One of the problems with this type of question is you have to compare apples with apples and not apples with oranges.
There are far too many variables involved.
Some for instance are paid a basic (pensionable) salary and then more for each Licence held each Type held, day shift, night shift, paid O/T or not, the list is endless (well almost). Some people are salaried and reeive no shift, Licence pay etc etc....
For instance you can compare the basic salary of myself and an LAE working at the same airport for a 3rd party company, he is paid a basic, + Licence + shift + approval.
His basic is say 18K whereas mine is 34.5K, mine sounds good. If you then add on all his extras he actually earns about 37k.
The main advantage of my salary is it is pensionable, whereas the other guys basic, 18k, is the only pensionable part.
He can also lose the approval + shift pay etc.....
Cost of living and what's relative is toooo big a thing to try and even work out.
