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Nursing auxiliaries and assistants vs. Teaching assistants

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
20k30k NURSING AUXILIARIES AND ASSISTANTS £29,084 TEACHING ASSISTANTS £21,239
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Teaching assistants against Nursing auxiliaries and assistants.

Nursing auxiliaries and assistantsTeaching assistantsΔ
Employment267,000108,000−59.6%
10th percentile£21,609£17,070−21.0%
25th percentile£25,189£18,789−25.4%
Median£29,084£21,239−27.0%
75th percentile£33,294£24,152−27.5%
90th percentile£38,440£27,203−29.2%
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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