Financial sector named highest paid for university graduates, research finds
Teachers To Your Home analysed July 2024 data from the ONS relating to average weekly earnings for various industries.
Finance and insurance has been named the highest-paid industry to enter after leaving university, with average weekly earnings of £1,361.
Teachers To Your Home analysed July 2024 data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) relating to average weekly earnings for various industries.
The second highest paid industry was mining and quarrying, with average weekly earnings of £1,288.
The third highest paid industry was information and communication, earning a weekly average of £1,161.
Professional, scientific and technical activities was the fourth highest-paid industry, with average weekly earnings of £1,017.
Taking the fifth place was manufacturing – chemicals and man-made fibres, which reports average weekly earnings of £989.
Electricity, gas and water supply roles earned an average of £888 a week, ranking this as the sixth highest-paid industry to enter after leaving university.
In seventh place was manufacturing – engineering and allied industries, with average weekly earnings of £841.
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