Nursery assistants
* Starting rates of pay were 3.30 to 3.80 an hour, with a median starting rate of 3.70.
Qualified nursery nurses
* Most respondents paid their nursery nurses a starting rate of 3.80 to 5 an hour, with a median starting rate of 4.
* Maximum hourly rates were mostly in the range of 4.50 to 5.75, with a median maximum rate of 5.
Managers
* The median minimum salary level was 11,700 for a deputy manager.
* The median starting salary for a manager was 14,000.
London and the south-east
* Three-quarters of the nurseries paid assistants more than 3.70 an hour and more than four-fifths paid nursery nurses more than 4 an hour.
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