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What are Britain's Best Paid Jobs?

Geoff Riley

8th November 2022

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Which occupations in the UK pay the highest median hourly wage rates?

What are Britain's Best Paid Jobs?
  • A high-paid job pay is one where the pay is more than 1.5 times median hourly earnings.
  • High-pay employees in the UK in 2022 are earning anything above £22.16 an hour!
  • CEOs, directors, pilots, GPs, head teachers and financial managers all appear in a league table of the best-paid jobs.
  • Keep in mind that this data in this video short is for median hourly wages and some people of course earn mega bucks – driving up the mean!
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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