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Higher education teaching professionals vs. Specialist medical practitioners

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
50k100k150k HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS £52,835 SPECIALIST MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS £92,847
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

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

Higher education teaching professionalsSpecialist medical practitionersΔ
Employment188,000142,000−24.5%
10th percentile£32,871£49,574+50.8%
25th percentile£42,062£67,335+60.1%
Median£52,835£92,847+75.7%
75th percentile£66,191£136,100+105.6%
90th percentile£77,707£168,980+117.5%
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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