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    These are the average salaries that 100 UK careers pay...

    Are you considering a career path change, or just generally curious about what your friends might earn?

    By Caroline Leaper
    Published 5 October 2015 In Features

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    Are you considering a career path change, or just generally curious about what your friends might earn?

    Are you considering a career path change, thinking you're in need of a pay rise, or just generally curious about what your friends might earn?

    The Office of National Statistics has surveyed the salaries of a rather impressive 21,563,000 people in the UK and generated an epic list of average salaries for 400 common job roles in the UK. But before you commit yourself to a new life as a Broker, bear in mind that the average UK salary is a slightly more modest £27,271...

    Here are 117 annual UK salaries from the list of 400…

    1. Brokers - £133,677 2. Chief executives and senior officials - £107,703 3. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers - £90,146 4. Marketing and sales directors - £82,962 5. Advertising and public relations directors - £77,619 6. Legal professionals - £73,425 7. Medical practitioners – £69,463 8. Human resource managers and directors - £56,315 9. Sales accounts and business development managers - £51,576 10. Senior professionals of educational establishments - £49,679 11. Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services - £48,228 12. Business and financial project management professionals – £47,795 13. Train and tram drivers - £47,101 14. Solicitors - £46,576 15. Taxation experts - £46.551 16. Finance and investment analysts and advisers - £45,490 17. Property, housing and estate managers - £44,423 18. Insurance underwriters - £43,487 19. Barristers and judges - £43,368 20. Architects - £43,029 21. Financial accounts managers - £41,389 22. Quantity surveyors - £41,086 23. Information technology and telecommunications professionals - £40,957 24. Programmers and software development professionals - £40,748 25. Construction project managers and related professionals - £40,519 26. Advertising accounts managers and creative directors - £40,510 27. Dental practitioners - £40,268 28. Civil engineers - £40,200 29. Rail transport operatives - £40,060 30. Higher education teaching professionals - £40,054 31. Police officers (sergeant and below) - £38,720 32. Chartered and certified accountants - £38,692 33. Veterinarians - £37,763 34. Arts officers, producers and directors - £37,519 35. Pharmacists - £37,439 39. Paramedics - £36,771 36. Psychologists - £36,495 37. Chartered surveyors - £36,470 38. Rail construction and maintenance operatives - £35,781 39. Crane drivers - £35,458 40. Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors - £34,639 41. Engineering technicians - £34,355 42. Education advisers and school inspectors - £31,655 43. Medical radiographers - £31,521 44. Ophthalmic opticians - £30,834 45. Rail travel assistants - £30,698 46. Electricians and electrical fitters - £30,345 47. Leisure and sports managers - £30,201 48. Probation officers - £30,026 49. Primary and nursery education teaching professionals - £29,908 50. Web design and development professionals - £29,856 51. Marketing associate professionals - £29,797 52. Midwives - £29,529 53. Public relations professionals - £29,488 54. Human resources and industrial relations officers - £29,221 55. Hotel and accommodation managers - £29,161 56. Social workers - £28,745 57. Physiotherapists - £28,560 58. Customer service managers and supervisors - £28,387 59. Product, clothing and related designers - £28,346 60. Plumbers - £27,330 61. Speech and language therapists - £26,765 62. Medical and dental technicians - £26,440 63. Nurses - £26,252 64. Occupational therapists - £26,037 65. Police community support officers - £26,012 66. Graphic designers - £25,952 67. IT engineers - £25,934 68. Authors, writers and translators - £25,767 69. Mechanics and electricians - £25,145 70. Librarians - £24,927 71. Carpenters and joiners - £24,817 72. Bricklayers and masons - £24,790 73. Estate agents and auctioneers - £24,622 74. Finance officers - £24,418 75. Restaurant and catering establishment managers - £23,781 76. Artists - £23,228 77. Farmers - £22,763 78. Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) - £22,582 79. Painters and decorators - £22,351 80. Archivists and curators - £22,264 81. Bus drivers - £22,176 82. Hairdressing and beauty salon managers - £22,113 83. Laboratory technicians - £21,533 84. Musicians - £21,410 85. Fork-lift truck drivers - £21,345 86. Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks - £20,915 87. Youth and community workers - £20,491 88. Personal assistants and other secretaries – £19,738 89. Bank and post office clerks - £19,557 90. Teachers - £18,604 91. Catering and bar managers - £18,535 92. Legal secretary - £18,425 93. Landscape Gardener - £18,010 94. Telephone salespersons - £17,549 95. Counsellors - £17,526 96. Chefs - £17,513 97. Undertakers - £17,414 98. Street cleaners - £17,402 99. Travel agents - £17,081 100. Veterinary nurses - £16,746 101. Senior care workers - £16,609 102. School secretaries - £16,366 103. Customer service operations - £15,334 104. Call centre workers - £15,206 105. Dental nurses - £14,788 106. Retail merchandisers - £14,738 107. Care workers - £12,650 108. Receptionists - £12,543 109. Teaching assistants - £11,916 110. Nursery assistants - £11,734 111. Beauticians - £11,618 112. Fitness instructors - £10,540 113. Retail assistants - £10,296 114. Hairdressers and barbers - £10,019 115. Cleaners £7,919 116. Waitresses - £7,554 117. Bar staff - £7,404

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