Originally Posted by Unregistered

The PB makes up for the lower base pay though. When I left for a ministry, I had to nego for them to match my annual package at AStar.
The most disproportionately paid group is actually those with PhDs but are non-scholars. Even though they have a PhD, they are not paid better nor promoted faster than the scholars. So in the end their years of getting a PhD seem to be "wasted".