4th January 2012, 02:43 PM
Quote:In the real world, salaries are generally determined by levels of responsibilityNot really. I used to be responsible for a budget of ?2 million per month when I earned ?16k pa. Never had that big a financial responsibility again, even on a wage more than three times that, ten years later. At which point I managed no staff or budgets at all and didn't seem to have any more responsibility than providing senior management with someone to swear at and threaten to sack in a crisis.
I'd suggest that in the real world, salaries are determined by how badly an employer wants or needs the skills that you have. To which archaeology sadly conforms along with IT, banking, plumbing, bricklaying etc.