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116 hours

#1 Longest Weekly Hours

Farmers

79 hours

#2 Longest Weekly Hours

Gardeners and landscape gardeners

75 hours

#3 Longest Weekly Hours

Horticultural trades

14 hours

#367 Longest Weekly Hours

Driving instructors

14 hours

#366 Longest Weekly Hours

Playworkers

14 hours

#365 Longest Weekly Hours

Care escorts

#	Career	Average hourly pay	Avarege weekly hours
1	Farmers	£11	116 hours
2	Gardeners and landscape gardeners	£11	79 hours
3	Horticultural trades	£9	75 hours
4	Shopkeepers and proprietors – wholesale and retail	£17	74 hours
5	Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	£12	70 hours
6	Garage managers and proprietors	£19	68 hours
7	Elementary construction occupations	£11	64 hours
8	Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors	£15	63 hours
9	Quarry workers and related operatives	£13	60 hours
10	Groundsmen and greenkeepers	£10	60 hours
11	Farm workers	£10	58 hours
12	Forestry workers	£11	57 hours
13	Health care practice managers	£18	57 hours
14	Pipe fitters	£17	57 hours
15	Crane drivers	£15	57 hours
16	Boat and ship builders and repairers	£13	56 hours
17	Publicans and managers of licensed premises	£12	56 hours
18	Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services	£12	56 hours
19	Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	£12	55 hours
20	Air-conditioning and refrigeration engineers	£15	55 hours
21	Coal mine operatives	£12	54 hours
22	Steel erectors	£13	53 hours
23	Waste disposal and environmental services managers	£2	53 hours
24	Vehicle body builders and repairers	£12	53 hours
25	Leisure and sports managers	£17	52 hours
26	Metal plate workers, and riveters	£14	52 hours
27	Travel agency managers and proprietors	£17	52 hours
28	Rubber process operatives	£11	52 hours
29	Process operatives n.e.c.	£11	52 hours
30	Road construction operatives	£13	52 hours
31	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	£19	52 hours
32	Electroplaters	£10	51 hours
33	Agricultural machinery drivers	£10	51 hours
34	Aircraft maintenance and related trades	£18	51 hours
35	Elected officers and representatives	£17	50 hours
36	Glass and ceramics process operatives	£11	49 hours
37	Construction operatives n.e.c.	£12	49 hours
38	Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c.	£9	49 hours
39	Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters	£10	49 hours
40	Property, housing and estate managers	£20	49 hours
41	Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors	£10	49 hours
42	Scaffolders, stagers and riggers	£16	49 hours
43	Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians	£13	49 hours
44	Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)	£10	48 hours
45	TV, video and audio engineers	£14	48 hours
46	Large goods vehicle drivers	£13	48 hours
47	Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors	£17	48 hours
48	Metal making and treating process operatives	£12	48 hours
49	Energy plant operatives	£17	48 hours
50	Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters	£10	48 hours
51	Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.	£12	47 hours
52	Sheet metal workers	£13	47 hours
53	Rail construction and maintenance operatives	£15	47 hours
54	Welding trades	£13	47 hours
55	Medical secretaries	£12	47 hours
56	Plastics process operatives	£11	47 hours
57	School secretaries	£11	47 hours
58	Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out	£14	47 hours
59	Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.	£11	47 hours
60	Air traffic controllers	£39	47 hours
61	Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.	£14	47 hours
62	Vehicle paint technicians	£12	47 hours
63	Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers	£18	46 hours
64	Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers	£10	46 hours
65	Moulders, core makers and die casters	£11	46 hours
66	Construction and building trades supervisors	£18	46 hours
67	Metal machining setters and setter-operators	£13	46 hours
68	Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors	£17	46 hours
69	Metal working production and maintenance fitters	£16	46 hours
70	Bricklayers and masons	£13	46 hours
71	Precision instrument makers and repairers	£13	46 hours
72	Paper and wood machine operatives	£11	46 hours
73	Plumbers and heating and ventilating engineers	£15	46 hours
74	Marine and waterways transport operatives	£14	46 hours
75	Floorers and wall tilers	£12	45 hours
76	Social and humanities scientists	£16	45 hours
77	Electricians and electrical fitters	£16	45 hours
78	Chemical and related process operatives	£15	45 hours
79	Footwear and leather working trades	£10	45 hours
80	Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.	£16	45 hours
81	Van drivers	£11	45 hours
82	Industrial cleaning process occupations	£9	45 hours
83	Carpenters and joiners	£13	45 hours
84	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	£15	45 hours
85	Metal working machine operatives	£12	45 hours
86	Water and sewerage plant operatives	£13	45 hours
87	Air transport operatives	£13	44 hours
88	Food, drink and tobacco process operatives	£10	44 hours
89	Painters and decorators	£12	44 hours
90	Rail transport operatives	£18	44 hours
91	Textile process operatives	£11	44 hours
92	Telecommunications engineers	£16	44 hours
93	Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)	£14	44 hours
94	Weighers, graders and sorters	£11	44 hours
95	Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.	£11	44 hours
96	Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers	£10	44 hours
97	Construction and building trades n.e.c.	£14	44 hours
98	Plasterers	£13	44 hours
99	Printing machine assistants	£11	43 hours
100	Actors, entertainers and presenters	Insufficient pay data	43 hours
101	Security guards and related occupations	£11	43 hours
102	Routine inspectors and testers	£14	43 hours
103	Roofers, roof tilers and slaters	£13	43 hours
104	Elementary administration occupations n.e.c.	£10	43 hours
105	Cleaners and domestics	£9	43 hours
106	Vehicle valeters and cleaners	£9	42 hours
107	Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c.	£14	42 hours
108	Weavers and knitters	£11	42 hours
109	IT engineers	£18	42 hours
110	Bus and coach drivers	£12	42 hours
111	Receptionists	£10	42 hours
112	Fork-lift truck drivers	£11	42 hours
113	Butchers	£11	42 hours
114	Fire service officers (watch manager and below)	£16	42 hours
115	Physical scientists	£23	42 hours
116	Advertising and public relations directors	£32	41 hours
117	Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.	£20	41 hours
118	Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers	£12	41 hours
119	Electronics engineers	£22	41 hours
120	Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs	£12	41 hours
121	Personal assistants and other secretaries	£15	41 hours
122	Print finishing and binding workers	£10	41 hours
123	Production managers and directors in construction	£24	41 hours
124	Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers	£11	40 hours
125	Senior police officers	£27	40 hours
126	Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services	£21	40 hours
127	Police officers (sergeant and below)	£20	40 hours
128	Hospital porters	£11	40 hours
129	Typists and related keyboard occupations	£11	40 hours
130	Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	£43	40 hours
131	Chemical scientists	£19	40 hours
132	Public services associate professionals	£17	40 hours
133	Ship and hovercraft officers	£23	40 hours
134	Caretakers	£11	40 hours
135	Environmental health professionals	£17	39 hours
136	National government administrative occupations	£14	39 hours
137	Electrical engineers	£24	39 hours
138	Importers and exporters	£14	39 hours
139	Chartered architectural technologists	£19	39 hours
140	Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.	£12	39 hours
141	Pre-press technicians	£15	39 hours
142	Sports players	£4	39 hours
143	Printers	£13	39 hours
144	Elementary storage occupations	£11	39 hours
145	Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers and couriers	£13	39 hours
146	Health services and public health managers and directors	£27	39 hours
147	Kitchen and catering assistants	£9	39 hours
148	Social services managers and directors	£21	39 hours
149	Prison service officers (below principal officer)	£15	39 hours
150	Production managers and directors in mining and energy	£25	39 hours
151	Fishmongers and poultry dressers	£9	39 hours
152	Train and tram drivers	£28	39 hours
153	Chefs	£11	39 hours
154	Transport and distribution clerks and assistants	£13	39 hours
155	Conservation professionals	£17	39 hours
156	Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers	£9	39 hours
157	Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists	£16	38 hours
158	Refuse and salvage occupations	£10	38 hours
159	Brokers	£44	38 hours
160	Telephone salespersons	£11	38 hours
161	Civil engineers	£21	38 hours
162	Elementary cleaning occupations n.e.c.	£12	38 hours
163	Information technology and telecommunications directors	£39	38 hours
164	Mechanical engineers	£23	38 hours
165	Collector salespersons and credit agents	£9	38 hours
166	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£32	38 hours
167	Local government administrative occupations	£14	38 hours
168	Arts officers, producers and directors	£25	38 hours
169	Parking and civil enforcement occupations	£10	38 hours
170	Office supervisors	£14	38 hours
171	Sports and leisure assistants	£10	38 hours
172	Managers and directors in transport and distribution	£21	38 hours
173	Graphic designers	£16	38 hours
174	Travel agents	£12	38 hours
175	Legal secretaries	£13	38 hours
176	Construction project managers and related professionals	£20	38 hours
177	Managers and directors in storage and warehousing	£16	38 hours
178	Production and process engineers	£21	38 hours
179	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	£21	38 hours
180	Rail travel assistants	£18	38 hours
181	Sales accounts and business development managers	£26	38 hours
182	Records clerks and assistants	£12	38 hours
183	Waiters and waitresses	£9	38 hours
184	Managers and directors in retail and wholesale	£17	38 hours
185	Police community support officers	£13	38 hours
186	Financial managers and directors	£38	38 hours
187	Human resources and industrial relations officers	£16	38 hours
188	Paramedics	£19	38 hours
189	Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors	£16	38 hours
190	Catering and bar managers	£11	37 hours
191	Environment professionals	£19	37 hours
192	Human resources administrative occupations	£11	37 hours
193	Inspectors of standards and regulations	£19	37 hours
194	Research and development managers	£26	37 hours
195	Human resource managers and directors	£28	37 hours
196	Medical and dental technicians	£15	37 hours
197	Health and safety officers	£20	37 hours
198	Other administrative occupations n.e.c.	£13	37 hours
199	Office managers	£18	37 hours
200	Other skilled trades n.e.c.	£13	37 hours
201	Electrical and electronics technicians	£17	37 hours
202	Financial and accounting technicians	£24	37 hours
203	Roundspersons and van salespersons	£10	37 hours
204	Design and development engineers	£22	37 hours
205	Financial accounts managers	£23	37 hours
206	Medical radiographers	£19	37 hours
207	Buyers and procurement officers	£17	37 hours
208	IT specialist managers	£25	37 hours
209	Business sales executives	£18	37 hours
210	IT project and programme managers	£28	37 hours
211	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£29	37 hours
212	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£26	37 hours
213	Bakers and flour confectioners	£9	37 hours
214	Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants	£13	37 hours
215	Stock control clerks and assistants	£12	37 hours
216	Biological scientists and biochemists	£21	37 hours
217	Marketing and sales directors	£42	37 hours
218	Cooks	£10	37 hours
219	Estimators, valuers and assessors	£19	37 hours
220	Sales administrators	£12	36 hours
221	Insurance underwriters	£24	36 hours
222	Town planning officers	£21	36 hours
223	Quantity surveyors	£23	36 hours
224	Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators	£16	36 hours
225	Credit controllers	£13	36 hours
226	Building and civil engineering technicians	£16	36 hours
227	Veterinarians	£18	36 hours
228	Air travel assistants	£11	36 hours
229	Business and related associate professionals n.e.c.	£17	36 hours
230	Social workers	£19	36 hours
231	Bank and post office clerks	£14	36 hours
232	Chief executives and senior officials	£55	36 hours
233	Estate agents and auctioneers	£14	36 hours
234	Finance officers	£15	36 hours
235	Sports coaches, instructors and officials	£15	36 hours
236	Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.	£13	36 hours
237	Marketing associate professionals	£16	36 hours
238	Conference and exhibition managers and organisers	£14	36 hours
239	Beauticians and related occupations	£10	36 hours
240	Conservation and environmental associate professionals	£12	36 hours
241	Programmers and software development professionals	£24	36 hours
242	Street cleaners	£10	36 hours
243	Bar staff	£9	36 hours
244	Quality control and planning engineers	£19	36 hours
245	Information technology and telecommunications professionals n.e.c.	£22	36 hours
246	Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)	£13	36 hours
247	Actuaries, economists and statisticians	£27	36 hours
248	Nurses	£18	36 hours
249	Purchasing managers and directors	£28	35 hours
250	Midwives	£20	35 hours
251	Higher education teaching professionals	£29	35 hours
252	Senior care workers	£10	35 hours
253	Finance and investment analysts and advisers	£23	35 hours
254	Health associate professionals n.e.c.	£12	35 hours
255	Debt, rent and other cash collectors	£10	35 hours
256	Officers of non-governmental organisations	£16	35 hours
257	Engineering technicians	£17	35 hours
258	Sewing machinists	£10	35 hours
259	Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks	£15	35 hours
260	Quality assurance technicians	£15	35 hours
261	Sales supervisors	£12	35 hours
262	Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.	£14	35 hours
263	Welfare professionals n.e.c.	£17	35 hours
264	Architectural and town planning technicians	£14	35 hours
265	Web design and development professionals	£17	35 hours
266	Speech and language therapists	£17	35 hours
267	Business and financial project management professionals	£28	35 hours
268	Legal associate professionals	£19	35 hours
269	Artists	£14	35 hours
270	Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.	£9	35 hours
271	Business and related research professionals	£19	34 hours
272	Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.	£22	34 hours
273	Medical practitioners	£34	34 hours
274	Laboratory technicians	£13	34 hours
275	Upholsterers	£12	34 hours
276	Elementary security occupations n.e.c.	£13	34 hours
277	Shelf fillers	£10	34 hours
278	Sales related occupations n.e.c.	£12	34 hours
279	Probation officers	£17	34 hours
280	Physiotherapists	£18	34 hours
281	Draughtspersons	£16	34 hours
282	Occupational therapists	£18	34 hours
283	Communication operators	£14	34 hours
284	Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.	£20	34 hours
285	Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	£26	34 hours
286	Library clerks and assistants	£13	34 hours
287	Customer service managers and supervisors	£15	33 hours
288	Authors, writers and translators	£20	33 hours
289	Pharmaceutical technicians	£12	33 hours
290	Pharmacy and other dispensing assistants	£9	33 hours
291	Public relations professionals	£18	33 hours
292	Taxation experts	£28	33 hours
293	Chartered surveyors	£20	33 hours
294	Financial institution managers and directors	£34	33 hours
295	Child and early years officers	£13	33 hours
296	Housing officers	£15	33 hours
297	Market and street traders and assistants	Insufficient pay data	33 hours
298	Counsellors	£17	33 hours
299	Product, clothing and related designers	£16	33 hours
300	Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	£13	33 hours
301	Planning, process and production technicians	£16	33 hours
302	Veterinary nurses	£11	33 hours
303	Hairdressers and barbers	£10	33 hours
304	Legal professionals n.e.c.	£42	33 hours
305	Call and contact centre occupations	£11	33 hours
306	Chartered and certified accountants	£22	33 hours
307	Librarians	£16	33 hours
308	Management consultants and business analysts	£24	33 hours
309	IT operations technicians	£17	33 hours
310	IT user support technicians	£16	33 hours
311	Customer service occupations n.e.c.	£12	33 hours
312	Dispensing opticians	£13	32 hours
313	Florists	£10	32 hours
314	Psychologists	£22	32 hours
315	Youth and community workers	£14	32 hours
316	Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants	£13	32 hours
317	Merchandisers and window dressers	£12	32 hours
318	Leisure and theme park attendants	£11	32 hours
319	Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors	£10	32 hours
320	Dental nurses	£10	32 hours
321	Sales and retail assistants	£10	32 hours
322	Care workers and home carers	£10	31 hours
323	Architects	£24	31 hours
324	Further education teaching professionals	£21	31 hours
325	Advertising accounts managers and creative directors	£26	31 hours
326	Secondary education teaching professionals	£24	31 hours
327	Nursery nurses and assistants	£9	31 hours
328	Elementary sales occupations n.e.c.	£11	31 hours
329	Health professionals n.e.c.	£20	31 hours
330	Pest control officers	£10	31 hours
331	Window cleaners	£11	31 hours
332	Housekeepers and related occupations	£10	31 hours
333	Nursing auxiliaries and assistants	£11	31 hours
334	Houseparents and residential wardens	£12	30 hours
335	Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors	£20	30 hours
336	Pharmacists	£20	30 hours
337	Senior professionals of educational establishments	£30	30 hours
338	Education advisers and school inspectors	£20	30 hours
339	Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c.	£16	30 hours
340	Solicitors	£29	30 hours
341	Clergy	£14	30 hours
342	Telephonists	£11	30 hours
343	Retail cashiers and check-out operators	£9	29 hours
344	Dancers and choreographers	Insufficient pay data	29 hours
345	Teaching assistants	£10	29 hours
346	Company secretaries	£20	29 hours
347	Educational support assistants	£10	29 hours
348	Archivists and curators	£16	29 hours
349	Primary and nursery education teaching professionals	£22	28 hours
350	Barristers and judges	£24	28 hours
351	Smiths and forge workers	Insufficient pay data	27 hours
352	Special needs education teaching professionals	£20	27 hours
353	Tailors and dressmakers	£19	27 hours
354	Childminders and related occupations	£11	27 hours
355	Ophthalmic opticians	£27	26 hours
356	Fitness instructors	£13	26 hours
357	Animal care services occupations n.e.c.	£10	26 hours
358	Therapy professionals n.e.c.	£17	25 hours
359	Dental practitioners	£30	23 hours
360	Musicians	£35	22 hours
361	Podiatrists	£20	22 hours
362	Teaching and other educational professionals n.e.c.	£15	20 hours
363	Market research interviewers	£22	17 hours
364	School midday and crossing patrol occupations	£31	16 hours
365	Care escorts	£19	14 hours
366	Playworkers	£14	14 hours
367	Driving instructors	£13	14 hours
N/A	Officers in armed forces	Insufficient data	Insufficient data
N/A	NCOs and other ranks	Insufficient data	Insufficient data

*Based on avaerage hours per week for each occupation.

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2019

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