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The UK's best-paid jobs of 2016

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25) Production managers and directors in mining and energy £45,257
24) Business and financial project management professionals £45,542
23) Production managers and directors in manufacturing £45,593
22) Human resource managers and directors £46,005
21) Electronics engineers £46,511
20) Health services and public health managers and directors £46,635
19) Higher education teaching professionals £47,643
18) Purchasing managers and directors £47,698
17) Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services £47,747
16) IT specialist managers £47,768
15) IT project and programme managers £48,536
14) Train and tram drivers £49,735
13) Dancers and choreographers £50,950
12) Senior professionals of educational establishments £52,451
11) Financial institution managers and directors £53,322
10) Functional managers and directors n.e.c. £55,484
9) Senior police officers £62,144
8) Financial managers and directors £64,432
7) Legal professionals n.e.c. £69,058
6) Information technology and telecommunications directors £71,161
5) Medical practitioners £74,885
4) Marketing and sales directors £74,994
3) Air traffic controllers £84,877
2) Aircraft pilots and flight engineers £86,855
1) Chief executives and senior officials £89,932
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Thinking of swapping careers, but not sure what to do? The Office for National Statistics' huge Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings has broken down all of the UK's jobs by pay. Here are the top 25 best-paid professions by average annual salary before tax in 2016. Note that they don't include the likes of footballers and pop stars.
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Niamh Ollerton

23 January 2017

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