Heather Mills’ divorce settlement notoriously netted her £700 for every hour she was married to former Beatle Paul McCartney.
Now £24.3 million is a fair deal for spending four years with the man who wrote that dreadful frog’s chorus, some might think. But how does £700 an hour compare with other jobs?
Thanks to a little detective work on the part of staffing agency Adecco we now have the answer – and funnily enough, in a straight comparison with almost any job, Heather Mills emerges as the winner.
So here’s Adecco’s list, with salaries compared on a monthly basis (that’s £159,687.50 a month for Heather Mills, assuming a 7.5 hour working day):
• Heather Mills: £159,687.50 vs. Mechanic: £1,878.58
o WINNER: Heather Mills. It would take the mechanic over 7 years to earn as much as Mills did in a month.
• Heather Mills: £159,687.50 vs. Teacher: £2,411.66
o WINNER: Heather Mills. It would take a teacher almost five and a half years to earn as Mills did in a month.
• Heather Mills: £159,687.50 vs. Secretary: £1,251.50
o WINNER: Heather Mills. It would take secretary over 10.5 years to earn as much as Mills did in a month.
• Heather Mills: £159,687.50 vs. Office Manager: £2,691.67
o WINNER: Heather Mills. It would take an office manager a little under 5 years to earn as much as Mills did in a month.
• Heather Mills: £159,687.50 vs. Fire-fighter: £2,155.25
o WINNER: Heather Mills. It would take a fire-fighter over 6 years to earn as much as Mills did in a month.
• Heather Mills: £159,687.50 vs. Nurses: £1,920.33
o WINNER: Heather Mills. It would take a nurse just under 7 years to earn as much as Mills did in a month.
• Heather Mills: £159,687.50 vs. Chefs and caterers: £1,143.33
o WINNER: Heather Mills. It would take a chef or caterer over 11.5 years to earn as much as Mills did in a month.
Curiously, from this and an earlier survey about the reasons people look to change jobs, Adecco draws the moral that "satisfactory pay levels are not a pivotal factor in employees looking for alternative employment".
As the company's head of comms, Louise Oliver, puts it: "Although most people will never match Heather Mills’ bank balance, it is heartening to remember that when it comes to work the old adage is true; money doesn’t buy happiness,”
We will, of course, be checking the IRS Pay Databank [subscription required] carefully this month to see whether the McCartney settlement feeds through into general wage rises.
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