Meanings of starting salaries in English

Permanent starting salaries rose at their fastest rate in six months.

Sir, - There seems to be a lot of confusion about teachers' starting salaries.

The demand for engineering graduates has pushed up starting salaries.

Normally its graduates are in heavy demand, many landing six-figure starting salaries at high-profile firms.

That's more than any of the careers with the highest starting salaries in the country.

Yup, Stellenbosch University graduates are, on average, the highest earners in South Africa in terms of starting salaries.

They compete to attract the best by setting up sandwich courses and bursaries, and increasing their starting salaries.

The starting salaries can be miserable.

New workers this year are asking for much higher starting salaries than older workers at her factory, she said.

Growth in starting salaries for permanent staff hit a 20-month low in September, according to the latest REC survey.

But it won't come close to compensating younger workers for the hit to starting salaries based on Treasury's predictions.

The Big Bang had happened the previous year and there was, as a result, a sudden one-upmanship about ' starting salaries'.

They quickly earned a negative reputation for their feelings of entitlement over everything from starting salaries to flexible working conditions.

Above the £25,000 mark there was a sharp divide between male and female starting salaries.

Ms Gillian Harford, head of resources and long-term planning, said yesterday that starting salaries would reflect the experience of successful candidates.

But there probably aren't many Irish firms of solicitors who match the current starting salaries of newly qualified legal-eagles in London.