20th January 2007, 02:06 AM
Posted by Troll:
In reality, that would represent the fees for someone at senior director level in a major, international consultancy firm (i.e. the kind of firm that employs over 40,000 people spread across the world). I know, because I see the fee levels for this sort of person on a regular basis.
I have never encountered an actual archaeologist at that level in one of these companies, although some of them do have archaeologists in fairly senior management positions.
In my experience, typical archaeological consultancy rates vary between about £25 and £45 an hour (£187.50 to £337.50 a day), depending on the experience and seniority of the person concerned and on the volume of work they do for the particular client, with a very small minority charging more than that, up to a maximum of around £70 (£525 a day). These are charge rates, mind you, not salaries, and are much more than the person themselves is getting paid. These are figures for 2006.
Compare these with unit charge rates of between around £130 and £300 a day, depending on staff grade, again with a small minority charging higher rates.
True, the consultancy rates are higher than the rates charged by contracting units, but there is a big overlap. Also, the pay differential is significantly less than the charge differential, because consultancy firms (who have high overheads) always employ larger multipliers in calculating their charge rates. This doesn't just apply to archaeology - it is the same, for instance, between civil engineering consultants and contractors.
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Quote:quote:After all-they`re quite happy to pay consultants 800 or so a day.'I have never come across such a figure for an archaeological consultant, and I am in a very good position to know. If Troll has encountered such a fee level for an archaeologist, it must have been a very exceptional, one-off circumstance.
In reality, that would represent the fees for someone at senior director level in a major, international consultancy firm (i.e. the kind of firm that employs over 40,000 people spread across the world). I know, because I see the fee levels for this sort of person on a regular basis.
I have never encountered an actual archaeologist at that level in one of these companies, although some of them do have archaeologists in fairly senior management positions.
In my experience, typical archaeological consultancy rates vary between about £25 and £45 an hour (£187.50 to £337.50 a day), depending on the experience and seniority of the person concerned and on the volume of work they do for the particular client, with a very small minority charging more than that, up to a maximum of around £70 (£525 a day). These are charge rates, mind you, not salaries, and are much more than the person themselves is getting paid. These are figures for 2006.
Compare these with unit charge rates of between around £130 and £300 a day, depending on staff grade, again with a small minority charging higher rates.
True, the consultancy rates are higher than the rates charged by contracting units, but there is a big overlap. Also, the pay differential is significantly less than the charge differential, because consultancy firms (who have high overheads) always employ larger multipliers in calculating their charge rates. This doesn't just apply to archaeology - it is the same, for instance, between civil engineering consultants and contractors.
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