Pay scales for SAS doctors in Scotland

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

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

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SAS doctors on the 2008 contract

Pay point	Associate specialist	Specialty doctor
0	57,262	40,842
1	61,865	44,334
2	66,466	48,874
3	72,812	51,307
4	77,812	51,307
Threshold 1
5	79,997	58,305
6	82,849	61,875
7	84,844	65,447
Threshold 2
8	87,613	69,019
9	90,382	72,590
10	93,153	76,161

Associate specialists on the pre-2008 contract

Level	Value £
Min	41,825
1	46,255
2	50,685
3	55,114
4	59,544
5	63,974
6	69,824
7	74,893
Discretionary points
8	76,998
9	79,742
10	82,487
11	84,389
12	87,054
13	89,721

Staff grade practitioner on the pre-1997 contract

Level	Value £
Min	37,838
1	40,842
2	43,844
3	46,848
4	49,852
5	52,855
6	55,859
7	58,862

Staff grade practitioner on the 1997 contract

Level	Value £
Min	37,838
1	40,842
2	43,844
3	46,848
4	49,852
5	53,389
Discretionary points (optional)
6	55,859
7	58,862
8	61,866
9	64,870
10	67,873
11	70,878