What with slaving away as a stats elf, and the consequent trolling through the turgid productions of the Happy Fun Cult We All Know and Love, I thought I might see if I can extract something other than carpal tunnel syndrom from the process. It struck me that, while there are pages covering the costs of $cn 'courses' and 'processing', I hadn't seen anything comparing these costs to average incomes.

So, here goes (for Australian clams, at any rate) - Note, prior to 1970, Oz currency was sterling. Post-1970, A$. No effort has been made to index these figures to current values. They're just the raw figures. All $cientology charges are taken from 'The Bridge' ( the org mag for Sydney) or 'Communication' (the org mag for Melbourne) or 'Advance' (the org mag for AO ANZO). Figures for average weekly earnings are taken from Commonwealth (later Australian) Bureau of Statistics yearbooks and are rounded to the nearest pound sterling or dollar. Also note that, until recently, women were ordinarily paid *half* the national average.

1964 - avge wkly earnings £51

Hubbard Apprentice Scientologist - £7.5 Hubbard Qualified Scientologist - £45 Level I Co-Auditor - £5 Intensives - £2.75/hr

1970 - avge wkly earnings $85

Hubbard Apprentice Scientologist - $10 Hubbard Qualified Scientologist - $320 Single-Flow Grades 0-IV - $180 Triple-Flow Grades 0-IV - $360 (It's unclear whether the above means 'per Grade'. I expect so.) Auditing (5 hrs) - $87.50 (25 hours) - $335 HGC Intensive Scientology Processing 25 hours - $375 50 hours - $725 75 hours - $1050 Dianetic Processing (same as HGC above)

1979 - avge wkly earnings $225

Hubbard NED - $1383 NED Internship - $433 NED Graduate C/S - $818 NED Graduate C/S Internship - $540 Academy Levels 0-IV - $864 (each Level) Class 0-IV Internship - $1066 Class IV Graduate - $3782 Permanent Class IV Graduate Internship - $902

1980 - avge weekly earnings $248

Jan 1980 Auditing 12.5 hours - $943 25 hours - $1886 Hubbard NED - $2145 Academy Levels - $1341 (per level) Class IV Internship - $1676

Mar 1980 Auditing 12.5 hours - $1040 25 hours - $2080 Purification Rundown - $1050 Dianetic Clear Special Intensive - $426 Hubbard NED - $2367 Academy Levels - $1478 (per level) Minister's Course - $901

1981 - avge wkly earnings $261

Confessional Internship - $160 Registrar Salesmanship - $310 Assessment Drills - $160 PTS/SP - $310 Personal Ethics & Integrity - $310 KSW Technical - $160 KSW (Non-tech) - $100 Social Counselor - $630 Executive Delegation & Supervision - $310 Causative Leadership - $310 M1 Word Clearing Co-audit - $160 Problems of Work - $160 Basic Study Manual - $130 Grammar - $60 Second Dynamic Alignment - $130 Basic Assist - $160 Dissemination Drill - $26 Basic FSM - $160 FSM Commissions Admin - $60 Performing Musicians - $180 Ministers - $210 Professional Product Debug - $160 E-Meter - $$160 Tech TRs - $240 Finance - $180 Auditing 12.5 hours regular - $650 12.5 hours Dianetic Clear Special Intensive - $650 12.5 hours Survival Rundown in HGC - $650 Student Hat - $160 Student Hat (Primary Rundown) - $440 NED - $630 NED Internship - $160 NED Graduate - $310 NED Graduate Internship - $160 Levels 0-IV (each) - $260 Class IV Internship - $260 Graduate Class IV Auditor - $260 Graduate Class IV Auditor Internship - $180 Graduate Class IV Auditor C/S - $420 Graduate Class IV Auditor C/S Internship - $180 Mini Course Supervisor - $310 Mini Course Supervisor Internship - $160 Professional Course Supervisor - $630 Professional Course Supervisor Internship - $310 Professional Word Clearer - $440 Professional Word Clearer Internship - $160 HQS Course Supervisor - $160 Co-Audit Supervisor - $280 Survival Rundown Co-audit Supervisor - $160 OEC (each volume) - $310 Senior OEC (each volume) - $160 OEC/Senior OEC Internship (each) - $160 Elementary Data Series Supervisor - $630 Survival Rundown TRs and Co-audit - $520 Survival Rundown TRs - $80 Confessionals - $260 Dianetic Clear Special Intensive (5.5 hours) - $260 Confessional Auditing (12.5 hours) - $650 Public Review (per hour) - $70 Student Review (per hour) - $37 Introspection Rundown (12.5 hours) - $1310 Folder Error Summary (per hour) - $70 Purification Rundown - $520 Cramming (per day) - $10 Qual retread (per day) - $60 Qual Word Clearing (per hour) - $26 Weekly Co-audit fee - $70

1998 - avge weekly earnings $658

Solo I - $5500 ($4400 members) Solo II - $2127 ($1702 members) OT Peps & Eligibility Auditing (50 hours) - $14520 Grade VI (R6EW) $4780 ($3824 members) Clearing - $5774 ($4619 members) New OT I - $3675 ($2940 members) OT II - $7000 ($5600 members) OT III - $11750 ($9400 members) New OT IV (12.5 hours) - $10890 ($8712 members) New OT V (12.5 hours) - $10890 ($8712 members) OT Book Package - $255 ($204 members) New LRH Lecture Series (Anatomy of the Spirit of Man Congress) - $820 ($656 members) Philadelphia Doctorate Course Lectures - $4281 ($3425 members)

tam

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