Professor Salary in Wales
Official ONS earnings for Wales, covering 12,000 jobs.
Median salary — Wales
£48,809
gross, per year
▲ 3.2% change on the previous year
Mean
£47,759
Jobs measured
12,000
What most professors actually earn
Half of professors in Wales earn between £34,440 and £52,443. Earning above £52,443 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.
ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Teaching Professionals” group in Wales.
The full pay range
Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of professors earn less than this.
How Wales ranks for professor pay
3rd
of 10 GB regions with a published figure
North West tops the table on £50,053 and South East sits at the bottom on £39,131. Wales is £1,244 short of the top.
Ranking compares published regional medians for the same occupation. It says nothing about cost of living — a higher median doesn't survive contact with rent. The cost of living calculator is the honest next step.
Where this figure comes from
- ONS occupation group
- Higher education teaching professionals
- SOC 2020 code
- 2311
- Measure
- Gross annual pay, all employees
- Edition
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional
ONS doesn't measure “professor” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Higher education teaching professionals”, which includes this role alongside others.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.
Professor salary FAQs
What is the average Professor salary in Wales?
The median is £48,809 a year and the mean is £47,759, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is a good Professor salary?
Half of professors earn between £34,440 and £52,443. Anything above £52,443 is in the top quarter for the role.
Is this figure official?
Yes. It comes from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, an accredited official statistic based on employer PAYE records, covering 12,000 jobs in this occupation.
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