Food products

£66,743

Financial managers and directors

Highest average annual salary in Food products
Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2022

£35,457

Managers in storage and warehousing

Lowest average annual salary in Food products
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2022

13,775

Production managers and directors in manufacturing

Most employed occupation in Food products
Working Futures 2024

44 hours

Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture

Most average weekly hours in Food products
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2022

#	Occupation	Average Annual Salary 2022
1	Financial managers and directors	£66,743
2	Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£59,964
3	Purchasing managers and directors	£55,793
4	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£54,750
5	Electrical engineers	£54,229
6	Human resource managers and directors	£53,186
7	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£50,579
8	Engineering project managers and project engineers	£50,057
9	Biochemists and biomedical scientists	£41,714
10	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	£41,714

#	Occupation	Numbers employed 2024
1	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	13,775
2	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	5,890
3	Purchasing managers and directors	3,845
4	Marketing, sales and advertising directors	3,726
5	Human resource managers and directors	3,234
6	Biochemists and biomedical scientists	2,189
7	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	2,078
8	Electrical engineers	1,843
9	Managers in storage and warehousing	1,834
10	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	1,820

#	Occupation	Average weekly hours 2022
1	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	44
2	Biochemists and biomedical scientists	43
3	Electrical engineers	43
4	Managers in storage and warehousing	43
5	Purchasing managers and directors	42
6	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	41
7	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	41
8	Engineering project managers and project engineers	41
9	Financial managers and directors	41
10	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	40

Pay, employment and hours in Food products