• For all Wage Income within Cuadrilla and Tier 1 suppliers we utilise the average FTE salary for the oil and gas sector (£89,800 – see Section 5 of this report), dampened down to account for the fact that some employment will be in less well paid sectors/occupations. We therefore utilise a figure of £55,000 per FTE, roughly mid point between the all sector UK average FTE salary in 2009 (£32,100) and that for the oil and gas sector. Evidence from our supplier survey suggested that the average salary within respondent firms was £53,000 per FTE.