Source: Office for National Statistics,  2008

Accountants (chartered and certified)

£37,320

Agricultural machinery drivers

£19,769

Air traffic controllers

£51,911

Air travel assistants

£21, 367

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

£63,664

Architects

£38,559

Art officers producers and directors

£29,502

Authors and writers

£22,703

Bakers and flour confectioners

£15,362

Biological scientists and biochemists

£34,378

Bricklayers and masons

£22,868

Broadcasting associate professionals

£42,800

Brokers

£94,293

Building and civil engineering technicians

£26,591

Building inspectors

£26,774

Bus and coach drivers

£20,067

Business and related associates

£26,568

Butchers and meat cutters

£17,020

Buyers and purchasing officers

£29,579

Call centre agents

£13,989

Careers advisors

£23,007

Car electricians

£24,886

Caretakers

£15,373

Carpenters and joiners

£22,844

Chefs and cooks

£13,720

Chemical and related process operatives

£26,238

Civil service administrative officers

£15,217

Civil service executive officers

£21,830

Clergy

£20,377

Coal miners

£36,433

Collector salespersons and credit agents

£16,494

Communication operators

£22,383

Company secretaries

£16,465

Compositors and print preparers

£23,718

Construction operatives

£26,313

Construction trades

£24,662

Counter clerks

£16,156

Countryside and park rangers

£20,445

Crane drivers

£28,967

Credit Controllers

£18,794

Customer care occupations

£13,355

Dancers and choreographers

£36,294

Database clerks

£14,912

Debt, rent and other cash collectors

£14,944

Dentists

£31,747

Designers (product and clothing)

£29,028

Directors and chief executives

£212,910

Dockers, stevedores and slingers

£22,363

Draughtsman

£26,774

Driving instructors

£24,705

Education officers and school inspectors

£34,376

Electrical/electronics technicians

£27,983

Electricians and electrical fitters

£26,860

Energy plant operatives

£34,153

Engineering professionals

£35,586

Engineering technicians

£29,488

Engineers (computer)

£27,544

Engineers (design and development)

£36,080

Engineers (electrical)

£37,916

Engineers (mechanical)

£36,982

Engineers (planning and quality control)

£30,915

Engineers (production and process)

£33,243

Engineers (telecommunications)

£26,084

Engineers (TV, video and audio)

£22,027

Environmental health officers

£27,647

Environment protection officers

£26,029

Estate agents and auctioneers

£27,872

Estimators, valuers and assessors

£28,046

Farmers

£18,172

Farm managers

£28,109

Farm workers

£15,602

Filing clerks

£16,192

Finance and investment analysts

£46,718

Financial and accountant technicians

£44,204

Financial managers and chartered secretaries

£77,931

Fire, ambulance and prison officers (senior)

£43,810

Firefighters

£25,863

Floorers and wall tilers

£21,830

Food, drink and tobacco processors

£17,512

Forestry workers

£18,442

Fork-life truck drivers

£18,934

Furniture makers and craft woodworkers

£18,746

Garage managers and proprietors

£31,587

Gardeners and groundsmen

£16,439

Glass and ceramics makers and decorators

£19,622

Glass and ceramics process operatives

£20,396

Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters

£19,328

Goldsmiths, silversmiths, gem workers

£21,562

Goods handling and storage

£16,450

Graphic designers

£22,643

Hand craft occupations

£17,669

Housing and welfare officers

£20,068

Importers, exporters

£20,952

Industrial Cleaning process occupations

£16,612

Insurance underwriters

£34,577

IT operations technicians

£29,954

IT strategy and planning professionals

£48,787

IT user support technicians

£25,917

Journalists

£31,256

Laboratory technicians

£21,239

Labourers in building and woodworking

£18,559

Labourers in foundries

£19,012

Labourers in other construction trades

£18,399

Labourers in process and plant operations

£17,004

Lawyers, judges and coroners

£52,049

Leather and related trades

£18,530

Legal associate professionals

£28,001

Legal professionals

£50,649

Legal secretaries

£17,089

Local government officers (senior)

£44,755

Lorry Drivers

£22,809

Leisure and travel service occupations

£15,284

Librarians

£20,967

Library assistants

£10,749

Lines repairers and cable joiners

£31,902

Local government clerical officers

£17,737

Management accountants

£37,868

Management counsultants and economists

£47,517

Mangers and owners in other areas

£39,930

Managers (advertising and PR)

£48,258

Managers (construction)

£43,744

Managers (customer care)

£36,805

Managers (environment and conservation)