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What are the highest paid jobs in the uk outside the entertainment business
Hello,

Are you a student at the moment?

If you are working towards a degree, we have some good information over on Milkround on which jobs offer the highest starting salaries for graduates - including this article: http://advice.milkround.com/graduate-starting-salaries-much-expect-earn-milkround.

Currently, Investment Banking & Law are the highest paying sectors, closely followed by Banking & Finance, and Oil & Energy. The lowest paying sector is the Public Sector (Government roles etc).

The good news is that, overall, the average starting salary for a graduate is now £26,000 2% higher than last year. Hope that helps!

Chantelle & The Milkround team
Original post by Milkround Graduate Careers Team
Hello,

Are you a student at the moment?

If you are working towards a degree, we have some good information over on Milkround on which jobs offer the highest starting salaries for graduates - including this article: http://advice.milkround.com/graduate-starting-salaries-much-expect-earn-milkround.

Currently, Investment Banking & Law are the highest paying sectors, closely followed by Banking & Finance, and Oil & Energy. The lowest paying sector is the Public Sector (Government roles etc).

The good news is that, overall, the average starting salary for a graduate is now £26,000 2% higher than last year. Hope that helps!

Chantelle & The Milkround team

Investment banking and law are famously competitive too youve gotta remember, if you didnt go oxbridge or UCL/LSE/Imperial your chances for getting that wage are a lot lower.

Best paying job on average?
Id guess CEO would be at the top then
Reply 3
F1 driver: £10m+ /yr.
Footballer.
Senior exec / CEO of a multi national.
Then others.
Monarch.

Vice-Chancellor.
Reply 5
Original post by Marcus679
What are the highest paid jobs in the uk outside the entertainment business


http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2868911/Best-paid-UK-jobs-2014-Compare-pay-national-average.html
Reply 6
People who only study certain subjects (Medicine, Dentistry etc) because of the salary and NOT because of whether or not they would enjoy the career really need a kick in the face.
Original post by Marcus679
What are the highest paid jobs in the uk outside the entertainment business



IBD/S&T/Research - £50k base + £10-30k bonus + £3-5k signing as a grad - so ~£63-85k all together. MDs (like 10-12 years down the line) regularly pull in £800k-£3mil all in)

Top tier strat consulting - £35-45k base + £5-10k bonus as a grad (Partners 10-11 years down the line can pull in £700k-£1.5mil.

Software Engineering/Product Management at a top tech firm/startup - £50-60k base + £20-130k stock + £10-20k bonus as a grad (top engineers/execs can pull in high 6 figures to 7 figures). More standard companies pay in the £25-35k range for grads.

Oil and Gas - £33-38k base salary as a grad

Corporate Law at a Magic Circle/US firm - £39-48k base salary as a grad (newly qualifieds at US firms can earn like £95-100k after the two year training contract, average partner income at some of these places is >£1mil a year)

Private Equity - all-in comp for someone hired out of IBD is like ~£150-220k (i.e. a grad with 2-3 years experience). Partners can make several million pounds due to the carried interest on their investments.

Hedge Fund Analyst/Portfolio Manager - sky is the limit here.

CEOs etc are a given



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Original post by BlueReptiles
Investment banking and law are famously competitive too youve gotta remember, if you didnt go oxbridge or UCL/LSE/Imperial your chances for getting that wage are a lot lower.

Best paying job on average?
Id guess CEO would be at the top then


True, but there are some decent unis that place well outside of that group - not to mention you forgot Warwick which is a main feeder - including: Bristol, Durham, Nottingham, Bath, KCL.

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