2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Higher education teaching professionals vs. Primary education teaching professionals

Two occupations, one country. Gross annual pay for full-time employee jobs, ASHE 2025 (provisional).

Data released ASHE 2025 (provisional) ONS ASHE · SOC 2020 4-digit
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
40k60k80k HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS £52,835 PRIMARY EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS £45,939
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Primary education teaching professionals against Higher education teaching professionals.

Higher education teaching professionalsPrimary education teaching professionalsΔ
Employment188,000289,000+53.7%
10th percentile£32,871£30,674−6.7%
25th percentile£42,062£37,847−10.0%
Median£52,835£45,939−13.1%
75th percentile£66,191£51,676−21.9%
90th percentile£77,707£60,620−22.0%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 (provisional). Gross annual pay, full-time employee jobs.
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