, for example, the minum salery for a trainee solicitor (by which time you know as much about law, as a newly qualified arch grad knows about archaeology) is only 14,720 gross. It's even less for barristers.
What's wrong with archaeology, is that you start at the starting wage, and stay there. With little financial recognition for experiance, unless you want to get promoted up and away from the archaeology.
I did hear that MOLAS had some kind of system where diggers with 15 years experiance were on something like 20k, may be wrong on that though.
JMHO.
What's wrong with archaeology, is that you start at the starting wage, and stay there. With little financial recognition for experiance, unless you want to get promoted up and away from the archaeology.
I did hear that MOLAS had some kind of system where diggers with 15 years experiance were on something like 20k, may be wrong on that though.
JMHO.