Just what is the Average UK SALARY?

whatyadoinsucka

average salary is pointless..

look at your particular career/job , work out the experience gained, the sector and then.

If the 26k is average, being a doctor on £35k is above average but for a doctor this is very low, most doctors seem to earn vast fortunes. £80k a year+

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whatyadoinsucka wrote: »

average salary is pointless..

look at your particular career/job , work out the experience gained, the sector and then.

If the 26k is average, being a doctor on £35k is above average but for a doctor this is very low, most doctors seem to earn vast fortunes. £80k a year+

Junior doctors start on 22k... A doctor in specialist training will earn 29k a year. It's only when they start on a speciality they earn > 36k a year (source: http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/details/Default.aspx?Id=553)

F_T_Buyer

All Employees (including part time):
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/lmsuk0311.pdf

All jobs average is £453 per week (£23,556 pa).

Private sector: £449 (£23,348 pa)
Public Sector: £472 (£24,544 pa)


For Full Time employess only:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/ashe1210.pdf

£499 per week (£25,948 pa)


This post deserves a thanks methinks.

SandC

That's interesting that public sector average is slightly higher. Those of us who work in private sector are frequently told how much more we earn - maybe the top earners are earning more but the middle earners are evening the averages out. Which actually means that averages do mean something at least, so long as we remember that the higher earners do raise the bar somewhat.

star2007

Martin's recent blog post is great to read about the different kinds of averages there are:

http://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2011/03/14/are-you-above-average-why-mean-mode-median-matter-for-moneysavers-especially-for-premium-bonds/

I think it's more useful to think of 'typical' salaries for a particular region/employment sector, rather than median averages, which, as has already been pointed out, are distorted by Russian oligarchs/footballers etc. Wish I could get my head round statistics better, my maths is very rusty.

whatyadoinsucka

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Junior doctors start on 22k... A doctor in specialist training will earn 29k a year. It's only when they start on a speciality they earn > 36k a year (source: http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/details/Default.aspx?Id=553)

i was thinking more Gps not trainee docs

Salaried GPs employed directly by PCTs earn between £53,781 to £81,158, dependent on, among other factors, length of service and experience.
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B.E.N

SandC wrote: »

That's interesting that public sector average is slightly higher.

Yes - that's something that has come up before. It's generally explained by the fact that most of the lower-grade jobs (Cleaners, Security Guards, Canteen Staff, etc) have been outsourced out to private companies. Thus, making them "private sector" employees and pushing the public sector average wage up artificially

vaporate

26k for average is cobblers.

You get ppl earning hundreds of thousands to people earning peanuts full time or part time.

average is more like 18k.

F_T_Buyer

vaporate wrote: »

26k for average is cobblers.

You get ppl earning hundreds of thousands to people earning peanuts full time or part time.

average is more like 18k.

I did link to the official office of national statistics data...

shopbot

I'd be interested in seeing the average salary statistics by age bracket as well as region..

That would give people a better way of comparing themselves to others.