London ACC Swanwick
November 2004
ATCO 2 plus Instructor [normal working grade]
Top of pay scale after 30+years at what is refered to as a band 5 unit.
Salary £5642.80p
Unsocial hours [shift premium] £390.51p
Mileage allowance at 4p per mile £11.89p
Total £6045.20p
Tax paid £1623.60p
National Insurance [ a kind of Health service tax]£244.59p
Recreation club 30p
Pension £362
Total £2230.49p
Take-home pay £3814.71p
So far this financial year:
Total gross £57576.60p
Taxable pay £54680.60p
Tax paid £16675.99p
ER NI conts [ I think the employer pays this] £6321.05p
EE NI conts [ I pay this] £2048.87p
Pension £2896.00p
...this figure is higher than normal due quite a bit of overtime.
UK controllers work long hours compared to most, and retire later. Overtime is a relatively new experience, only over last couple of years, and limited to 15 days a year [roughly]
Hope this is of some use, I was less than polite in an earlier response when I suspected journo or similar...Regards!