IfA - Salary benchamarking, report and new consultation

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Perhaps some figures may get you thinking

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Reasonable starting salary ranges

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‘Reasonable’ starting salary ranges were ascertained by taking a range from the minimum
to the maximum comparator salaries and removing the top and bottom 25%. This would give
the following ‘reasonable’ ranges:

PIfA level responsibilities ?18,090 - ?19,646.
AIfA level responsibilities ?24,631 - ?28,210
MIfA level responsibilities ?30,563 - ?36,854.

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Consultation

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IfA is seeking your views on the following questions:
1. Do you feel it would be useful for IfA to publish guidance on reasonable starting salary ranges for the three grades of IfA membership, in line with other professional bodies?
2. Do you think the removal of the upper and lower quartiles of the comparator salary ranges is the right way of determining recommended starting salaries for
archaeological posts?
3. Are there other readily available comparison data IfA should consider?
4. What benefits should be recommended to accompany these packages, and at what level (eg employer pension contributions, leave allowances, training and CPD

support, sickness pay)?

Current BAJR grades:
G1 : Training Position) ?14,462.33 (?278.11 pw)
G2 : (ie Basic Site Assistant) ?15,396.71 (?296.09 pw)
G3 : (ie Site Assistant 2 or Technical 1 ?16,433.59 (?316.04 pw)
G 3/4 : (ie Senior Site Assistant or Technical 1 or Junior Supervisor ) ?17,180.22 (?330.39 pw)
G4 : (ie Technical 2 or Supervisor )?17,933.33 (?344.87 pw)
G 4/5 : (ie Senior Technical / Supervisor / Junior Project Officer ) ?19,284.18 (?370.84pw)
G 5 : (ie Specialist 1, or Project Officer SMR Asst. ?20,504.48
G 5/6 : (ie Senior Specialist, SMR post and Project Officer or Junior Manager) ?23,221.29
G 6 : (ie Specialist 2, Senior SMR Post or Project Manager)?25,754.68
G 7 : (ie Directorial and Senior Management) ?33,183.29+
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All I can say is................in my dreams............. I'm on ?8000 less than the Aifa recommended MINIMUM ! and have Aifa and Mifa level responsibilities. I can't see what use this will do for the majority of us.except spend our hard earned IfA subs on something that has and will never benefit the majority of field work staff.................:face-confused: