Whether you're just curious about how your salary compares to the national average income for your job, are looking for a pay rise, or are perhaps considering a totally different career path, it's good to know what your earning potential could be.Lucky for us, the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2014-11-19" target="_blank">Office of National Statistics</a> have released their Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings for 2016 &ndash; and it&rsquo;s certainly a report that gives us food for thought.They surveyed 21,563,000 people on their earnings across 400 different careers, and came back with fascinating (and perhaps somewhat depressing) results.Although the average salary was found to be £27,271, some UK employees are taking away more than £80,000 at the end of each working year.Based on data from a random sample of 1% of all the workers who carry out each occupation, they pulled out the 10 jobs with the highest salaries &ndash; excluding celebrities, TV presenters, footballers and the self-employed.Although it might be too late to start a new career as an aeroplane pilot, perhaps it's a good time to start learning how to drive a train?If you're thinking of switching careers, or asking for a pay rise, here are 145 of the 400 careers' salaries that have been revealed...<img alt class="ci-image ci-original" src="https://ui3.assets-asda.com/dm/wor?scl=1">1. Brokers - £133,6772. Chief executives and senior officials - £107,7033. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers - £90,1464. Marketing and sales directors - £82,9625. Information technology and telecommunications directors - £80,2156. Advertising and public relations directors - £77,6197. Legal professionals - £73,4258. Medical practitioners &ndash; 69,4639. Senior police officers - £58,53310. Human resource managers and directors - £56,31511. Sales accounts and business development managers - £51,57612. Senior professionals of educational establishments - £49,67913. Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services - £48,22814. Business and financial project management professionals &ndash; £47,79515. Train and tram drivers - £47,10116. Solicitors - £46,57617. Taxation experts - £46.55118. Finance and investment analysts and advisers - £45,49019. Property, housing and estate managers - £44,42320. Insurance underwriters - £43,48721. Barristers and judges - £43,36822. Architects - £43,02923. Mechanical engineers - £43,02924. Financial accounts managers - £41,389 25. Quantity surveyors - £41,08626. Information technology and telecommunications professionals - £40,95727. Programmers and software development professionals - £40,74828. Construction project managers and related professionals - £40,51929. Advertising accounts managers and creative directors - £40,51030. Dental practitioners - £40,26831. Civil engineers - £40,20032. Rail transport operatives - £40,06033. Higher education teaching professionals - £40,05434. Police officers (sergeant and below) - £38,72035. Chartered and certified accountants - £38,69236. Veterinarians - £37,76337. Arts officers, producers and directors - £37,51938. Pharmacists - £37,43939. Paramedics - £36,77140. Psychologists - £36,49541. Chartered surveyors - £36,47042. Rail construction and maintenance operatives - £35,78143. Business, research and administrative professionals - £35,54544. Crane drivers - £35,45845. Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors - £34,63946. Engineering technicians - £34,35547. Chartered architectural technologists - £33,65148. Business sales executives - £33,43249. Secondary education teaching professionals - £32,52450. Buyers and procurement officers - £32,27951. Education advisers and school inspectors - £31,65552. Medical radiographers - £31,52153. Legal associate professionals - £30,91154. Social and humanities scientists - £30,88855. Ophthalmic opticians - £30,83456. Environmental health professionals - £30,77757. Rail travel assistants - £30,69858. Electricians and electrical fitters - £30,34559. Leisure and sports managers - £30,20160. Probation officers - £30,02661. Primary and nursery education teaching professionals - £29,90862. Web design and development professionals - £29,85663. Marketing associate professionals - £29,79764. Midwives - £29,52965. Public relations professionals - £29,48866. Health care practice managers - £29,25367. Human resources and industrial relations officers - £29,22168. Hotel and accommodation managers - £29,16169. Social workers - £28,74570. Physiotherapists - £28,56071. Further education teaching professionals - £28,48672. Customer service managers and supervisors - £28,38773. Product, clothing and related designers - £28,34674. Podiatrists - £27,33075. Plumbers and heating and ventilating engineers - £27,33076. Speech and language therapists - £26,76577. Prison service officers (below principal officer) - £26,49678. Medical and dental technicians - £26,44079. Nurses - £26,25280. Occupational therapists - £26,03781. Police community support officers - £26,01282. Graphic designers - £25,95283. IT engineers - £25,93484. Authors, writers and translators - £25,76785. Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians - £25,14586. Librarians - £24,92787. Carpenters and joiners - £24,81788. Bricklayers and masons - £24,79089. Estate agents and auctioneers - £24,62290. Finance officers - £24,41891. Restaurant and catering establishment managers - £23,78192. Housing officers - £23,52193. Dispensing opticians - £23,45894. Artists - £23,22895. Farmers - £22,76396. Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) - £22,58297. Plasterers - £22,37098. Painters and decorators - £22,35199. Archivists and curators - £22,264100. Bus and coach drivers - £22,176101. Hairdressing and beauty salon managers - £22,113102. Laboratory technicians - £21,533103. Musicians - £21,410104. Construction operatives - £21,410105. Fork-lift truck drivers - £21,345106. Local government administrative occupations - £21,083107. Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks - £20,915108. Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers and couriers - £20,855109. Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers - £20,561110. Youth and community workers - £20,491111. Personal assistants and other secretaries &ndash; £19,738112. Bank and post office clerks - £19,557113. Welfare and housing associate professionals - £19,079114. Teachers - £18,604115. Catering and bar managers - £18,535116. Legal secretary - £18,425117. Landscape Gardener - £18,010118. Sales supervisors - £17,812119. Telephone salespersons - £17,549120. Counsellors - £17,526121. Chefs - £17,513122. Butchers - £17,466123. Undertakers / crematorium assistants - £17,414124. Street cleaners - £17,402125. Bakers - £17,231126. Travel agents - £17,081127. Veterinary nurses - £16,746128. Senior care workers - £16,609 129. School secretaries - £16,366130. Customer service operations - £15,334131. Call centre workers - £15,206132. Dental nurses - £14,788133. Retail merchandisers - £14,738134. Fishmongers - £14,299135. Care workers - £12,650136. Receptionists - £12,543137. Teaching assistants - £11,916138. Nursery assistants - £11,734139. Beauticians - £11,618140. Fitness instructors - £10,540141. Retail assistants - £10,296142. Hairdressers and barbers - £10,019143. Cleaners £7,919144. Waitresses - £7,554145. Bar staff - £7,404

How does YOUR salary compare against 144 other careers?

By Asda Good Living,10th January 2017

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