Salaries in Wales (2024/25)

Regional average

£35,238

National average

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Top 10 highest-paid roles in Wales

Role	Median	vs UK
Specialist medical practitioners	£78,629	—
Head teachers and principals	£70,028	—
Clinical psychologists	£59,788	—
Waste disposal and environmental services managers	£57,168	—
Sales accounts and business development managers	£52,194	—
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	£52,046	—
Paramedics	£50,388	—
Special needs education teaching professionals	£48,487	—
Higher education teaching professionals	£47,277	—
Mechanical engineers	£45,656	—

Lowest-paid roles in Wales

Role	Median	vs UK
Cleaners and domestics	£9,295	—
Sales and retail assistants	£13,128	—
Early education and childcare assistants	£15,220	—
Teaching assistants	£16,743	—
Hairdressers and barbers	£17,770	—

All roles in Wales

82 published roles with data, sorted by median salary.

Role	Median	Mean
Specialist medical practitioners	£78,629	£87,094
Head teachers and principals	£70,028	£75,457
Clinical psychologists	£59,788	£56,241
Waste disposal and environmental services managers	£57,168	£58,902
Sales accounts and business development managers	£52,194	£55,482
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	£52,046	£49,977
Paramedics	£50,388	£51,092
Special needs education teaching professionals	£48,487	£47,628
Higher education teaching professionals	£47,277	£47,703
Mechanical engineers	£45,656	£52,755
Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£45,527	£46,473
Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.	£45,310	£54,970
Chartered and certified accountants	£44,951	£43,260
Purchasing managers and directors	£44,823	£48,438
Police officers (sergeant and below)	£44,789	£42,844
Production and process engineers	£44,245	£46,837
Programmers and software development professionals	£44,014	£47,327
IT managers	£43,542	£43,800
Secondary education teaching professionals	£43,254	£42,135
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£43,240	£46,084
Primary education teaching professionals	£43,095	£39,598
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors	£42,765	£42,885
Civil engineers	£41,695	£46,529
Actuaries, economists and statisticians	£41,497	£41,464
Human resource managers and directors	£40,687	£42,607
Construction project managers and related professionals	£40,270	£40,685
Social workers	£39,744	£38,505
Chartered surveyors	£39,739	£41,615
Engineering technicians	£39,432	£43,419
Physiotherapists	£39,107	£40,451
Other health professionals n.e.c.	£38,850	£42,912
Fire service officers (watch manager and below)	£38,460	£41,223
Engineering professionals n.e.c.	£38,060	£38,283
Specialist nurses	£37,718	£39,211
Quality control and planning engineers	£37,685	£38,198
Aerospace engineers	£37,681	£39,300
Buyers and procurement officers	£36,062	£38,687
Legal associate professionals	£35,751	£35,814
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors	£35,696	£36,614
Large goods vehicle drivers	£35,611	£37,524
Education advisers and school inspectors	£35,527	£34,065
Midwifery nurses	£35,282	£37,936
Other nursing professionals	£34,631	£34,039
Housing officers	£34,590	£32,971
Graphic and multimedia designers	£33,589	£32,415
Nurse practitioners	£33,181	£35,737
Taxation experts	£33,171	£36,019
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale	£32,826	£33,082
Education managers	£32,214	£40,087
Managers in storage and warehousing	£30,739	£32,613
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers	£29,836	£28,313
IT user support technicians	£29,818	£29,955
Youth and community workers	£29,777	£29,493
Other vocational and industrial trainers	£29,265	£27,789
Estimators, valuers and assessors	£28,817	£29,012
Security guards and related occupations	£28,660	£28,269
Human resources and industrial relations officers	£28,598	£30,264
Insurance underwriters	£28,324	£30,540
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	£27,645	£26,437
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians	£27,521	£31,200
Clergy	£27,504	£28,712
Data analysts	£27,404	£30,658
Business associate professionals n.e.c.	£27,360	£27,485
Other psychologists	£26,261	£30,459
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks	£25,037	£26,568
Design occupations n.e.c.	£24,913	£25,926
Laboratory technicians	£24,589	£23,269
Senior care workers	£24,531	£24,038
IT operations technicians	£24,508	£26,664
Legal professionals n.e.c.	£23,988	£27,215
Warehouse operatives	£23,766	£24,115
Delivery drivers and couriers	£23,186	£22,597
Customer service occupations n.e.c.	£22,930	£22,784
Child and early years officers	£22,885	£24,319
Higher level teaching assistants	£20,387	£21,910
Care workers and home carers	£20,245	£20,233
Receptionists	£18,865	£19,419
Hairdressers and barbers	£17,770	£16,338
Teaching assistants	£16,743	£16,127
Early education and childcare assistants	£15,220	£17,055
Sales and retail assistants	£13,128	£15,071
Cleaners and domestics	£9,295	£11,621