2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Primary 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 PRIMARY EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS £45,939 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 Primary education teaching professionals.

Primary education teaching professionalsSpecialist medical practitionersΔ
Employment289,000142,000−50.9%
10th percentile£30,674£49,574+61.6%
25th percentile£37,847£67,335+77.9%
Median£45,939£92,847+102.1%
75th percentile£51,676£136,100+163.4%
90th percentile£60,620£168,980+178.8%
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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