Albert Tatlock Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 From MR 30 per cent increase in the number of top-earning government staff. 357 people working for the government earned £50,000 or more in 2006 but this year, figure has risen to 509. The largest increases are those earning up to £70,000 – 128 people more than in 2006. Last year nobody was paid more than £190,000 (this year one person is earning at least £190,000). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahc Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 SEO grade top salary is £50,022. So possibly why more people are earning a whole £22 over £50k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 357 people working for the government earned £50,000 or more in 2006 but this year, figure has How do they define "working for the government"? Does it include doctors, police, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 earnings are not necessarilly just the basic ( however much ) wage. if someone was doing overtime it would increase their earnings in that year. expenses might come into it too though they are not 'earned' in the true sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 "how many people work for the government" ? ............. (the old jokes are still the best ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 the headline is somewhat misleading. (on both manx radio and on this topic) 30% rise for top earning government staff This indicates that all top staff have had a payrise of 30 % ( not true) IS NOT THE SAME AS 30% increase in the number of govenment workers that earn above 50,000. This one tells you that the number of staff earning above an arbitrary threshold has increased, which is hardly surprising considering inflation linked payrises accross the board in government, as sarah above says, top of the SEO scale has just gone past £50,000 plus, this time last year it was under that..... Maybe it should read Owing to a payrise inline with inflation (apparantly) a few civil servants have a little bit more money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 the headline is somewhat misleading. (on both manx radio and on this topic) 30% rise for top earning government staff This indicates that all top staff have had a payrise of 30 % ( not true) IS NOT THE SAME AS 30% increase in the number of govenment workers that earn above 50,000. This one tells you that the number of staff earning above an arbitrary threshold has increased, which is hardly surprising considering inflation linked payrises accross the board in government, as sarah above says, top of the SEO scale has just gone past £50,000 plus, this time last year it was under that..... Maybe it should read Owing to a payrise inline with inflation (apparantly) a few civil servants have a little bit more money I think it's wrong that these people are getting so much money when the manual government workers can't even get an inflation pay rise. I'm sure I read in the paper that the government want to give them a below inflation pay rise. I can't remember if that's the case but it was something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 the headline is somewhat misleading. (on both manx radio and on this topic) 30% rise for top earning government staff This indicates that all top staff have had a payrise of 30 % ( not true) IS NOT THE SAME AS 30% increase in the number of govenment workers that earn above 50,000. This one tells you that the number of staff earning above an arbitrary threshold has increased, which is hardly surprising considering inflation linked payrises accross the board in government, as sarah above says, top of the SEO scale has just gone past £50,000 plus, this time last year it was under that..... Maybe it should read Owing to a payrise inline with inflation (apparantly) a few civil servants have a little bit more money I think it's wrong that these people are getting so much money when the manual government workers can't even get an inflation pay rise. I'm sure I read in the paper that the government want to give them a below inflation pay rise. I can't remember if that's the case but it was something like that. I wouldn't want to argue either way but with the average house price now around £259,000 on a 5 times multiple that means that £50,000 is the sort of salary you need in order to be able to buy. Whilst property keeps going crazy there will always be pressure on public and private sector wages to creep up otherwise nobody would have anywhere to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 I'm not argueing, I was pointing out that he headline was misleading on both manx radio and here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahc Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 the headline is somewhat misleading. (on both manx radio and on this topic) 30% rise for top earning government staff This indicates that all top staff have had a payrise of 30 % ( not true) IS NOT THE SAME AS 30% increase in the number of govenment workers that earn above 50,000. This one tells you that the number of staff earning above an arbitrary threshold has increased, which is hardly surprising considering inflation linked payrises accross the board in government, as sarah above says, top of the SEO scale has just gone past £50,000 plus, this time last year it was under that..... Maybe it should read Owing to a payrise inline with inflation (apparantly) a few civil servants have a little bit more money I think it's wrong that these people are getting so much money when the manual government workers can't even get an inflation pay rise. I'm sure I read in the paper that the government want to give them a below inflation pay rise. I can't remember if that's the case but it was something like that. Fairly sure civil servants got below inflation increase too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 What would you do if you earned £70,000 per year ? take 4 cruises a year, buy a new car every 6 weeks and retire at 35, or what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spermann Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 how times have changed since this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 And people groaned when I moaned about an inevitable mess which has now become a major reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Nasty Eddie hasn't got the courage or ability to tackle this mess - or that of the farming 'grants' - and that is why he's picking on youngsters & other vulnerable folk for his 'savings' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localyokel Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 how times have changed since this thread. Only for the rest of us they have. Whats the betting that all those on £70,000 or more in 2007 are still on £70,000 or more (plus incremental increases and promotions over the last 7 or 8 years) now, and that a fair few more have moved from the £50,000 plus to £70,000 plus category? I doubt they'd have the balls to update the figures now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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