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Secondary 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 SECONDARY EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS £47,632 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 Secondary education teaching professionals.

Secondary education teaching professionalsSpecialist medical practitionersΔ
Employment358,000142,000−60.3%
10th percentile£32,058£49,574+54.6%
25th percentile£39,059£67,335+72.4%
Median£47,632£92,847+94.9%
75th percentile£54,047£136,100+151.8%
90th percentile£62,402£168,980+170.8%
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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