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Living Standards Drop By Occupation

Embargoed: 00.01 Friday 30th December 2011

 

FULL TIME WORKERS IN 277 OUT OF 322 OCCUPATIONS SUFFER DROP IN LIVING STANDARDS IN THE UK AS REAL VALUE OF EARNINGS FALLS BY 5.9% DUE TO ‘BANKERS RECESSION’ AND STALLED RECOVERY

 

These figures show that the Government’s strategy for an economic recovery is in tatters and George Osborne has the economic literacy of a stick of rhubarb says GMB

 

UK full time workers in 277 occupation groups out of a total 322 occupational groups have suffered a drop in living standards since April 2007 a new analysis of official data shows. Across the UK the real value of average gross earnings for full time workers in all occupational groups have fallen by 5.9% between April 2007 and November 2011, due to ‘bankers recession’ and stalled recovery.

 

There are 11 occupations where the fall has been more than 25%, 10 occupations where the fall has been between 20% - 25% and 16 occupations where the fall has been between 15% - 20%. Below are the lists of the 277 occupations that have seen falls in living standards set out in 5% bands. In Notes to Editors 5 below is the raw data for all 322 occupations ranked from the biggest falls downwards.

 

These figures are from a new analysis by GMB of official earnings data for occupations. The figures are in addition to those for all 197 areas of the UK which were published earlier this week. Those figures are in a pdf at the foot of the ‘Living Standards Drop’ release in the ‘Newsroom’ of the GMB national website http://www.gmb.org.uk/ . Also at the foot of that release are 11 regional press releases with regional details and regional GMB contacts details.

 

In the analysis GMB looks at the figure for annual average gross earnings of full time workers in each occupation group from official ASHE data for April 2007 from ONS before the recession kicked in. This figure is compared with the figure for annual average gross earnings for the same occupation group from ASHE for April 2011.  The changes shown in annual average earnings between these two periods, plus an uprating for wage increases to September 2011 are measured against inflation over the same period to calculate the real change in the value of these earnings. See Notes to Editors for sources and inflation details.

 

Occupations with more than a 25% drop

Chartered surveyors (not quantity surveyors); Collector salespersons and credit agents; Dancers and choreographers; Driving instructors; Energy plant operatives; Financial and accounting technicians; Legal associate professionals; Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c.; Moulders, core makers, die casters; Ophthalmic opticians; Originators, compositors and print preparers

 

Occupations with between 20 to 25% drop

Chemists; Company secretaries; Finance and investment analysts/advisers; Horticultural trades; IT strategy and planning professionals; Leisure and theme park attendants; Pharmacy managers; Printing machine minders and assistants; Property, housing and land managers; Public relations officers

 

Occupations with between 15 to 20% drop

Animal care occupations n.e.c.;  Bricklayers, masons;  Chemical and related process operatives; Construction trades n.e.c.; Directors and chief executives of major organisations; Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers; Hotel porters; Kitchen and catering assistants; Labourers in foundries; Legal professionals n.e.c.; Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.; Plasterers; Registrars and senior administrators of educational establishments; Sales related occupations n.e.c.; Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services; Town planners

 

Occupations with between 10 to 15% drop

Advertising and public relations managers; Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics); Architectural technologists and town planning technicians; Bar staff; Beauticians and related occupations; Biological scientists and biochemists; Bookbinders and print finishers; Broadcasting associate professionals; Building inspectors; Butchers, meat cutters; Buyers and purchasing officers; Call centre agents/operators; Carpenters and joiners; Childminders and related occupations; Civil engineers; Construction operatives n.e.c.; Countryside and park rangers; Customer care managers; Design and development engineers; Draughtspersons; Education officers, school inspectors; Electroplaters; Elementary office occupations n.e.c.; Fishing and agriculture related occupations n.e.c.; Floorers and wall tilers; Food, drink and tobacco process operatives; Garage managers and proprietors; Glass and ceramics process operatives; Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters; Housekeepers and related occupations; Houseparents and residential wardens; Industrial cleaning process occupations; IT operations technicians; IT user support technicians; Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors; Laboratory technicians; Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c.; Leather and related trades; Lines repairers and cable jointers; Management consultants, actuaries, economists and statisticians; Marketing and sales managers; Metal making and treating process operatives; Metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters; Nursery nurses; Paper and wood machine operatives; Paramedics; Personnel and industrial relations officers; Personnel, training and industrial relations managers; Pest control officers; Product, clothing and related designers; Psychologists; Public service associate professionals; Quantity surveyors; Research and development managers; Restaurant and catering managers; Retail and wholesale managers; Rubber process operatives; Sales representatives; Scaffolders, stagers, riggers; Screen printers; Senior officials in local government; Speech and language therapists; Statutory examiners; Steel erectors; Transport and distribution managers; TV, video and audio engineers

 

Occupations with between 5 to 10% drop

Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.; Air transport operatives; Architects; Artists; Assemblers (electrical products); Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods); Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.; Auto electricians; Bakers, flour confectioners; Bus and coach drivers; Business and related associate professionals n.e.c.; Care assistants and home carers; Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists; Caretakers; Chartered and certified accountants; Chefs, cooks; Clergy; Communication operators; Computer engineers, installation and maintenance; Conference and exhibition managers; Conservation and environmental protection officers; Credit controllers; Customer care occupations; Debt, rent and other cash collectors; Electrical/electronics engineers n.e.c.; Electrical/electronics technicians; Engineering professionals n.e.c.; Environmental health officers; Estate agents, auctioneers; Estimators, valuers and assessors; Farm managers; Fire service officers (leading fire officer and below); Fork-lift truck drivers; Further education teaching professionals; Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen; Hairdressers, barbers; Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors; Healthcare practice managers; Heavy goods vehicle drivers; Housing and welfare officers; Information and communication technology managers; Insurance underwriters; Labourers in building and woodworking trades; Labourers in other construction trades n.e.c.; Legal secretaries; Leisure and sports managers; Management accountants; Marketing associate professionals; Medical practitioners; Merchandisers and window dressers; Metal working machine operatives; Metal working production and maintenance fitters; Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.; Motor mechanics, auto engineers; Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety); Officers of non-governmental organisations; Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c.; Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers; Painters and decorators; Pensions and insurance clerks; Personal assistants and other secretaries; Pharmaceutical dispensers; Pharmacists/pharmacologists; Photographers and audio-visual equipment operators; Physicists, geologists and meteorologists; Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.; Plastics process operatives; Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers; Police officers (sergeant and below); Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers; Precision instrument makers and repairers; Printers; Prison service officers (below principal officer); Process operatives n.e.c.; Production and process engineers; Publicans and managers of licensed premises; Purchasing managers; Rail construction and maintenance operatives; Researchers n.e.c.; Roofers, roof tilers and slaters; Roundsmen/women and van salespersons; Routine inspectors and testers; Sales and retail assistants; Science and engineering technicians n.e.c.; Scientific researchers; Seafarers (merchant navy); barge, lighter and boat operatives; Secondary education teaching professionals; Social workers; Software professionals; Sports and leisure assistants; Storage and warehouse managers; Telephone salespersons; Telephonists; Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out; Transport operatives n.e.c.; Typists; Van drivers; Vehicle body builders and repairers; Vehicle spray painters; Veterinary nurses and assistants; Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors.

 

Occupations with between 0 - 5% drop

Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks; Air travel assistants; Aircraft pilots and flight engineers; Building and civil engineering technicians; Chiropodists; Coal mine operatives; Counter clerks; Crane drivers; Database assistants/clerks; Educational assistants; Electricians, electrical fitters; Electronics engineers; Engineering technicians; Farm workers; Filing and other records assistants/clerks; Financial institution managers; Floral arrangers, florists; Furniture makers, other craft woodworkers; General office assistants/clerks; Graphic designers; Higher education teaching professionals; Hospital porters; Hotel and accommodation managers; Librarians; Library assistants/clerks; Local government clerical officers and assistants; Managers in construction; Market research interviewers; Mechanical engineers; Medical and dental technicians; Medical secretaries; Metal machining setters and setter-operators; Midwives; Nurses; Nursing auxiliaries and assistants; Occupational therapists; Office managers; Pattern makers (moulds); Physiotherapists; Planning and quality control engineers; Playgroup leaders/assistants; Police officers (inspectors and above); Primary and nursery education teaching professionals; Probation officers; Quality assurance technicians; Rail transport operatives; Receptionists; Residential and day care managers; Retail cashiers and check-out operators; Road construction operatives; Routine laboratory testers; Senior officials of special interest organisations; Sewing machinists; Social services managers; Solicitors and lawyers, judges and coroners; Special needs education teaching professionals; Sports coaches, instructors and officials; Stevedores, dockers and slingers; Taxation experts; Teaching professionals n.e.c.; Telecommunications engineers; Transport and distribution clerks; Travel agents; Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters; Undertakers and mortuary assistants; Upholsterers; Veterinarians; Waiters, waitresses; Water and sewerage plant operatives; Weavers and knitters; Weighers, graders, sorters; Welding trades; Youth and community workers.

 

Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary said, “These figures show that the Government’s strategy for an economic recovery is in tatters as living standards in the UK drop by 5.9%.

 

George Osborne has the economic literacy of a stick of rhubarb.

 

UK full time workers in 277 occupations have seen the value of their earnings drop when they have a job. Things have got a lot worse in the past year as the recovery underway at the time of the election stalled and the UK is mired in a new recession.

 

Two thirds of the economy is consumer driven and Osborne must be the only person who does not get it. Squeezing wages, pay freezes and cutting jobs will not restart the economy. Using the IMF measures his cuts will reduce real private consumption by 4% and GDP by 3.4% over the next few years.

I doubt if the electorate had any notion that a change of government would lead to a loss of 376,000 jobs across the UK, in the public sector, in the short time since the general election. (See Note 4 for the regional figures for public services job losses) When the ‘same old Tories’ were returned to power they brought with them the same old philosophy that “if it’s not hurting it’s not working.”

Ends

 

Contact: Martin Smith, GMB National Organiser on 07974 251722 or GMB Press Office: Steve Pryle on 07921 289880 or Rose Conroy on 07974 251823.

 

Notes to Editors:

1            2007-2011 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings - residence based Source: Table 7.7a, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics. Crown Copyright Reserved

 

2            In the analysis GMB looks at the figure for annual average gross earnings of full time workers in each occupation from official ASHE data for April 2007 from ONS before the recession kicked in. This figure is compared with the figure for annual average gross earnings for the same occupation from ASHE for April 2011.  The changes shown in annual average earnings between these two periods, plus an uprating for wage increases to September 2011, are measured against inflation over the same period to calculate the real change in the value of these earnings.

 

3            Between April 2007 and November 2011 inflation has been 16.1%, of which half (7.65%) has taken place since April 2010.

 

4            Regional figures for public services job losses since the General Election from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

 

Headcount (not seasonally adjusted

 
 

Q1 2010

Q3 2011

change

% change

 
           

South West

549,000

495,000

-54,000

-9.8

 

North West

724,000

680,000

-44,000

-6.1

 

London

831,000

790,000

-41,000

-4.9

 

South East

719,000

678,000

-41,000

-5.7

 

Eastern

475,000

444,000

-31,000

-6.5

 

West Midlands

526,000

496,000

-30,000

-5.7

 

Yorkshire and the Humber

562,000

536,000

-26,000

-4.6

 

North East

297,000

274,000

-23,000

-7.7

 

East Midlands

402,000

382,000

-20,000

-5.0

 
           

Wales

347,000

333,000

-14,000

-4.0

 

Scotland

625,000

589,000

-36,000

-5.8

 

Northern Ireland

229,000

218,000

-11,000

-4.8

 
           

England

5,084,000

4,775,000

-309,000

-6.1

 

Great Britain

6,057,000

5,697,000

-360,000

-5.9

 

United Kingdom

6,333,000

5,957,000

-376,000

-5.9

 

 

5            Table 14.7a   Annual pay - Gross (£) - For full-time employee jobs: United Kingdom, 2007-2011

     

Mean

 
     

2007

£

2011

£

Change

£

% drop in real value of earnings between April 2007 and November 2011*

   

All employees in all occupation group

£30,015

£32,837

£2,822

-5.9%

rank

4 digit SOC

Occupational Group

       

1

6219

Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c.

36,650

16,883

-19,767

-69.2

2

3537

Financial and accounting technicians

48,027

37,311

-10,716

-37.6

3

3414

Dancers and choreographers

36,296

29,837

-6,459

-33.1

4

8124

Energy plant operatives

37,255

31,703

-5,552

-30.2

5

5421

Originators, compositors and print preparers

23,792

20,457

-3,335

-29.3

6

7121

Collector salespersons and credit agents

20,867

18,051

-2,816

-28.8

7

8215

Driving instructors

27,884

24,361

-3,523

-27.9

8

2214

Ophthalmic opticians

44,568

38,982

-5,586

-27.8

9

5212

Moulders, core makers, die casters

24,119

21,428

-2,691

-26.4

10

2434

Chartered surveyors (not quantity surveyors)

44,018

39,237

-4,781

-26.1

11

3520

Legal associate professionals

31,014

27,934

-3,080

-25.2

12

5112

Horticultural trades

17,549

16,137

-1,412

-23.3

13

1231

Property, housing and land managers

43,606

40,193

-3,413

-23.1

14

3433

Public relations officers

31,273

28,921

-2,352

-22.8

15

2111

Chemists

39,088

36,217

-2,871

-22.6

16

9226

Leisure and theme park attendants

13,440

12,464

-976

-22.5

17

3534

Finance and investment analysts/advisers

50,228

46,968

-3,260

-21.8

18

2131

IT strategy and planning professionals

51,156

47,875

-3,281

-21.7

19

4214

Company secretaries

28,373

26,675

-1,698

-21.3

20

1182

Pharmacy managers

41,513

39,045

-2,468

-21.2

21

9133

Printing machine minders and assistants

23,293

21,976

-1,317

-20.9

22

2419

Legal professionals n.e.c.

42,817

40,933

-1,884

-19.7

23

5321

Plasterers

21,874

20,966

-908

-19.4

24

1112

Directors and chief executives of major organisations

208,915

201,269

-7,646

-18.9

25

6139

Animal care occupations n.e.c.

16,361

15,852

-509

-18.4

26

9223

Kitchen and catering assistants

12,783

12,473

-310

-17.7

27

1173

Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services

43,295

42,381

-914

-17.4

28

2317

Registrars and senior administrators of educational establishments

38,469

37,664

-805

-17.4

29

8114

Chemical and related process operatives

26,829

26,278

-551

-17.3

30

7129

Sales related occupations n.e.c.

24,536

24,118

-418

-17.0

31

9131

Labourers in foundries

20,506

20,176

-330

-16.9

32

5319

Construction trades n.e.c.

25,642

25,230

-412

-16.9

33

5312

Bricklayers, masons

23,680

23,340

-340

-16.7

34

1239

Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.

43,065

42,533

-532

-16.5

35

2432

Town planners

33,616

33,463

-153

-15.7

36

9222

Hotel porters

14,581

14,558

-23

-15.4

37

5491

Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers

20,672

20,738

66

-15.0

38

6112

Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)

23,048

23,178

130

-14.7

39

2313

Education officers, school inspectors

39,474

39,709

235

-14.7

40

3131

IT operations technicians

31,374

31,641

267

-14.4

41

5322

Floorers and wall tilers

21,577

21,782

205

-14.3

42

1161

Transport and distribution managers

39,176

39,604

428

-14.2

43

8111

Food, drink and tobacco process operatives

18,950

19,171

221

-14.1

44

1135

Personnel, training and industrial relations managers

53,501

54,130

629

-14.1

45

3561

Public service associate professionals

32,108

32,504

396

-14.0

46

1132

Marketing and sales managers

55,551

56,350

799

-13.8

47

3562

Personnel and industrial relations officers

27,766

28,203

437

-13.7

48

8115

Rubber process operatives

23,346

23,718

372

-13.7

49

3422

Product, clothing and related designers

30,001

30,491

490

-13.6

50

3542

Sales representatives

31,166

31,709

543

-13.5

51

8121

Paper and wood machine operatives

21,666

22,046

380

-13.5

52

1134

Advertising and public relations managers

50,161

51,075

914

-13.5

53

6222

Beauticians and related occupations

15,298

15,584

286

-13.4

54

5244

TV, video and audio engineers

22,509

22,938

429

-13.4

55

3431

Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors

34,260

34,936

676

-13.3

56

5424

Screen printers

18,035

18,407

372

-13.2

57

6114

Houseparents and residential wardens

19,051

19,473

422

-13.1

58

5311

Steel erectors

26,268

26,866

598

-13.0

59

1163

Retail and wholesale managers

27,806

28,471

665

-12.9

60

1137

Research and development managers

56,117

57,488

1,371

-12.8

61

3213

Paramedics

37,200

38,129

929

-12.8

62

9139

Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c.

17,742

18,223

481

-12.6

63

5315

Carpenters and joiners

23,178

23,814

636

-12.5

64

8149

Construction operatives n.e.c.

27,041

27,834

793

-12.3

65

3566

Statutory examiners

27,938

28,783

845

-12.3

66

5243

Lines repairers and cable jointers

33,278

34,303

1,025

-12.2

67

3132

IT user support technicians

27,108

27,949

841

-12.2

68

3111

Laboratory technicians

23,245

23,981

736

-12.1

69

5413

Leather and related trades

18,521

19,111

590

-12.1

70

7211

Call centre agents/operators

16,537

17,068

531

-12.1

71

1223

Restaurant and catering managers

22,369

23,094

725

-12.0

72

2212

Psychologists

40,615

41,945

1,330

-12.0

73

3122

Draughtspersons

27,549

28,468

919

-11.9

74

3121

Architectural technologists and town planning technicians

26,768

27,675

907

-11.9

75

6292

Pest control officers

20,563

21,303

740

-11.7

76

1113

Senior officials in local government

50,644

52,478

1,834

-11.7

77

3552

Countryside and park rangers

21,788

22,594

806

-11.6

78

6122

Childminders and related occupations

17,190

17,830

640

-11.6

79

8118

Electroplaters

20,281

21,040

759

-11.5

80

6231

Housekeepers and related occupations

15,347

15,927

580

-11.5

81

3223

Speech and language therapists

31,858

33,065

1,207

-11.5

82

8112

Glass and ceramics process operatives

21,308

22,139

831

-11.4

83

5316

Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters

19,558

20,326

768

-11.4

84

9219

Elementary office occupations n.e.c.

15,128

15,747

619

-11.2

85

9225

Bar staff

12,132

12,641

509

-11.1

86

5423

Bookbinders and print finishers

20,724

21,626

902

-10.9

87

3432

Broadcasting associate professionals

46,717

48,763

2,046

-10.9

88

2112

Biological scientists and biochemists

37,287

38,922

1,635

-10.9

89

5214

Metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters

27,159

28,367

1,208

-10.8

90

2423

Management consultants, actuaries, economists and statisticians

49,405

51,605

2,200

-10.8

91

9119

Fishing and agriculture related occupations n.e.c.

15,386

16,088

702

-10.7

92

9132

Industrial cleaning process occupations

18,138

19,003

865

-10.5

93

1142

Customer care managers

38,327

40,198

1,871

-10.4

94

8141

Scaffolders, stagers, riggers

29,083

30,518

1,435

-10.3

95

5431

Butchers, meat cutters

17,490

18,360

870

-10.3

96

3541

Buyers and purchasing officers

31,327

32,902

1,575

-10.3

97

2121

Civil engineers

35,843

37,666

1,823

-10.2

98

2433

Quantity surveyors

36,150

37,994

1,844

-10.2

99

8117

Metal making and treating process operatives

24,823

26,096

1,273

-10.2

100

3123

Building inspectors

29,597

31,126

1,529

-10.1

101

2126

Design and development engineers

36,649

38,574

1,925

-10.0

102

1232

Garage managers and proprietors

31,195

32,843

1,648

-10.0

103

6121

Nursery nurses

14,568

15,338

770

-10.0

104

9129

Labourers in other construction trades n.e.c.

19,728

20,784

1,056

-9.9

105

6221

Hairdressers, barbers

13,064

13,764

700

-9.9

106

3312

Police officers (sergeant and below)

37,019

39,004

1,985

-9.9

107

5323

Painters and decorators

21,515

22,676

1,161

-9.9

108

1211

Farm managers

28,934

30,509

1,575

-9.8

109

1183

Healthcare practice managers

29,297

30,910

1,613

-9.8

110

3568

Environmental health officers

29,021

30,631

1,610

-9.7

111

8212

Van drivers

18,684

19,723

1,039

-9.7

112

3539

Business and related associate professionals n.e.c.

28,352

29,964

1,612

-9.6

113

1222

Conference and exhibition managers

31,917

33,747

1,830

-9.5

114

2213

Pharmacists/pharmacologists

37,574

39,731

2,157

-9.5

115

5233

Auto electricians

24,877

26,306

1,429

-9.5

116

5232

Vehicle body builders and repairers

22,361

23,655

1,294

-9.5

117

4217

Typists

17,389

18,406

1,017

-9.4

118

1225

Leisure and sports managers

28,570

30,257

1,687

-9.4

119

2421

Chartered and certified accountants

39,755

42,134

2,379

-9.3

120

8229

Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.

24,238

25,710

1,472

-9.2

121

2132

Software professionals

37,250

39,539

2,289

-9.1

122

3313

Fire service officers (leading fire officer and below)

29,661

31,487

1,826

-9.1

123

4212

Legal secretaries

19,757

20,984

1,227

-9.1

124

1233

Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors

22,469

23,867

1,398

-9.1

125

7113

Telephone salespersons

19,069

20,261

1,192

-9.0

126

8222

Fork-lift truck drivers

19,178

20,396

1,218

-8.9

127

3112

Electrical/electronics technicians

29,151

31,025

1,874

-8.9

128

2422

Management accountants

39,083

41,598

2,515

-8.8

129

5224

Precision instrument makers and repairers

25,350

26,999

1,649

-8.8

130

3533

Insurance underwriters

36,637

39,034

2,397

-8.7

131

7125

Merchandisers and window dressers

21,333

22,747

1,414

-8.7

132

3434

Photographers and audio-visual equipment operators

25,882

27,641

1,759

-8.5

133

8143

Rail construction and maintenance operatives

29,977

32,019

2,042

-8.5

134

4121

Credit controllers

20,400

21,810

1,410

-8.4

135

5313

Roofers, roof tilers and slaters

21,273

22,765

1,492

-8.3

136

7122

Debt, rent and other cash collectors

16,950

18,140

1,190

-8.3

137

7212

Customer care occupations

17,623

18,871

1,248

-8.2

138

3314

Prison service officers (below principal officer)

25,026

26,799

1,773

-8.2

139

8139

Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.

17,812

19,119

1,307

-7.9

140

8125

Metal working machine operatives

22,317

23,987

1,670

-7.8

141

1162

Storage and warehouse managers

29,912

32,156

2,244

-7.8

142

2444

Clergy

22,565

24,258

1,693

-7.8

143

5113

Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen

17,524

18,839

1,315

-7.8

144

3531

Estimators, valuers and assessors

30,083

32,342

2,259

-7.8

145

8116

Plastics process operatives

19,676

21,156

1,480

-7.8

146

9121

Labourers in building and woodworking trades

19,519

21,009

1,490

-7.6

147

3567

Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety)

32,597

35,088

2,491

-7.6

148

6211

Sports and leisure assistants

16,295

17,545

1,250

-7.6

149

5234

Vehicle spray painters

22,329

24,074

1,745

-7.5

150

3217

Pharmaceutical dispensers

17,222

18,568

1,346

-7.5

151

2312

Further education teaching professionals

32,653

35,216

2,563

-7.4

152

5245

Computer engineers, installation and maintenance

28,125

30,343

2,218

-7.4

153

3563

Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors

24,128

26,036

1,908

-7.4

154

3232

Housing and welfare officers

22,838

24,650

1,812

-7.3

155

6115

Care assistants and home carers

15,816

17,072

1,256

-7.3

156

9149

Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c.

17,584

18,981

1,397

-7.3

157

8129

Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.

22,467

24,257

1,790

-7.3

158

2329

Researchers n.e.c.

29,863

32,253

2,390

-7.3

159

4142

Communication operators

26,187

28,292

2,105

-7.2

160

9134

Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers

15,925

17,215

1,290

-7.2

161

3411

Artists

31,312

33,867

2,555

-7.1

162

8219

Transport operatives n.e.c.

23,585

25,515

1,930

-7.1

163

3119

Science and engineering technicians n.e.c.

24,383

26,390

2,007

-7.0

164

3564

Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists

26,273

28,441

2,168

-7.0

165

8217

Seafarers (merchant navy); barge, lighter and boat operatives

28,944

31,350

2,406

-7.0

166

5119

Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.

20,429

22,131

1,702

-6.9

167

2129

Engineering professionals n.e.c.

36,983

40,071

3,088

-6.9

168

2211

Medical practitioners

78,580

85,176

6,596

-6.9

169

8218

Air transport operatives

23,917

25,927

2,010

-6.9

170

2321

Scientific researchers

35,522

38,531

3,009

-6.8

171

2127

Production and process engineers

33,686

36,549

2,863

-6.8

172

9211

Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers

21,963

23,842

1,879

-6.7

173

1224

Publicans and managers of licensed premises

20,272

22,015

1,743

-6.7

174

2442

Social workers

28,973

31,487

2,514

-6.6

175

5231

Motor mechanics, auto engineers

22,908

24,914

2,006

-6.5

176

6232

Caretakers

17,931

19,521

1,590

-6.4

177

4114

Officers of non-governmental organisations

24,038

26,176

2,138

-6.4

178

1136

Information and communication technology managers

49,590

54,052

4,462

-6.3

179

5432

Bakers, flour confectioners

16,284

17,751

1,467

-6.3

180

8119

Process operatives n.e.c.

23,837

26,002

2,165

-6.2

181

5223

Metal working production and maintenance fitters

26,962

29,411

2,449

-6.2

182

5434

Chefs, cooks

17,002

18,551

1,549

-6.2

183

3551

Conservation and environmental protection officers

26,977

29,446

2,469

-6.1

184

7111

Sales and retail assistants

14,345

15,675

1,330

-6.0

185

8211

Heavy goods vehicle drivers

23,198

25,362

2,164

-6.0

186

2431

Architects

40,896

44,711

3,815

-6.0

187

2314

Secondary education teaching professionals

34,398

37,624

3,226

-5.9

188

8213

Bus and coach drivers

21,541

23,589

2,048

-5.8

189

5314

Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers

25,968

28,440

2,472

-5.8

190

3544

Estate agents, auctioneers

29,901

32,758

2,857

-5.7

191

8133

Routine inspectors and testers

21,097

23,118

2,021

-5.7

192

6131

Veterinary nurses and assistants

15,423

16,907

1,484

-5.7

193

8131

Assemblers (electrical products)

17,136

18,797

1,661

-5.6

194

5222

Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out

25,222

27,698

2,476

-5.5

195

4215

Personal assistants and other secretaries

22,541

24,761

2,220

-5.4

196

4141

Telephonists

17,854

19,636

1,782

-5.3

197

7123

Roundsmen/women and van salespersons

20,696

22,768

2,072

-5.3

198

5422

Printers

26,393

29,065

2,672

-5.2

199

5249

Electrical/electronics engineers n.e.c.

26,027

28,673

2,646

-5.1

200

8132

Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)

24,673

27,191

2,518

-5.1

201

4132

Pensions and insurance clerks

21,429

23,619

2,190

-5.1

202

1133

Purchasing managers

50,354

55,513

5,159

-5.0

203

2113

Physicists, geologists and meteorologists

43,575

48,063

4,488

-5.0

204

3543

Marketing associate professionals

28,980

31,971

2,991

-5.0

205

2316

Special needs education teaching professionals

32,961

36,370

3,409

-4.9

206

3421

Graphic designers

23,476

25,905

2,429

-4.9

207

4216

Receptionists

15,000

16,556

1,556

-4.9

208

3114

Building and civil engineering technicians

26,612

29,400

2,788

-4.8

209

8137

Sewing machinists

14,423

15,943

1,520

-4.7

210

9221

Hospital porters

17,383

19,251

1,868

-4.5

211

3222

Occupational therapists

27,447

30,412

2,965

-4.5

212

4131

Filing and other records assistants/clerks

19,426

21,527

2,101

-4.5

213

4150

General office assistants/clerks

18,242

20,235

1,993

-4.4

214

8138

Routine laboratory testers

17,856

19,813

1,957

-4.3

215

1184

Social services managers

35,301

39,170

3,869

-4.3

216

9111

Farm workers

17,876

19,854

1,978

-4.2

217

1114

Senior officials of special interest organisations

38,245

42,506

4,261

-4.1

218

2319

Teaching professionals n.e.c.

26,801

29,793

2,992

-4.1

219

8122

Coal mine operatives

35,980

40,003

4,023

-4.1

220

5221

Metal machining setters and setter-operators

23,980

26,689

2,709

-4.0

221

9141

Stevedores, dockers and slingers

24,127

26,859

2,732

-4.0

222

2128

Planning and quality control engineers

31,652

35,237

3,585

-4.0

223

5241

Electricians, electrical fitters

26,985

30,053

3,068

-3.9

224

6123

Playgroup leaders/assistants

11,764

13,105

1,341

-3.9

225

8135

Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters

17,451

19,469

2,018

-3.7

226

2411

Solicitors and lawyers, judges and coroners

55,330

61,737

6,407

-3.7

227

1152

Office managers

35,113

39,183

4,070

-3.7

228

3231

Youth and community workers

22,484

25,105

2,621

-3.6

229

2315

Primary and nursery education teaching professionals

31,613

35,312

3,699

-3.6

230

3215

Chiropodists

29,313

32,748

3,435

-3.6

231

2451

Librarians

25,318

28,322

3,004

-3.4

232

3535

Taxation experts

35,879

40,142

4,263

-3.4

233

7112

Retail cashiers and check-out operators

12,344

13,817

1,473

-3.3

234

8126

Water and sewerage plant operatives

25,621

28,713

3,092

-3.2

235

4122

Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks

21,086

23,666

2,580

-3.0

236

1221

Hotel and accommodation managers

28,995

32,545

3,550

-3.0

237

6124

Educational assistants

14,553

16,342

1,789

-3.0

238

4211

Medical secretaries

18,192

20,436

2,244

-2.9

239

6214

Air travel assistants

24,266

27,265

2,999

-2.9

240

6212

Travel agents

17,708

19,897

2,189

-2.9

241

5492

Furniture makers, other craft woodworkers

18,962

21,349

2,387

-2.7

242

3218

Medical and dental technicians

25,774

29,040

3,266

-2.6

243

2216

Veterinarians

36,641

41,301

4,660

-2.6

244

3211

Nurses

27,205

30,741

3,536

-2.3

245

8134

Weighers, graders, sorters

17,449

19,731

2,282

-2.2

246

1172

Police officers (inspectors and above)

54,120

61,221

7,101

-2.2

247

8221

Crane drivers

28,926

32,722

3,796

-2.2

248

1122

Managers in construction

44,893

50,789

5,896

-2.1

249

1185

Residential and day care managers

27,544

31,189

3,645

-2.0

250

3212

Midwives

30,890

35,021

4,131

-1.9

251

2311

Higher education teaching professionals

42,566

48,312

5,746

-1.8

252

2122

Mechanical engineers

38,588

43,829

5,241

-1.7

253

5242

Telecommunications engineers

26,406

30,020

3,614

-1.6

254

6291

Undertakers and mortuary assistants

19,840

22,568

2,728

-1.5

255

9224

Waiters, waitresses

11,291

12,858

1,567

-1.4

256

3115

Quality assurance technicians

23,510

26,786

3,276

-1.3

257

4134

Transport and distribution clerks

22,502

25,644

3,142

-1.3

258

3113

Engineering technicians

30,135

34,347

4,212

-1.3

259

5493

Pattern makers (moulds)

27,495

31,352

3,857

-1.3

260

4136

Database assistants/clerks

19,429

22,168

2,739

-1.2

261

6111

Nursing auxiliaries and assistants

16,374

18,691

2,317

-1.1

262

8142

Road construction operatives

22,996

26,275

3,279

-1.0

263

3512

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

65,272

74,605

9,333

-1.0

264

2124

Electronics engineers

39,854

45,558

5,704

-1.0

265

3442

Sports coaches, instructors and officials

20,855

23,844

2,989

-0.9

266

5412

Upholsterers

18,899

21,623

2,724

-0.9

267

3221

Physiotherapists

27,939

31,979

4,040

-0.8

268

4123

Counter clerks

20,038

22,944

2,906

-0.8

269

4137

Market research interviewers

15,106

17,298

2,192

-0.8

270

5215

Welding trades

23,406

26,827

3,421

-0.7

271

5411

Weavers and knitters

17,405

19,950

2,545

-0.7

272

8216

Rail transport operatives

30,283

34,734

4,451

-0.6

273

2443

Probation officers

27,232

31,236

4,004

-0.6

274

4113

Local government clerical officers and assistants

20,326

23,341

3,015

-0.4

275

4135

Library assistants/clerks

16,800

19,307

2,507

-0.4

276

5496

Floral arrangers, florists

12,513

14,395

1,882

-0.2

277

1151

Financial institution managers

53,435

61,533

8,098

-0.1

278

5495

Goldsmiths, silversmiths, precious stone workers

22,523

25,957

3,434

0.0

279

6113

Dental nurses

14,926

17,204

2,278

0.0

280

3514

Train drivers

37,141

42,820

5,679

0.0

281

1131

Financial managers and chartered secretaries

83,897

96,765

12,868

0.1

282

1123

Managers in mining and energy

57,594

66,432

8,838

0.1

283

1219

Managers in animal husbandry, forestry and fishing n.e.c.

24,336

28,145

3,809

0.4

284

1212

Natural environment and conservation managers

34,758

40,214

5,456

0.4

285

3229

Therapists n.e.c.

27,118

31,415

4,297

0.6

286

3214

Medical radiographers

32,374

37,521

5,147

0.6

287

3416

Arts officers, producers and directors

32,186

37,310

5,124

0.6

288

8123

Quarry workers and related operatives

24,599

28,565

3,966

0.8

289

4133

Stock control clerks

19,068

22,170

3,102

1.0

290

1111

Senior officials in national government

69,400

80,739

11,339

1.1

291

1141

Quality assurance managers

38,438

44,764

6,326

1.2

292

3536

Importers, exporters

21,648

25,230

3,582

1.3

293

4111

Civil Service executive officers

23,253

27,111

3,858

1.3

294

5419

Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.

21,679

25,338

3,659

1.6

295

2123

Electrical engineers

39,064

45,870

6,806

2.1

296

5213

Sheet metal workers

21,527

25,398

3,871

2.7

297

3412

Authors, writers

28,794

34,132

5,338

3.3

298

2322

Social science researchers

22,955

27,220

4,265

3.3

299

1121

Production, works and maintenance managers

44,308

52,552

8,244

3.3

300

5499

Hand craft occupations n.e.c.

18,587

22,057

3,470

3.4

301

9112

Forestry workers

18,526

22,022

3,496

3.6

302

8113

Textile process operatives

17,438

20,735

3,297

3.6

303

5433

Fishmongers, poultry dressers

14,188

16,874

2,686

3.7

304

1235

Recycling and refuse disposal managers

34,405

41,250

6,845

4.6

305

8214

Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs

17,184

20,786

3,602

5.7

306

3532

Brokers

100,983

122,462

21,479

6.0

307

2441

Public service administrative professionals

41,762

50,733

8,971

6.2

308

5111

Farmers

18,904

23,017

4,113

6.5

309

3513

Ship and hovercraft officers

32,885

40,055

7,170

6.5

310

5211

Smiths and forge workers

21,182

25,815

4,633

6.6

311

4213

School secretaries

16,624

20,368

3,744

7.2

312

4112

Civil Service administrative officers and assistants

16,584

20,566

3,982

8.7

313

3511

Air traffic controllers

52,028

64,531

12,503

8.8

314

3319

Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.

27,368

34,176

6,808

9.6

315

3565

Inspectors of factories, utilities and trading standards

29,820

37,671

7,851

11.0

316

6215

Rail travel assistants

23,538

29,791

6,253

11.3

317

8223

Agricultural machinery drivers

19,073

24,661

5,588

14.0

318

1181

Hospital and health service managers

41,112

53,760

12,648

15.5

319

1174

Security managers

34,598

46,111

11,513

18.0

320

5414

Tailors and dressmakers

14,141

19,772

5,631

24.5

321

3415

Musicians

25,164

35,741

10,577

26.8

322

3449

Sports and fitness occupations n.e.c.

15,864

23,499

7,635

32.8

             
   

* rate between April 2007 and November 2011 is 16.12%. Average weekly earnings index shows 0.83% increase from April 2011 to September 2011

   

The adjustment used, taking into account the rate of inflation of 16.12% and the average weekly earnings index rise of 0.83%, is 15.28%

             
               

 

 

 

 

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