r/ChemicalEngineering • u/Commercial_Kale753 • Oct 16 '22

Salary State of the ChemE address

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u/forzahorizon123 Oct 16 '22

Industry: Pharmaceutical

Job title: Senior Engineer

Geographical area: London, UK

Progression (2019-2022) :£38K 10 months- no benefits New job- £37K- pension plan, life assurance, etc, Current job £40K, £45K after 1 year due to inflation

Benefits, hybrid working that’s about it

ChemEng is not all it’s cracked up to be imo and I’m thinking of moving to a more consultancy role as I could work same hours and make 20% more

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u/adav123123 Oct 16 '22

Oh wow and that’s in London. I am always shocked (in a very bad way) to hear about Chemical Engineering salaries in UK.

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u/forzahorizon123 Oct 16 '22

Yeah, feel like I’ve been mis-sold on the career 🥲