[QUOTE=Unregistered;227617]Your comparisons are really flawed. You are using the ceiling salary of mx11a and mx10 (of whom have worked 20-40 years and at their career end) to compare against the average salary of working class (from fresh grads to retirement age) and concluding that CS pays well. The accurate method is to compare the equivalent position of MX11A/MX10 against their respective counterparts holding similar responsibilities in private sectorUOTE]

Even I do not use the ceiling, both MX 10 and MX11A average also earning around or above 11kpm which is also easily in the 10th - 20th percentile while is also above the median. I do not think this percentile is anyway below the average private rate.

Just want to make the point that of course private has outliers who earn more but if we consider general average, i think CS/PS salary is at least on par with general market