Salaries

 
We have put together a list of average annual salaries that you can expect to earn in a specific job. If you start in a new job, especially if you still receive training, you will earn less than the average. But each year your salary will go up and within a few years you will reach the average salary levels. If you are in a job for 10 or 15 years you will earn even more.
Salaries also depend on where you live and what kind of company you work in (private sector or public sector).
 
For more detailed information, also on other jobs not listed here, visit Careers Scotland, NHS Careers and Prospects.
 
    

Gym instructor

£12k

Waiter/Waitress

£13k

Yoga teacher

£14.5k

Hairdresser      

£14.5k

Community worker      

£16k, after 10 years: £23k

Medical Records Clerk

£15.5k

Library assistant

£15.5k

Office Receptionist

£15.5k

Nursery Nurse 

£15.5k

Environmental education officer

£16k, after 10 years: £26k

Prison officer

£16.5k

Personal trainer

£16.6k

Fitness Club Manager

£17.5k

Glazier, window fitter

£17.5k

Call Centre Operator

£18k

Chef

£18k

Pharmacy technician

£18.5k, after 10 years: £22k

Painter and Decorator  

£19k

Bank Clerk

£19k

Science laboratory Technician

£19.5

Welder

£19.5k

Car Mechanic

£20k

Radio broadcasting

£20k

Probationer Secondary Teacher

£20k

Senior baker    

£20k

Joiner

£20.5k

Food Technician

£22k

Librarian

£22k, after 10 years: £38k

Mechanical engineer

£22.5k

Plumber

£22.5k

LGV driver

£23k

Database administrator

£24k, after 2 years £32.5k, senior: £43k

Domestic Appliance Service Engineer

£25k

Secondary school teacher

£25k

Quality engineer

£25k

Nursery Manager        

£25.5k

Police constable

£26k

Web Designer 

£26k

Statistician       

£27k, after 10 years: £47k

Qualified Accountant

£27k

Scaffolder, Stager, Rigger        

£27.5k

Midwife

£28k

Nurse  

£28.5k

Call centre manager

£28.5k

Project engineer

£28k

Archaeologist  

£29k

Graphic Designer

£29k

Environmental Health Officer

£29.5k

Gas Emergency services engineer

£30k

Social Worker 

£31.5k

Offshore Engineer

£32k

Medical Physicist

32.5k

Architect (construction)

£33k

Senior engineer

£33k

Airline Pilot

£34.5k

Quantity Surveyor        

£34.5k

Construction manager  

£35k

Biomedical Engineer

£35k

Toxicologist     

£35k

Waste water engineer  

£35k

Microbiologist 

£35.5k

Marine Biologist

£35.5k

Electrical Engineer       

£35.5k

Aeronautical Engineer

£36k

Nuclear Engineer

£36k

Computer software Engineer

£36.5k

Computer Games Designer

£36.5k

Scientist

£36.5k

Food Scientist 

£36.5k

Acoustics Physicist      

£36.5k

Geophysicist    

£36.5k

Astronomer     

£36.5k

Junior Doctor  

£37k

Camera man

£37k

Chemical Engineer       

£38.5k

Veterinary surgeon       

£39k

Industrial Chemist        

£39.5k

Statistician       

£39.5k

Economist

£40k

Physiotherapist

£41k

ICT Manager  

£42k

Oil Driller

£42k

Bank Manager

£44.5k

Civil Engineer  

£45k

Meteorologist  

£45.5k

Community Pharmacist

£55k

Architect

£56k

Dentist 

£57.5k

Head Teacher (secondary school)

£58k

Actuary

£60k

Subsea Pipeline Engineer         

£60k

Senior food scientist / Technologist

£65k

Airline Captain

£72.5k

Stockbroker    

£75k

General Practitioner      (Doctor)

£100k

Chief Executive, Local Council

£104k

Chief Executive, Highlands & Islands Enterprise

£107k

Medical Consultant

£123k

Chief Executive, Royal Bank of Scotland

£1.75million

Chief Executive, BP

£4.5million

     
 
 
The information above was collected from the Careers Scotland Website, the NHS Website, the Prospects Website and the Skills for Business publication ‘Labour market profiles’.