What the record says roles paid

Audiologist

£8,000 – £19,000 (figures seen in notes: 5)

Trainees starting at 18, £8,000–£9,000; graduates with relevant degrees, £11,000–£13,800, rising to £19,000+ or higher in London.

Radiographer

£12,000 – £25,000 (figures seen in notes: 4)

New entrants start on around £12,000; this rises to £17,000 after two or three years’ experience. Senior quarry workers earn between £20,000 and £25,000.

Management Consultant

£18,000 – £100,000 (figures seen in notes: 4)

Graduate management trainees start between £18,000 and £22,000. Managers’ salaries are variable and can reach £60,000, rising as high as £100,000 for direc- tors with board-level responsibility in large organisations.

Microbiologist

£18,500 – £40,000 (figures seen in notes: 3)

Starting salaries for anyone working for the Met Office are around £18,500. Senior meteorologists and those involved in research and development earn between £25,000 and £40,000.

Physicist

£9,000 – £35,000 (figures seen in notes: 5)

Salaries start between £9,000 and £15,000, rising to £16,000 to £25,000 with three or four years’ experience. Digital imaging work offers the highest salaries and good, experienced operators can earn up to £35,000.

Astronomer

£12,000 – £30,000 (figures seen in notes: 4)

Salaries for trainees are between £12,000 and £19,000. More experienced staff earn £25,000 to £30,000.

Architect

£13,500 – £30,000 (figures seen in notes: 5)

Starting salaries for excavators and site assistants are between £13,500 and £15,500. Supervisors earn from £15,500 to £17,500. Senior archaeologists managing site projects earn £27,000 to £30,000.

Graphic designer

£18,000 – £18,000 (figures seen in notes: 1)

Teachers’ salaries start at over £18,000.

Illustrator

£12,000 – £65,000 (figures seen in notes: 5)

Starting salaries for newly qualified designers are between £12,000 and £14,000. After 10–15 years designers can earn £25,000–£65,000. A senior designer can earn £25,000–£45,000 and a creative director can earn £65,000.

Economist

£14,000 – £14,000 (figures seen in notes: 1)

Average earnings are around £14,000.

Probation officer

£13,000 – £19,000 (figures seen in notes: 2)

A home care organiser may earn £13,000 to £19,000 depending on qualifications and experience.

Anthropologist

£10,500 – £20,000 (figures seen in notes: 3)

Salaries start from around £10,500. Experienced zoo keepers can earn from around £13,000 to over £20,000.

Aromatherapist

No £ figures stated in the notes.

Composer

£4,000 – £16,000 (figures seen in notes: 7)

At the start of a motor vehicle apprenticeship earnings are around £8,000 to £10,500, rising to £16,000 on completing training. Car valeters earn between £10,500 and £15,000. Basic salaries for salespersons start at around £13,000 with a possible extra £4,000 to £5,000 in commission and bonuses.

Dental hygienist

£28,000 – £100,000 (figures seen in notes: 4)

Trainees during their period of voca- tional training earn around £28,000. Dentists who have completed their training earn between £50,000 and £80,000. Some work, such as private cosmetic dentistry can be very lucrative and take earnings to more than £100,000.

Massage therapist

£100 – £30,000 (figures seen in notes: 3)

Because most of the work is paid for on an hourly basis, salaries range from £5,000 to £30,000 pro rata. Homeopaths charge between £30 and £100 per hour, depending on their experience, their location and their clientele. £35 to £50 an hour is the most usual rate.

Orthoptist

£11,000 – £35,000 (figures seen in notes: 4)

Pre-registration salaries are £11,000–£12,000; post-registration: £25,000–£35,000.

Public Relations Officer

£100 – £100 (figures seen in notes: 1)

Self-employed therapists charge between £30 and £100 an hour.

Receptionist

No £ figures stated in the notes.

Secretary

£12,000 – £16,000 (figures seen in notes: 4)

Outside London salaries can start rather low at £12,000; in London, around £14,000 to £16,000. Hotel receptionists usually start on around £15,000 and some of these posts include accommodation, meals, etc.

Tourist guide

£15,000 – £18,000 (figures seen in notes: 2)

The general range is between £15,000 and £18,000.

Homeopath

£15,000 – £40,000 (figures seen in notes: 3)

Patients are usually charged per session at £20 to £60 per hour. A new entrant earns up to £15,000 per year. With experience it is possible to earn £30,000; a large practice will pay an experienced person up to £40,000.

Registrar

£15,000 – £50,000 (figures seen in notes: 3)

Trainees normally start on a basic salary of around £15,000, which can be increased by earning commission through achieving on target earnings (OTE). After three years or so, consultants earn between £30,000 and £50,000.

Account planner

£23,000 – £100,000 (figures seen in notes: 7)

Trainee actuaries start on between £23,000 and £28,000 and this rises to between £30,000 and £44,000 for part-qualified associate actuaries. Qualified actuaries with at least 5 years’ experience can earn between £45,000 and £75,000 and some salaries in the profession reach more than £100,000.

Accounting technician

£21,000 – £50,000 (figures seen in notes: 5)

Starting salaries vary considerably, depending on location and size of firm, but start at around £28,000 for trainees in London and the South-East. £21,000 to £23,000 is more typical elsewhere. On qualifying, salaries can increase significantly – up to £40,000 to £50,000 with a few years’ experience.

Aerial Erector

£15,000 – £25,000 (figures seen in notes: 4)

Starting salaries range from £18,000 to £25,000, depending on your job title and the size of the agency. Where there are jobs elsewhere starting salaries range from £15,000 to £20,000.

Ambulance Service

No £ figures stated in the notes.

The current rates range from £5.52 per hour at the lower end of the scale to £8.10 per hour at the top of the scale.

Announcers

£600 – £40,000 (figures seen in notes: 4)

Routine modelling for clothing catalogues may pay £50 to £60 per day. At the top end of the profession these rates are between £600 and £1,000 per day. Working for a fashion house, rates vary from £10,000 to £40,000 per year.

Archaeological surveying

£18,000 – £53,000 (figures seen in notes: 3)

Salaries for trainees are between £18,000 and £30,000. With a few years’ experi- ence salaries rise to £30,000 to £53,000.

Arts administration

£12,000 – £45,000 (figures seen in notes: 8)

Junior designers earn from £15,000 to £20,000. With experience this range rises to £25,000 to £45,000, though few achieve the top of the range. Salaries start at around £12,000, rising to £17,000. The highest salaries are around £21,000 to £23,000.

Banking and Finance

£22,000 – £27,000 (figures seen in notes: 2)

Salaries for trainees are around £22,000, rising to £27,000.

Beauty sales consultant

£16,000 – £250,000 (figures seen in notes: 4)

Depending on location, starting salaries vary from £16,000 to £25,000. Brokers’ salaries depend on the amount of business carried out; top brokers can earn between £100,000 and £250,000.

Biology

£11,000 – £23,000 (figures seen in notes: 3)

Salaries range from £11,000 to £15,000 depending on geographical location. In some city centre salons with a really good reputation earnings can be more than £23,000.

Body artist/tattooist

£10,000 – £20,000 (figures seen in notes: 2)

Salaries start at around £10,000, though with experience it is possible to earn more than £20,000.

Box office

£11,000 – £30,000 (figures seen in notes: 5)

Technicians start at around £11,000 to £15,000 and with experience can earn from £20,000 to £30,000. Graduate trainees’ salaries are around £18,000+.

Broadcasting

£13,000 – £22,000 (figures seen in notes: 3)

Non-technical staff can earn from £13,000 to £15,000 once experienced; gradu- ate trainees start on £15,000–£22,000+.

Broker

£13,000 – £21,000 (figures seen in notes: 3)

Help desk advis- ers start on between £13,000 and £16,000. Network engineers start on between £16,000 and £21,000, web developers between £16,000 and £21,000.

Building control surveyor

£18,000 – £35,000 (figures seen in notes: 5)

New entrants earn between £18,000 and £22,000. This rises to around £20,000 after two or three years’ experience. Senior conservators can earn between £25,000 and £35,000.

Building society customer service advisers

£3,000 – £100,000 (figures seen in notes: 9)

Salaries for cashiers start at between £12,000 and £15,000, rising to £19,000 to £20,000 with experience. Management trainees earn between £20,000 and £25,000. Some banks pay a joining bonus of between £3,000 and £5,000 to their graduate trainees. Experienced managers earn between £25,000 and £40,000. Bank staff in senior positions can ea

Call/Contact Centre

£13,500 – £40,000 (figures seen in notes: 6)

Salaries start at £13,500 to £18,000 for jobs outside London, £19,000 to £25,000 in London. With between 10 and 15 years’ experience, salaries can rise to £30,000–£40,000.