Below is a listing of 276 jobs, ranked according to Job Satisfaction, and showing the average earnings they provide in the UK. How does your career idea rate against others?
(Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26671221 )
(Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26671221 )
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(Rank) Occupation
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Mean income (£s) | Satisfaction rating |
| (1) Clergy | 20,568 | 8.291 |
| (2) Chief executives and senior officials | 117,700 | 7.957 |
| (3) Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture | 31,721 | 7.946 |
| (4) Company secretaries | 18,176 | 7.93 |
| (5) Quality assurance and regulatory professionals | 42,898 | 7.891 |
| (6) Health care practice managers | 31,267 | 7.843 |
| (7) Medical practitioners | 70,648 | 7.836 |
| (8) Farmers | 24,520 | 7.808 |
| (9) Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors | 32,470 | 7.795 |
| (10) Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors | 35,316 | 7.795 |
| (11) Senior professionals of educational establishments | 49,495 | 7.789 |
| (12) Physiotherapists | 27,814 | 7.787 |
| (13) Primary and nursery education teaching professionals | 29,268 | 7.786 |
| (14) Electrical engineers | 44,439 | 7.739 |
| (15) Fitness instructors | 10,378 | 7.718 |
| (16) Therapy professionals | 28,524 | 7.714 |
| (17) School secretaries | 15,614 | 7.711 |
| (18) Information technology and telecommunications directors | 64,879 | 7.705 |
| (19) Human resource managers and directors | 54,120 | 7.702 |
| (20) Financial institution managers and directors | 73,911 | 7.701 |
| (21) Dental nurses | 15,024 | 7.699 |
| (22) Musicians | 21,492 | 7.696 |
| (23) Farm workers | 17,925 | 7.692 |
| (24) Marketing and sales directors | 84,377 | 7.688 |
| (25) Functional managers and directors | 53,574 | 7.687 |
| (26) Production managers and directors in manufacturing | 51,498 | 7.68 |
| (27) Research and development managers | 49,590 | 7.674 |
| (28) Midwives | 30,020 | 7.673 |
| (29) Pharmacists | 36,739 | 7.667 |
| (29) Advertising accounts managers and creative directors | 37,636 | 7.667 |
| (31) Dental practitioners | 53,567 | 7.663 |
| (32) Sales accounts and business development managers | 47,862 | 7.641 |
| (33) Travel agents | 18,344 | 7.64 |
| (34) Secondary education teaching professionals | 33,407 | 7.637 |
| (35) Business, research and administrative professionals | 36,012 | 7.636 |
| (36) Education advisers and school inspectors | 34,369 | 7.629 |
| (37) Financial managers and directors | 76,986 | 7.628 |
| (38) Biological scientists and biochemists | 37,627 | 7.621 |
| (39) Natural and social science professionals | 36,574 | 7.617 |
| (40) Personal assistants and other secretaries | 19,569 | 7.616 |
| (41) Records clerks and assistants | 19,146 | 7.615 |
| (42) Authors, writers and translators | 26,207 | 7.602 |
| (43) Librarians | 24,584 | 7.6 |
| (44) Solicitors | 44,787 | 7.599 |
| (45) Chartered and certified accountants | 37,850 | 7.597 |
| (46) Customer service managers and supervisors | 28,718 | 7.593 |
| (47) IT specialist managers | 48,384 | 7.59 |
| (48) Leisure and sports managers | 28,619 | 7.59 |
| (49) Financial and accounting technicians | 44,038 | 7.587 |
| (50) Teaching assistants | 11,796 | 7.587 |
| (51) Childminders and related occupations | 12,949 | 7.584 |
| (52) Finance and investment analysts and advisers | 46,797 | 7.579 |
| (53) Business and financial project management professionals | 50,038 | 7.575 |
| (54) Fire service officers (watch manager and below) | 28,183 | 7.574 |
| (55) Civil engineers | 38,236 | 7.574 |
| (56) Purchasing managers and directors | 51,806 | 7.572 |
| (57) Health professionals | 30,081 | 7.569 |
| (58) Train and tram drivers | 45,489 | 7.566 |
| (59) Pharmaceutical technicians | 20,815 | 7.564 |
| (60) Air travel assistants | 22,001 | 7.556 |
| (61) Higher education teaching professionals | 39,076 | 7.556 |
| (62) Property, housing and estate managers | 40,209 | 7.552 |
| (63) Health services and public health managers and directors | 49,015 | 7.549 |
| (64) Actuaries, economists and statisticians | 61,584 | 7.542 |
| (65) Nurses | 26,158 | 7.534 |
| (66) Engineering professionals | 41,421 | 7.532 |
| (67) Bank and post office clerks | 19,908 | 7.53 |
| (68) Mechanical engineers | 44,176 | 7.528 |
| (69) Production managers and directors in construction | 47,452 | 7.524 |
| (70) Management consultants and business analysts | 42,811 | 7.522 |
| (71) Counsellors | 19,220 | 7.51 |
| (72) Sports coaches, instructors and officials | 11,762 | 7.507 |
| (73) Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors | 25,011 | 7.506 |
| (74) Police officers (sergeant and below) | 39,346 | 7.501 |
| (75) Garage managers and proprietors | 38,112 | 7.493 |
| (76) Managers and directors in transport and distribution | 40,856 | 7.493 |
| (77) Financial administrative occupations | 18,323 | 7.49 |
| (78) Playworkers | 7,400 | 7.489 |
| (79) Further education teaching professionals | 28,043 | 7.488 |
| (80) Social services managers and directors | 39,961 | 7.487 |
| (81) Managers and proprietors in other services | 36,405 | 7.486 |
| (82) IT project and programme managers | 49,128 | 7.486 |
| (83) Human resources and industrial relations officers | 28,999 | 7.483 |
| (84) Health associate professionals | 21,569 | 7.481 |
| (85) Design and development engineers | 39,890 | 7.474 |
| (86) Financial accounts managers | 40,952 | 7.472 |
| (87) Buyers and procurement officers | 31,454 | 7.471 |
| (88) Production and process engineers | 38,475 | 7.47 |
| (89) Taxation experts | 45,360 | 7.469 |
| (90) Nursery nurses and assistants | 11,580 | 7.468 |
| (91) Pharmacy and other dispensing assistants | 11,920 | 7.458 |
| (92) Welfare professionals | 26,568 | 7.448 |
| (93) IT business analysts, architects and systems designers | 43,848 | 7.442 |
| (94) Educational support assistants | 11,569 | 7.442 |
| (95) Construction project managers and related professionals | 42,066 | 7.441 |
| (96) Quality control and planning engineers | 34,868 | 7.439 |
| (97) Architects | 44,024 | 7.433 |
| (98) Public relations professionals | 31,818 | 7.426 |
| (99) Special needs education teaching professionals | 28,894 | 7.424 |
| (100) Medical radiographers | 31,505 | 7.422 |
| (101) Medical secretaries | 17,314 | 7.421 |
| (102) Credit controllers | 19,724 | 7.421 |
| (103) Groundsmen and greenkeepers | 18,816 | 7.419 |
| (104) Hairdressers and barbers | 10,174 | 7.417 |
| (105) Child and early years officers | 21,634 | 7.417 |
| (106) Teaching and other educational professionals | 18,697 | 7.413 |
| (107) Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks | 20,646 | 7.411 |
| (108) Legal professionals | 75,399 | 7.406 |
| (109) Planning, process and production technicians | 29,789 | 7.406 |
| (110) Public services associate professionals | 28,430 | 7.403 |
| (111) Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors | 35,117 | 7.402 |
| (112) Environment professionals | 33,220 | 7.402 |
| (113) Aircraft maintenance and related trades | 34,511 | 7.394 |
| (114) Other administrative occupations | 15,744 | 7.386 |
| (115) Business and related associate professionals | 30,171 | 7.381 |
| (116) Receptionists | 12,595 | 7.379 |
| (117) Programmers and software development professionals | 40,165 | 7.377 |
| (118) Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors | 26,490 | 7.376 |
| (119) Psychologists | 34,174 | 7.376 |
| (120) IT operations technicians | 29,815 | 7.376 |
| (121) Scaffolders, stagers and riggers | 30,591 | 7.375 |
| (122) Legal associate professionals | 29,492 | 7.367 |
| (123) Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | 22,694 | 7.366 |
| (124) Business and related research professionals | 32,053 | 7.366 |
| (125) Plant and machine operatives | 24,278 | 7.366 |
| (126) Office managers | 28,790 | 7.366 |
| (127) Sales supervisors | 18,383 | 7.358 |
| (128) Engineering technicians | 32,528 | 7.357 |
| (129) Draughtspersons | 29,702 | 7.352 |
| (130) Plumbers and heating and ventilating engineers | 27,832 | 7.35 |
| (131) Human resources administrative occupations | 19,633 | 7.35 |
| (131) Metal working production and maintenance fitters | 29,173 | 7.35 |
| (133) Conference and exhibition managers and organisers | 24,696 | 7.35 |
| (134) Electronics engineers | 36,751 | 7.348 |
| (135) Office supervisors | 25,138 | 7.345 |
| (136) Houseparents and residential wardens | 17,420 | 7.34 |
| (137) Medical and dental technicians | 26,922 | 7.339 |
| (138) Business sales executives | 32,880 | 7.338 |
| (139) Precision instrument makers and repairers | 29,334 | 7.333 |
| (140) Telecommunications engineers | 32,253 | 7.329 |
| (141) Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors | 29,594 | 7.328 |
| (142) Senior care workers | 17,064 | 7.324 |
| (143) Inspectors of standards and regulations | 28,628 | 7.318 |
| (144) Arts officers, producers and directors | 35,825 | 7.315 |
| (145) School midday and crossing patrol occupations | 3,167 | 7.314 |
| (146) Construction and building trades supervisors | 33,036 | 7.313 |
| (147) Information technology and telecommunications professionals | 40,222 | 7.308 |
| (148) Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists | 22,752 | 7.307 |
| (149) Sales administrators | 19,573 | 7.307 |
| (150) Health and safety officers | 33,445 | 7.3 |
| (151) Sewing machinists | 13,982 | 7.297 |
| (152) Managers and directors in retail and wholesale | 29,009 | 7.297 |
| (153) Occupational therapists | 27,353 | 7.294 |
| (154) Estate agents and auctioneers | 24,783 | 7.291 |
| (155) Welfare and housing associate professionals | 19,156 | 7.283 |
| (156) Finance officers | 22,090 | 7.278 |
| (157) Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) | 29,845 | 7.277 |
| (158) Routine inspectors and testers | 24,787 | 7.277 |
| (159) Beauticians and related occupations | 12,418 | 7.271 |
| (160) IT user support technicians | 29,457 | 7.27 |
| (161) Other elementary services occupations | 10,750 | 7.269 |
| (162) Paramedics | 36,841 | 7.263 |
| (163) Managers and directors in storage and warehousing | 32,133 | 7.259 |
| (164) Legal secretaries | 17,951 | 7.253 |
| (165) Transport and distribution clerks and assistants | 23,583 | 7.25 |
| (166) Typists and related keyboard occupations | 16,421 | 7.248 |
| (167) Marketing associate professionals | 30,051 | 7.237 |
| (168) Chartered surveyors | 35,480 | 7.236 |
| (169) Product, clothing and related designers | 29,301 | 7.224 |
| (170) Leisure and travel service occupations | 15,568 | 7.222 |
| (170) Housing officers | 23,001 | 7.222 |
| (172) Officers of non-governmental organisations | 21,454 | 7.22 |
| (173) Gardeners and landscape gardeners | 17,595 | 7.22 |
| (174) Estimators, valuers and assessors | 32,185 | 7.22 |
| (175) Social workers | 28,182 | 7.217 |
| (176) Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers and couriers | 23,178 | 7.202 |
| (177) Laboratory technicians | 21,168 | 7.194 |
| (178) Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters | 20,525 | 7.193 |
| (179) Electrical and electronic trades | 30,696 | 7.193 |
| (180) Stock control clerks and assistants | 20,891 | 7.19 |
| (181) Local government administrative occupations | 20,351 | 7.189 |
| (182) Electricians and electrical fitters | 30,055 | 7.185 |
| (183) Protective service associate professionals | 35,510 | 7.183 |
| (184) Graphic designers | 25,330 | 7.178 |
| (185) Chemical and related process operatives | 25,307 | 7.177 |
| (186) Elementary sales occupations | 12,301 | 7.174 |
| (187) National government administrative occupations | 20,330 | 7.174 |
| (188) Web design and development professionals | 29,870 | 7.169 |
| (189) Paper and wood machine operatives | 20,557 | 7.157 |
| (190) Housekeepers and related occupations | 12,947 | 7.157 |
| (191) Science, engineering and production technicians | 26,710 | 7.151 |
| (192) Artists | 28,258 | 7.149 |
| (193) Electrical and electronics technicians | 28,893 | 7.13 |
| (194) Quality assurance technicians | 27,303 | 7.129 |
| (195) Caretakers | 16,114 | 7.126 |
| (196) Library clerks and assistants | 12,190 | 7.125 |
| (197) Customer service occupations | 16,525 | 7.123 |
| (198) Nursing auxiliaries and assistants | 15,618 | 7.121 |
| (199) Chemical scientists | 35,492 | 7.113 |
| (200) Cooks | 11,346 | 7.106 |
| (201) Elementary administration occupations | 11,896 | 7.105 |
| (202) Sales related occupations | 18,782 | 7.103 |
| (203) Butchers | 17,681 | 7.103 |
| (204) Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors | 23,402 | 7.1 |
| (204) Driving instructors | 29,166 | 7.1 |
| (206) Catering and bar managers | 17,934 | 7.096 |
| (207) Metal machining setters and setter-operators | 27,223 | 7.095 |
| (208) Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians | 25,238 | 7.095 |
| (209) Chefs | 17,391 | 7.09 |
| (210) Construction and building trades | 26,682 | 7.08 |
| (211) Metal working machine operatives | 22,044 | 7.08 |
| (212) Communication operators | 26,715 | 7.078 |
| (213) Animal care services occupations | 14,980 | 7.073 |
| (214) Prison service officers (below principal officer) | 26,616 | 7.071 |
| (215) Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants | 16,526 | 7.068 |
| (216) Welding trades | 26,735 | 7.063 |
| (217) Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators | 24,242 | 7.047 |
| (218) Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers | 11,041 | 7.046 |
| (219) Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors | 14,562 | 7.042 |
| (220) Merchandisers and window dressers | 16,239 | 7.041 |
| (221) Large goods vehicle drivers | 25,602 | 7.039 |
| (222) Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers | 16,820 | 7.037 |
| (223) Youth and community workers | 20,240 | 7.017 |
| (224) Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers | 20,182 | 7.012 |
| (225) Bricklayers and masons | 22,476 | 7.006 |
| (226) Market research interviewers | 7,122 | 7 |
| (226) Other skilled trades | 23,431 | 7 |
| (228) Carpenters and joiners | 24,029 | 6.991 |
| (229) Food, drink and tobacco process operatives | 18,133 | 6.986 |
| (230) Kitchen and catering assistants | 8,865 | 6.985 |
| (231) Sales and retail assistants | 10,097 | 6.982 |
| (232) Roundspersons and van salespersons | 21,375 | 6.982 |
| (233) Other drivers and transport operatives | 24,420 | 6.979 |
| (234) Quantity surveyors | 38,855 | 6.971 |
| (235) Retail cashiers and check-out operators | 9,509 | 6.968 |
| (236) Cleaners and domestics | 8,067 | 6.961 |
| (237) Shelf fillers | 11,174 | 6.959 |
| (238) Assemblers and routine operatives | 20,161 | 6.958 |
| (239) Elementary process plant occupations | 19,409 | 6.94 |
| (240) Painters and decorators | 22,700 | 6.936 |
| (241) Printers | 26,833 | 6.921 |
| (242) Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers | 21,403 | 6.907 |
| (243) IT engineers | 27,064 | 6.904 |
| (244) Waiters and waitresses | 7,651 | 6.893 |
| (245) Metal making and treating process operatives | 24,941 | 6.881 |
| (246) Plasterers | 21,155 | 6.88 |
| (247) Bakers and flour confectioners | 16,948 | 6.873 |
| (248) Mobile machine drivers and operatives | 25,472 | 6.86 |
| (249) Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) | 19,590 | 6.846 |
| (250) Refuse and salvage occupations | 19,454 | 6.844 |
| (251) Care workers and home carers | 12,804 | 6.844 |
| (252) Bus and coach drivers | 23,095 | 6.841 |
| (253) Roofers, roof tilers and slaters | 21,921 | 6.837 |
| (254) Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs | 16,416 | 6.834 |
| (255) Van drivers | 18,744 | 6.817 |
| (256) Elementary storage occupations | 18,430 | 6.812 |
| (257) Fork-lift truck drivers | 21,444 | 6.797 |
| (258) Parking and civil enforcement occupations | 18,065 | 6.795 |
| (259) Call and contact centre occupations | 15,339 | 6.78 |
| (260) Window cleaners | 12,561 | 6.747 |
| (261) Construction operatives | 21,057 | 6.746 |
| (262) Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations | 15,679 | 6.742 |
| (263) Security guards and related occupations | 20,841 | 6.733 |
| (264) Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) | 22,854 | 6.723 |
| (265) Plastics process operatives | 21,066 | 6.722 |
| (266) Bar staff | 7,317 | 6.686 |
| (267) Care escorts | 7,343 | 6.614 |
| (268) Sports and leisure assistants | 11,651 | 6.607 |
| (269) Telephone salespersons | 17,362 | 6.605 |
| (270) Floorers and wall tilers | 23,547 | 6.571 |
| (271) Industrial cleaning process occupations | 15,241 | 6.563 |
| (272) Debt, rent and other cash collectors | 17,371 | 6.561 |
| (273) Elementary construction occupations | 20,910 | 6.389 |
| (274) Publicans and managers of licensed premises | 25,222 | 6.38 |
