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Wales — Salaries by Occupation (2025)

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional)

Occupations with published median salary data for Wales, sorted high to low. ONS suppresses occupations with small regional samples.

Job titleMedian salary (Wales)UK national medianvs national
Specialist medical practitioners £86,152 £88,997 -3.2%
Head teachers and principals £76,119 £70,977 +7.2%
Business and financial project management professionals £53,924 £57,874 -6.8%
Quantity surveyors £53,752 £51,950 +3.5%
Sales accounts and business development managers £52,223 £56,021 -6.8%
Social services managers and directors £51,651 £45,155 +14.4%
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £49,827 £59,593 -16.4%
Higher education teaching professionals £48,809 £46,494 +5.0%
Secondary education teaching professionals £48,006 £44,246 +8.5%
Purchasing managers and directors £47,971 £56,779 -15.5%
Production managers and directors in manufacturing £47,944 £52,885 -9.3%
Production and process engineers £47,056 £47,711 -1.4%
Paramedics £46,767 £50,294 -7.0%
Engineering project managers and project engineers £46,626 £52,451 -11.1%
Primary education teaching professionals £46,291 £42,031 +10.1%
IT managers £45,970 £55,502 -17.2%
Programmers and software development professionals £45,942 £55,587 -17.4%
Special needs education teaching professionals £45,462 £40,363 +12.6%
Rail travel assistants £45,125 £45,240 -0.3%
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £44,546 £41,111 +8.4%
Mechanical engineers £44,386 £50,594 -12.3%
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors £44,143 £40,661 +8.6%
Research and development (R&D) managers £44,036 £54,857 -19.7%
Aircraft maintenance and related trades £43,710 £44,704 -2.2%
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c. £43,522 £48,171 -9.7%
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £43,217 £44,793 -3.5%
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors £43,144 £46,356 -6.9%
Information technology professionals n.e.c. £43,136 £50,459 -14.5%
Engineering professionals n.e.c. £42,989 £47,985 -10.4%
Human resource managers and directors £42,497 £54,474 -22.0%
Social workers £42,029 £42,708 -1.6%
Actuaries, economists and statisticians £41,924 £51,520 -18.6%
Financial accounts managers £41,724 £45,162 -7.6%
Civil engineers £41,581 £50,602 -17.8%
Occupational therapists £41,377 £37,201 +11.2%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £41,117 £47,969 -14.3%
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c. £40,911 £43,382 -5.7%
Engineering technicians £40,824 £44,330 -7.9%
Quality control and planning engineers £40,307 £42,511 -5.2%
Other health professionals n.e.c. £40,091 £38,033 +5.4%
Sales related occupations n.e.c. £40,049 £28,870 +38.7%
Telecoms and related network installers and repairers £39,806 £39,652 +0.4%
Public services associate professionals £39,559 £38,454 +2.9%
Specialist nurses £39,155 £41,095 -4.7%
Construction and building trades supervisors £39,106 £45,000 -13.1%
Buyers and procurement officers £38,961 £36,230 +7.5%
Production, factory and assembly supervisors £38,701 £35,092 +10.3%
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers £38,433 £36,563 +5.1%
Chartered surveyors £38,098 £45,673 -16.6%
Large goods vehicle drivers £37,476 £39,141 -4.3%
Chartered and certified accountants £37,375 £45,538 -17.9%
Metal making and treating process operatives £37,233 £31,893 +16.7%
Health and safety managers and officers £37,056 £44,551 -16.8%
Business and related research professionals £37,038 £39,941 -7.3%
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) £36,804 £31,041 +18.6%
Physiotherapists £36,548 £37,917 -3.6%
Welding trades £36,339 £34,742 +4.6%
Office managers £36,157 £35,000 +3.3%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters £36,127 £40,002 -9.7%
Road construction operatives £36,060 £38,315 -5.9%
Other nursing professionals £35,816 £36,775 -2.6%
Data analysts £35,806 £38,107 -6.0%
Mental health nurses £35,719 £40,028 -10.8%
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. £35,476 £36,408 -2.6%
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. £35,251 £26,975 +30.7%
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters £35,085 £30,429 +15.3%
Community nurses £35,083 £33,764 +3.9%
Business sales executives £35,068 £36,498 -3.9%
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. £34,830 £41,706 -16.5%
Taxation experts £34,817 £46,280 -24.8%
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £34,762 £32,060 +8.4%
Construction and building trades n.e.c. £34,760 £34,378 +1.1%
Electricians and electrical fitters £34,719 £39,187 -11.4%
Education advisers and school inspectors £34,486 £41,535 -17.0%
Speech and language therapists £34,369 £35,002 -1.8%
Quality assurance technicians £33,919 £33,242 +2.0%
Conservation professionals £33,507 £37,949 -11.7%
Events managers and organisers £33,353 £29,101 +14.6%
Police community support officers £33,020 £35,189 -6.2%
Human resources and industrial relations officers £32,820 £33,012 -0.6%
IT user support technicians £32,654 £34,314 -4.8%
Groundworkers £32,531 £37,849 -14.1%
Estimators, valuers and assessors £32,489 £37,809 -14.1%
Other vocational and industrial trainers £32,310 £33,236 -2.8%
Graphic and multimedia designers £32,303 £31,236 +3.4%
Managers in storage and warehousing £31,992 £36,620 -12.6%
Housing officers £31,814 £32,542 -2.2%
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £31,801 £36,560 -13.0%
Office supervisors £31,769 £32,265 -1.5%
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers £31,708 £31,750 -0.1%
Process operatives n.e.c. £31,684 £30,843 +2.7%
Metal working machine operatives £31,546 £31,344 +0.6%
Nurse practitioners £31,244 £41,392 -24.5%
Youth and community workers £30,564 £27,711 +10.3%
Water and sewerage plant operatives £30,413 £39,057 -22.1%
Finance and investment analysts and advisers £30,404 £47,776 -36.4%
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers £30,254 £25,087 +20.6%
National government administrative occupations £30,238 £31,363 -3.6%
Finance officers £29,891 £28,610 +4.5%
Carpenters and joiners £29,662 £33,797 -12.2%
Construction operatives n.e.c. £29,591 £30,237 -2.1%
Routine inspectors and testers £29,550 £33,982 -13.0%
Floorers and wall tilers £29,459 £32,663 -9.8%
Merchandisers £29,334 £26,554 +10.5%
Computer system and equipment installers and servicers £29,233 £34,073 -14.2%
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £29,230 £36,006 -18.8%
Refuse and salvage occupations £29,173 £27,576 +5.8%
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors £28,899 £30,513 -5.3%
Clergy £28,878 £30,655 -5.8%
Business associate professionals n.e.c. £28,711 £33,035 -13.1%
Painters and decorators £28,649 £30,889 -7.3%
Metal machining setters and setter-operators £28,496 £35,394 -19.5%
Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators £28,366 £30,396 -6.7%
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £28,285 £29,329 -3.6%
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £27,960 £29,761 -6.1%
Elementary storage supervisors £27,858 £30,480 -8.6%
Sales administrators £27,807 £27,132 +2.5%
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. £27,639 £28,600 -3.4%
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c. £27,572 £26,723 +3.2%
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. £27,483 £26,640 +3.2%
Insurance underwriters £27,258 £38,666 -29.5%
Records clerks and assistants £27,104 £26,312 +3.0%
Bakers and flour confectioners £27,101 £26,983 +0.4%
Printers £26,970 £31,367 -14.0%
Bank and post office clerks £26,687 £27,671 -3.6%
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £26,598 £27,267 -2.5%
Marketing associate professionals £26,525 £30,479 -13.0%
Catering and bar managers £26,425 £27,888 -5.2%
Senior care workers £26,153 £27,417 -4.6%
Groundsmen and greenkeepers £26,101 £27,519 -5.2%
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) £25,818 £28,241 -8.6%
Warehouse operatives £25,655 £26,574 -3.5%
Chefs £25,625 £26,531 -3.4%
Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. £25,615 £23,005 +11.3%
Call and contact centre occupations £25,609 £25,440 +0.7%
Printing machine assistants £25,530 £29,657 -13.9%
Child and early years officers £25,287 £29,347 -13.8%
Industrial cleaning process occupations £25,149 £26,236 -4.1%
Customer service occupations n.e.c. £24,868 £24,438 +1.8%
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £24,606 £24,761 -0.6%
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. £24,482 £23,385 +4.7%
Vehicle valeters and cleaners £24,390 £24,875 -1.9%
Laboratory technicians £24,334 £26,861 -9.4%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £24,229 £26,112 -7.2%
Sewing machinists £24,141 £22,767 +6.0%
Delivery drivers and couriers £24,126 £24,627 -2.0%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors £24,029 £27,454 -12.5%
Gardeners and landscape gardeners £23,997 £27,057 -11.3%
Caretakers £23,965 £25,147 -4.7%
Dental nurses £23,019 £22,615 +1.8%
Medical secretaries £22,783 £24,071 -5.4%
Care workers and home carers £22,622 £21,487 +5.3%
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c. £22,613 £25,936 -12.8%
Housekeepers and related occupations £22,085 £16,618 +32.9%
Bar and catering supervisors £21,561 £22,552 -4.4%
Animal care services occupations n.e.c. £20,190 £23,345 -13.5%
Receptionists £19,337 £18,152 +6.5%
Early education and childcare practitioners £18,402 £19,516 -5.7%
Teaching assistants £18,002 £18,024 -0.1%
Cooks £17,717 £17,885 -0.9%
Educational support assistants £17,212 £17,086 +0.7%
Sales and retail assistants £14,568 £14,491 +0.5%
Cleaners and domestics £10,487 £11,852 -11.5%
Kitchen and catering assistants £10,404 £11,840 -12.1%

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Figures are gross annual pay before tax, for reference only. Source: ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional) (Table 15, work-based region).

Data: ONS ASHE Table 14/15, 2025 provisional · Page built 2026-07-18