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[Kipling]

Hello everyone,
Does anyone know the examiner pay rates for London or the UK in general.
I have been an examiner for nine years. I have tried google ,yahoo and this website to no avail
Many thanks in advance.
Mr K

[scot47]

8 pounds a pop - Speaking and Writing. I am not sure if this is rate throughout UK.

[Kipling]

Poverty beckons...........I get a tenner a pop just for speaking here and that goes a long way too!!

Mr K

[Insubordination]

Are you kidding? Why? Is IELTS free for candidates? In Australia, we get AUD$55/hour (about 33 pounds) and I thought that was low and your currency whips ours. Someone must be making a huge profit over there.

[Mr_Monkey]

[Kipling]

That's 10 pound a candidate= 3 candidates an hour = 30 pounds
About the same worldwide, It's the BC that make the money here
Nice little earner for them.
Don't know about the UK though.

Mr K

[Insubordination]

Oh, OK. I interpreted 'a pop' as an hour not per candidate. It's still low pay but not nearly as bad as I thought. It's a pretty high-skill level job which not everyone could do. It should be paid more (here too).

[scot47]

Where I am the BC pays more for teaching than for IELTS testing. Something wring surely ?

[scot47]

Strangely in the UK there are native-speaker candidates doing IELTS to increase their points for immigration to Canada/NZ/Australia. Since many of them are "Sun"-readers you can imagine that the results are not always startling !

[scot47]

The fact that you earn more for IELTS Examining in China than for IELTS Examining in the UK tells us something. Answers on a plain postcard please to the IELTS people !