Data set from School workforce in England

Teacher pay

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Published 8 June 2023

Last updated 8 June 2023

Full and part-time teachers in state funded schools by grade of teacher, salary bands, average salary, sector, gender and age.

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Number of rows: 443,131
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Headcount of teachers
  • Headcount of teachers earning under £25K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £100-110K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £110K and over
  • Headcount of teachers earning £25-30K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £30-35K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £35-40K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £40-45K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £45-50K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £50-55K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £55-60K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £60-65K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £65-70K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £70-80K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £80-90K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £90-100K
  • Headcount of teachers with unknown pay
  • Mean pay
  • Median pay
  • Percentage of teachers on leadership pay range
• Filters:
  • Age of teachers
  • Gender of teacher
  • Grade of teacher
  • Type of school
• Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	grade	gender	age_category	headcount_all	average_mean	average_median	teachers_on_leadership_pay_range_percent	headcount_under_25k	headcount_25_to_30k	headcount_30_to_35k	headcount_35_to_40k	headcount_40_to_45k	headcount_45_to_50k	headcount_50_to_55k	headcount_55_to_60k	headcount_60_to_65k	headcount_65_to_70k	headcount_70_to_80k	headcount_80_to_90k	headcount_90_to_100k	headcount_100_to_110k	headcount_110k_and_over	headcount_unknown_pay
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Total state-funded schools	Total	Total	Total	524876	43284.5	41604	14.3755	4573	60603	51620	90193	138506	61226	38043	23085	14007	9531	11003	3830	2243	1200	1367	13846
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						State-funded nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	256543	42004.8	40124	16.9898	1695	30920	26283	58776	67975	21365	13560	9033	5670	4447	5611	1676	750	308	349	8125
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	152664	42447.8	40625	17.018	733	16193	14639	35316	41891	13120	8503	5724	3567	2861	3434	1024	446	158	177	4878
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained nursery	Total	Total	Total	1305	49036.1	45434	42.3293	5	87	73	178	254	160	128	109	87	60	39	23	7	5	15	75
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained primary	Total	Total	Total	151359	42392.5	40625	16.8047	728	16106	14566	35138	41637	12960	8375	5615	3480	2801	3395	1001	439	153	162	4803

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 24 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age_category	Age of teachers
average_mean	Mean pay
average_median	Median pay
gender	Gender of teacher
grade	Grade of teacher
headcount_100_to_110k	Headcount of teachers earning £100-110K
headcount_110k_and_over	Headcount of teachers earning £110K and over
headcount_25_to_30k	Headcount of teachers earning £25-30K
headcount_30_to_35k	Headcount of teachers earning £30-35K
headcount_35_to_40k	Headcount of teachers earning £35-40K
headcount_40_to_45k	Headcount of teachers earning £40-45K
headcount_45_to_50k	Headcount of teachers earning £45-50K
headcount_50_to_55k	Headcount of teachers earning £50-55K
headcount_55_to_60k	Headcount of teachers earning £55-60K
headcount_60_to_65k	Headcount of teachers earning £60-65K
headcount_65_to_70k	Headcount of teachers earning £65-70K
headcount_70_to_80k	Headcount of teachers earning £70-80K
headcount_80_to_90k	Headcount of teachers earning £80-90K
headcount_90_to_100k	Headcount of teachers earning £90-100K
headcount_all	Headcount of teachers
headcount_under_25k	Headcount of teachers earning under £25K
headcount_unknown_pay	Headcount of teachers with unknown pay
school_type	Type of school
teachers_on_leadership_pay_range_percent	Percentage of teachers on leadership pay range

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Footnotes

1. Year-on-year comparisons of pay will not directly reflect annual pay awards, do not compare like-for-like staff, and pay is not adjusted for inflation. For more information please see the methodology.

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Email: schoolworkforce.statistics@education.gov.uk
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