Originally Posted by Unregistered

Very doable depending on your starting scale.

Male with NS + 1st class + Master's + stat board (nowadays stat boards pay more) entry pay is already at the top end of the MX13 band, arnd $4.2k.

Assuming a regular promotion to MX12 at some point and nothing else, $200 increment per year for 4 years is easy as long as you dun screw up badly.