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Official ONS earnings · 206 occupations

Salaries in West Midlands 2026

What people actually earn across West Midlands, by occupation — median gross annual pay from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Typical occupation

£32,969

The midpoint across every occupation ONS publishes for this region

Lowest paid

£3,823

Median pay in the lowest-paying occupation here

Highest paid

£79,812

Median pay in the highest-paying occupation here

ONS doesn't publish a single “average wage” per region in this dataset, so the typical figure above is the midpoint of 206 published occupation medians — it describes the spread of occupations, not the average worker. Read the methodology before using it to evaluate an offer.

Highest-paying occupations in West Midlands

Marketing, sales and advertising directors £79,812 Barristers and judges £68,676 Train and tram drivers £67,428
Managers and directors in the creative industries £66,195
Rail transport operatives £63,779
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £62,074
Research and development (R&D) managers £61,923
Generalist medical practitioners £59,169 Taxation experts £57,822
Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c. £57,568
Business and financial project management professionals £57,264 Civil engineers £56,066
Production managers and directors in construction £54,525
Sales accounts and business development managers £54,240 Financial managers and directors £52,149 Marketing and commercial managers £51,700 Clinical psychologists £51,685 Human resource managers and directors £51,662 Engineering project managers and project engineers £51,569 IT managers £49,994
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £49,480
Web design professionals £49,277 Pharmacists £48,404 Engineering professionals n.e.c. £48,401
Production managers and directors in manufacturing £48,224

Lowest-paying occupations in West Midlands

School midday and crossing patrol occupations £3,823
Cleaners and domestics £9,744
Kitchen and catering assistants £11,135
Sales and retail assistants £14,582
Retail cashiers and check-out operators £15,398
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants £16,341
Receptionists £17,703
Early education and childcare practitioners £18,397
Educational support assistants £18,609
Teaching assistants £18,939

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vs East of England vs East Midlands vs London vs North East vs North West vs Scotland vs South East vs South West vs Wales vs Yorkshire and The Humber

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional), Table 15. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.