The top paying jobs in the UK for 2022 have been revealed, in new data from the ONS.
The UK's lowest earning roles have also been published, detailing a huge gap between the top and bottom earners in the country.
According to the data, chief executives and senior officials rake in the most money, and get paid an average of £121,434 per year. However, on the other end of the scale, leisure and theme park attendants make the least at a yearly salary of £14,064.
That's a difference of a whopping £107,370 between the country's highest and lowest earners, the Mirror reports.
Marketing, sales and advertising directors were the next highest earners on the list, earning an average of £91,818, followed by financial managers and directors, who placed third with an average salary of £91,853.
Without adjusting for inflation, median weekly pay for people in full-time work increased 5% to £640 in 2022.
But in real terms - so taking inflation into account - weekly pay for full-time employees fell by 2.6% in the year.
The proportion of low-paid jobs also fell to 10.5% in 2022, which is the lowest amount since records began in 1997. Over half a million people in the UK were paid below the National Minimum Wage this year too, compared to 409,000 in 2019.
The data was published by the ONS as part of its Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings survey. However, any year-on-year changes could be as a result of the pandemic and furlough.
You can see each full list of jobs below.
The 20 highest paid jobs of 2022
- Chief executives and senior officials - £121,434
- Marketing, sales and advertising directors -£95,818
- Financial managers and directors - £91,853
- Specialist medical practitioners - £83,482
- Information technology directors - £82,363
- Functional managers and directors - £75,477
- Head teachers and principals - £74,104
- Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers - £72,131
- Senior police officers - £64,110
- Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services - £63,591
- Solicitors and lawyers - £62,939
- Production managers and directors in manufacturing - £60,156
- Train and tram drivers - £59,203
- Taxation experts - £59,105
- Research and development (R&D) managers - £57,059
- IT managers - £56,199
- IT business analysts, architects and systems designers - £55,346
- Business and financial project management professionals - £55,124
- Purchasing managers and directors - £54,862
- Driving instructors - £54,712
The 20 lowest paid jobs of 2022
- Leisure and theme park attendants - £14,064
- Waiters and waitresses - £16,568
- Bar staff - £16,699
- Teaching assistants - £17,747
- Educational support assistants - £18,032
- Hairdressers and barbers - £18,290
- Kitchen and catering assistants - £18,397
- Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers - £18,577
- Early education and childcare practitioners - £18,665
- Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants - £18,821
- Retail cashiers and check-out operators - £18,893
- Beauticians and related occupations - £19,211
- Early education and childcare assistants - £19,577
- Cleaners and domestics - £19,792
- Playworkers - £20,033
- Collector salespersons and credit agents - £20,038
- Bar and catering supervisors - £20,245
- Cooks - £20,253
- Hospital porters - £20,396
- School midday and crossing patrol occupations - £20,592
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