As an academic, my pay offer this year is 1.7%, while my teacher wife's is 1%. In 29 years, my 0.8 FTE salary will catch up with hers
In reply to @christianp
(ignoring pay scales, and assuming the rates of increase stay the same, which they defo won't)
In reply to @christianp
But thanks to inflation at 2.9%, our combined pay will by then only be worth 64% of what it is today
In reply to @christianp
Supplementary question: have I given enough information for you to work out the ratio of our salaries?