Wales

Wales, United Kingdom. Median gross annual pay for 33 occupations, full-time employee jobs.

Data released ASHE 2025 (provisional) ONS ASHE · 33 occupations

Table 1 — By occupation

What Wales pays

Regional medians exactly as released; each occupation links to its full national distribution — regional distributions are not published at this detail.

Occupation	Median	Employment
Business and financial project management professionals	£54,067	—
Sales accounts and business development managers	£53,007	10,000
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£51,237	—
Higher education teaching professionals	£51,213	10,000
Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£51,120	15,000
Secondary education teaching professionals	£48,859	16,000
Primary education teaching professionals	£48,859	19,000
Programmers and software development professionals	£48,346	—
IT managers	£47,980	—
Other nursing professionals	£40,493	28,000
Office managers	£39,296	7,000
Large goods vehicle drivers	£38,658	9,000
Metal working production and maintenance fitters	£38,432	11,000
Electricians and electrical fitters	£34,733	—
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians	£33,626	—
Security guards and related occupations	£32,309	—
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale	£32,249	13,000
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.	£31,962	—
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks	£31,593	—
National government administrative occupations	£31,209	7,000
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers	£29,981	—
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants	£29,602	21,000
Road transport drivers n.e.c.	£28,949	—
Warehouse operatives	£27,422	15,000
Care workers and home carers	£27,249	18,000
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives	£27,114	9,000
Customer service occupations n.e.c.	£26,968	9,000
Other administrative occupations n.e.c.	£26,928	29,000
Delivery drivers and couriers	£25,584	—
Receptionists	£24,628	—
Sales and retail assistants	£24,480	13,000
Cleaners and domestics	£24,312	—
Teaching assistants	£20,853	7,000

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.

Medians are reported exactly as released. We take no payment for how any figure is presented. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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