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Actual scenario in school, base salary,

13 yrs, female, mid-career, GEO5A, 8.5k (increment 5 to 5A was only $200)
4 yrs, female, mid-career, GEO3, 6.1k
4 yrs, male, NIE grad, GEO4, 5.3k
9 yrs, female, HOD, NUS grad, GEO5, about 7k plus (she said it's below 8k)
6 years, male, overseas degree, geo5 6.6k
12 years, male, PGDE, GEO5, 7.4k
11years, male, NIE grad, GEO5 (SH), 7.6k
8 years, male, NIE grad, GEO3@#*!, 5.9k..

updated with troll/anomaly removed

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Actual scenario in school, base salary,

13 yrs, female, mid-career, GEO5A, 8.5k (increment 5 to 5A was only $200)
4 yrs, female, mid-career, GEO3, 6.1k
4 yrs, male, NIE grad, GEO4, 5.3k
9 yrs, female, HOD, NUS grad, GEO5, about 7k plus (she said it's below 8k)
6 years, male, overseas degree, geo5 6.6k
12 years, male, PGDE, GEO5, 7.4k
11years, male, NIE grad, GEO5 (SH), 7.6k
8 years, male, NIE grad, GEO3@#*!, 5.9k..

updated with troll/anomaly removed

i call bluff on #3, the 4 yr male drawing 5.3k. this is way below-market, should be getting 6k at least.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i call bluff on #3, the 4 yr male drawing 5.3k. this is way below-market, should be getting 6k at least.

Just curious, what is the starting salary of an NIE fresh grad after the 2022 adjustment?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Just curious, what is the starting salary of an NIE fresh grad after the 2022 adjustment?

I understand it to be 4.5k

Actual senario in school, base salary,

13 yrs, female, mid-career, GEO5A, 8.5k (increment 5 to 5A was only $200)
4 yrs, female, mid-career, GEO3, 6.1k
4 yrs, male, NIE grad, GEO4, 5.3k
9 yrs, female, HOD, NUS grad, GEO5, about 7k plus (she said it's below 8k)
6 years, male, overseas degree, geo5 6.6k
12 years, male, PGDE, GEO5, 7.4k
11years, male, NIE grad, GEO5 (SH), 7.6k
3 years, male PGDE, GEO3, 5.4k

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i call bluff on #3, the 4 yr male drawing 5.3k. this is way below-market, should be getting 6k at least.

Nope. True story. He started at 4.1k. During covid, the merit increment went down to $180. Promo+merit to GEO4 was $420, followed by 5% adjustment

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Nope. True story. He started at 4.1k. During covid, the merit increment went down to $180. Promo+merit to GEO4 was $420, followed by 5% adjustment

Oh wrong. He started at 3.9k. He was my batch mate, 2nd lower.
2nd upper was 4.1k. For females, they started at 3.6k or 3.9k, 2nd lower or 2nd lower respectively.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i call bluff on #3, the 4 yr male drawing 5.3k. this is way below-market, should be getting 6k at least.

Not the original poster but if you joined one or two years before covid, or during covid itself, it's real. The increments were absolutely pathetic during the period where the largest salary jumps in one's early career are supposed to happen.

Geo4s who are drawing way below 6k do exist. The ones who get hit the hardest were ironically the high performing ones with fewer YOE (therefore lower pay) who got promoted geo3 to 4 during covid.

Actual senario in school, base salary,

13 yrs, female, mid-career, GEO5A, 8.5k (increment 5 to 5A was only $200)
9 yrs, female, HOD, NUS grad, GEO5, about 7k plus (she said it's below 8k)
4 yrs, female, mid-career, GEO3, 6.1k

12 years, male, PGDE, GEO5, 7.4k
11 years, male, NIE grad, GEO5 (SH), 7.6k
6 years, male, PGDE Overseas degree, GEO5 6.6k
4 yrs, male, NIE grad, GEO4, 5.3k
3 years, male PGDE, GEO3, 5.4k
3 years, male PGDE, GEO3, 5.7k

Actual scenario in school, base salary:

15 yrs, male, PGDE, SEO1 (HOD), 9.4k
13 yrs, female, mid-career, GEO5A, 8.5k (increment 5 to 5A was only $200)
12 yrs, male, PGDE, GEO5, 7.4k
11 yrs, male, NIE grad, GEO5 (SH), 7.6k
9 yrs, female, HOD, NUS grad, GEO5, about 7k plus (she said it's below 8k)
6 yrs, male, PGDE Overseas degree, GEO5 6.6k
4 yrs, female, mid-career, GEO3, 6.1k
4 yrs, male, NIE grad, GEO4, 5.3k
3 yrs, male PGDE, GEO3, 5.4k
3 yrs, male PGDE, GEO3, 5.7k