The study from Incomes Data Research has been commissioned by the National Education Union as it continues to lobby government for an improved teacher pay offer this September.
The research compares the basic weekly earnings of both primary and secondary teachers with 11 other professional groups, including accountants, surveyors, engineers, IT professionals, and management consultants.
The report finds: “Our analysis shows that teachers’ earnings consistently rank lower than those for most of the other professional groups. This is true for the latest year for which data is available (2024) and the previous year (2023) as well.”
The league table compiled in the report shows that, currently, when it comes to gross median weekly earnings, secondary school teachers are ranked 9/13 with £895 a week while primary teachers fare even worse and are ranked 12/13 with £829 a week.
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