What are the best paid jobs?

We use official government big data sources to look at the 50 jobs that pay the most in the UK.

#	Occupation	Average Annual Earnings 2017
1	Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	£113,150
2	Chief executives and senior officials	£108,457
3	Brokers	£106,893
4	Air traffic controllers	£101,679
5	Marketing and sales directors	£83,950
6	Legal professionals n.e.c.	£82,907
7	Medical practitioners	£76,650
8	Financial managers and directors	£76,129
9	Information technology and telecommunications directors	£75,607
10	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£68,829
11	Production managers and directors in mining and energy	£66,743
12	Advertising and public relations directors	£66,221
13	Actuaries, economists and statisticians	£62,050
14	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£59,964
15	Purchasing managers and directors	£58,400
16	Senior professionals of educational establishments	£57,357
17	Solicitors	£57,357
18	Barristers and judges	£56,314
19	IT project and programme managers	£55,793
20	Higher education teaching professionals	£55,793
21	Human resource managers and directors	£55,271
22	Business and financial project management professionals	£55,271
23	Train and tram drivers	£55,271
24	Taxation experts	£54,750
25	Dental practitioners	£53,707
26	IT specialist managers	£52,664
27	Research and development managers	£52,664
28	Sales accounts and business development managers	£52,143
29	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£52,143
30	Production managers and directors in construction	£52,143
31	Ship and hovercraft officers	£51,100
32	Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers	£51,100
33	Electrical engineers	£50,579
34	Waste disposal and environmental services managers	£50,579
35	Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	£50,057
36	Shopkeepers and proprietors – wholesale and retail	£50,057
37	Electronics engineers	£50,057
38	Mechanical engineers	£49,536
39	Management consultants and business analysts	£49,014
40	Financial and accounting technicians	£47,450
41	Architects	£46,929
42	Quantity surveyors	£46,407
43	Programmers and software development professionals	£46,407
44	Financial accounts managers	£45,886
45	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	£45,886
46	Civil engineers	£45,886
47	Information technology and telecommunications professionals n.e.c.	£45,364
48	Rail transport operatives	£45,364
49	Design and development engineers	£44,843
50	Chartered and certified accountants	£44,843

£113,150

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

Average annual salary UK 2017 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£108,457

Chief executives and senior officials

Average annual salary UK 2017 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£106,893

Brokers

Average annual salary UK 2017 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£101,679

Air traffic controllers

Average annual salary UK 2017 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

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