Education

£104,286

Chief executives and senior officials

Highest average annual salary in Education
Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£30,764

Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors

Lowest average annual salary in Education
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

9,663

Biological scientists and biochemists

Most employed occupation in Education
Working Futures 2023

185 hours

Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors

Most average weekly hours in Education
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

#	Occupation	Average Annual Salary
1	Chief executives and senior officials	£104,286
2	Information technology and telecommunications directors	£82,907
3	Marketing and sales directors	£82,907
4	Financial managers and directors	£79,257
5	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£66,743
6	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£61,529
7	Purchasing managers and directors	£57,879
8	Human resource managers and directors	£57,357
9	Production managers and directors in construction	£51,621
10	Physical scientists	£47,971

#	Occupation	Numbers employed 2023
1	Biological scientists and biochemists	9,663
2	Property, housing and estate managers	9,235
3	Financial managers and directors	9,019
4	Human resource managers and directors	6,435
5	Production managers and directors in construction	5,039
6	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	4,839
7	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	4,391
8	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	4,135
9	Chief executives and senior officials	3,935
10	Information technology and telecommunications directors	3,921

#	Occupation	Average weekly hours
1	Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors	185
2	Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services	125
3	Leisure and sports managers	101
4	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	100
5	Physical scientists	67
6	Property, housing and estate managers	64
7	Social and humanities scientists	64
8	Human resource managers and directors	54
9	Chemical scientists	54
10	Financial managers and directors	51

Pay, employment and hours in Education