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Overview | Key Facts | Employment | Earnings | Links Labour Market
Earnings
Birmingham and the region offer competitive wage rates, especially when compared with the South East.
Gross weekly earnings
| |
All |
Male |
Female |
| South East region |
£496.70 |
£555.30 |
£398.60 |
| Great Britain |
£464.70 |
£513.80 |
£383.40 |
| Birmingham |
£459.50 |
£510.70 |
£378.80 |
| West Midlands region |
£427.30 |
£469.60 |
£353.00 | Source: New Earnings Survey 2002
Average wage rates within the three sectors of Business and Professional Services, Transport Technologies and Life Sciences in Birmingham are highly competitive when compared to the UK as a whole.
Business and Professional Services:
| Occupation |
Salary (£) |
| |
Lower Quartile |
Median |
Upper Quartile |
| Finance and Insurance |
| Finance Director |
53,711 |
68,861 |
88,830 |
| Chief Accountant/Co. Secretary |
45,511 |
53,542 |
64,786 |
| Financial Analyst |
30,313 |
35,663 |
41,369 |
| Trainee Accountant |
14,842 |
17,461 |
20,080 |
| General Accounts Clerk |
10,855 |
12,771 |
14,687 |
| Junior Accounts Clerk |
8,518 |
10,021 |
11,524 |
| Advertising & Marketing |
| Advertising Director |
47,092 |
60,375 |
77,883 |
| Advertising/PR Manager |
33,613 |
39,545 |
47,850 |
| Advertising/PR Executive |
26,790 |
31,518 |
36,560 |
| Advertising/PR Officer |
20,111 |
23,661 |
27,210 |
| Advertising/PR Assistant |
19,090 |
22,459 |
25,828 |
| Director's/Senior Secretary |
17,156 |
20,183 |
23,211 |
| Receptionist |
12,238 |
14,397 |
16,557 |
| Legal Services |
| Legal Services Advisor |
36,226 |
42,619 |
50,291 |
| Business Services |
| Chairman/Managing Director |
67,813 |
86,940 |
112,152 |
| Business Development Manager |
43,664 |
51,370 |
62,157 |
| Personnel & Training Manager |
30,714 |
36,135 |
42,639 |
| Marketing Manager |
32,818 |
38,610 |
45,559 |
| Personal Assistant |
17,112 |
20,132 |
23,151 |
| Administrative Assistant |
13,268 |
15,610 |
17,952 |
Source: Reward Group 2005
Transport Technologies Sector
| Occupation |
Salary/hourly wage rate (£) |
| |
Highest |
Median |
Lowest |
| Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing Professionals & Technicians |
36,500 |
20,000 |
14,000 |
| Process/Production/ Manufacturing Engineer |
36,500 |
25,000 |
18,646 |
| Management, Professional & Supervision |
68,496 |
24,500 |
10,000 |
| Works Manager |
65,000 |
26,000 |
16,000 |
| Other Manufacturing Occupations |
10.83 |
6.65 |
4.00 |
| Assembler/Fabricator |
8.50 |
6.10 |
4.10 |
| Secretarial, Clerical & Support Staff |
11.60 |
6.84 |
3.85 |
| Engineering |
| Professional Engineers |
38,000 |
24,000 |
14,500 |
| Management, Professional & Supervision |
52,000 |
25,000 |
12,500 |
| Works Manager |
50,000 |
26,788 |
14,500 |
| Technical |
25,200 |
19,250 |
12,000 |
| Production |
13.19 |
6.80 |
3.70 |
| Fabricator |
8.81 |
7.11 |
6.58 |
| Secretarial, Clerical & Support Staff |
12.08 |
6.33 |
3.80 | Source: Wages Survey 2001/2002 BEIC/Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Life Sciences Sector
Salary levels in the area remain competitive with typical wages as follows:
| Job Title |
Min Wage |
Max Wage |
Average Wage |
Average Savings, Midlands Vs South East Region |
| Admin/Data Co-ordination |
£8,288 |
£30,000 |
£16,120 |
-16.7% |
| Analyst |
£1,000 |
£50,000 |
£16,859 |
-14.6% |
| Chemist |
£9,000 |
£75,000 |
£21,864 |
-8.4% |
| Management |
£10,000 |
£100,000 |
£33,949 |
-10.0% |
| Microbiologist |
£9,000 |
£33,000 |
£16,802 |
-12.7% |
| Quality/Compliance |
£10,000 |
£70,000 |
£22,955 |
-10.3% |
| Recent Graduate |
£11,000 |
£21,300 |
£13,915 |
-11.5% |
| Scientist/Engineer |
£8,500 |
£65,000 |
£24,857 |
+1.3% |
| Technician |
£8,190 |
£34,983 |
£13,125 |
-19.5% |
| Technologist |
£12,875 |
£55,000 |
£21,510 |
-2.8% |
Source: SRG.co.uk, November 2004 top of page
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