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You鈥檒l need to meet different salary requirements for this visa if your job is in one of the following occupation codes:

• 1171: health services and public health managers and directors
• 1231: health care practice managers
• 1232: residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors
• 2113: biochemists and biomedical scientists
• 2114: physical scientists
• 3111: laboratory technicians
• 3211: dispensing opticians
• 3212: pharmaceutical technicians
• 6135: care workers and home carers
• 6136: senior care workers

Salary requirements

You鈥檒l usually need to be paid at least 拢29,000 per year, or the lower 鈥榞oing rate鈥� for your job, whichever is higher.聽聽

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Each occupation code has its own annual lower going rate. Check the lower going rate for your job in the鈥�going rates table.

When you can be paid less

You might still be able to apply for a Health and Care Worker visa if your job is eligible but your salary is less than 拢29,000 or your job鈥檚 lower 鈥榞oing rate鈥�.

You can be paid between 70% and 90% of the lower going rate for your job if your salary is at least 拢23,200 per year and you meet one of the following criteria:聽

• you鈥檙e under 26, studying or a recent graduate, or in professional training
• you have a science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) PhD level qualification that鈥檚 relevant to your job (if you have a relevant PhD level qualification in any other subject your salary must be at least 拢26,100)
• you have a postdoctoral position in a scientific role

You cannot get a discounted salary rate if your job is on the immigration salary list.

Your job is on the immigration salary list

The immigration salary list is a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements.聽聽

If your job is on the immigration salary list, you need to be paid at least 拢23,200 or your job鈥檚 full going rate, whichever is higher.

View the immigration salary list鈥痶o see how much you鈥檒l need to be paid.

You鈥檙e under 26, studying or a recent graduate, or in professional training

You can be paid 70% of your job鈥檚 lower going rate if your salary will be at least 拢23,200 per year and one of the following applies:

• you鈥檙e under 26 on the date you apply
• you鈥檙e currently in the UK on a Student visa studying at bachelor鈥檚 degree level or above - or you have been in the last 2 years, and a Student or visit visa was your most recent visa
• you鈥檒l be working towards a recognised qualification in a UK regulated profession
• you鈥檒l be working towards full registration or chartered status in the job you鈥檙e being sponsored for

If this applies to you, check how much you鈥檒l need to be paid to qualify for this visa.

You have a PhD level qualification that鈥檚 relevant to your job

You can be paid 80% or 90% of the job鈥檚 lower going rate, depending on which subject you are qualified in.聽

If you have a science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) qualification, you can be paid 80% of your job鈥檚 lower going rate, as long as you will still be paid at least 拢23,200 per year.聽

If you have a non-STEM qualification, you can be paid 90% of your job鈥檚 lower going rate, as long as you will still be paid at least 拢26,100 a year.

In both situations, you must:

• have a UK PhD or an equivalent doctorate-level overseas qualification - you鈥檒l need to to check if an overseas qualification is equivalent to a UK PhD
• be able to prove your qualification is relevant to the job you鈥檒l be doing in the UK - your employer can confirm this

View the list of jobs that qualify for a PhD salary discount to see how much you need to be paid.

You have a postdoctoral position in a scientific role

You can be paid 70% of your job鈥檚 lower going rate if your salary will be at least 拢23,200 per year and you鈥檒l be working in a postdoctoral position in either of the following occupation codes:聽

• 2113: biochemists and biomedical scientists
• 2114: physical scientists

Check how much you鈥檒l need to be paid to qualify for this visa.