Pay scales for SAS doctors in England

The basic pay scales for specialty and associate staff (SAS) doctors in England.

The tables below list the basic pay scales for specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors in England for 2019-2020 and information on certain closed grades.

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SAS doctors on the 2008 contract

Scale value	Associate specialist	Specialty doctor
Min	56,133	40,037
1	60,646	43,360
2	65,157	47,911
3	71,115	50,296
4	76,279	53,733
Threshold 1
5	78,421	57,156
6	81,216	60,656
7	84,012	64,158
Threshold 2
8	86,807	67,659
9	89,603	71,159
10	92,401	74,661

Associate specialists on the pre-2008 contract

Level	Value £
Min	41,001
1	45,344
2	49,686
3	54,028
4	58,371
5	62,713
6	68,448
7	73,418
Discretionary points
8	75,480
9	78,171
10	80,862
11	83,552
12	86,243
13	88,936

Staff grade doctors on the pre-2008 contract

Level	Value £
Min	37,092
1	40,037
2	42,980
3	45,925
4	48,870
5	52,337
Discretionary points
6	54,759
7	57,702
8	60,647
9	63,592
10	66,535
11	69,482

Senior and clinical medical officers

Level	Senior clinical medical officer	Clinical medical officer
Min	50,211	35,533
1	53,268	37,457
2	56,323	39,380
3	59,379	41,304
4	62,435	42,173
5	65,490	45,151
6	68,546	47,075
7	71,602	49,000