The findings of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Ashe) were released last week. The gross median* full-time salary in the UK for the year ending April 2010 was £25,879, but there is obviously considerable variation across careers.

Heads of major organisations and doctors come out on top while waiters and bar staff come bottom. Oh, and train drivers earn more than teachers…

A nice summary of the findings can be found in the Guardian, while a fuller version is here.

Limitations of the data include

1. The self-employed are not included.

2. Although the survey covers hundreds of careers, non-standard careers are not included (thus we miss out on the celebrity earnings – although you can find out who the biggest earners are from the Times rich list)

3. It doesn’t include bonuses – which explains why city worker’s salaries are so low…

(*The median is the point at which there are as many people earning less than the quoted figures as there are earning more.)