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Graduate gender pay gap
A gender pay gap still exists, even in graduate jobs. See the table below to discover how much male and female graduates get paid in each subject area.
Below you can see the mid-point of salaries earned in each subject group by male and female graduates from 2019–20, and what the salary difference is between them. We’ve only included subjects where salary data is available for both genders
Colours have been used to highlight salary differences. Green shows subjects where women earned more than men, while blue shows where women were at a financial disadvantage.You can also click on the subject name for a guide to studying each subject area.
Subject | Female Median Salary | Male Median Salary | Difference |
---|---|---|---|
Accounting & Finance | £24,000 | £24,000 | £0 |
Acting | £18,500 | £17,500 | £1,000 |
Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering | £28,500 | £27,500 | £1,000 |
African & Middle Eastern Studies | £27,000 | £25,000 | £2,000 |
Agriculture & Forestry | £21,000 | £25,000 | -£4,000 |
American Studies | £21,000 | £23,000 | -£2,000 |
Animation | £20,000 | £20,000 | £0 |
Anthropology | £23,000 | £24,000 | -£1,000 |
Archaeology | £21,000 | £21,000 | £0 |
Architecture | £22,000 | £22,000 | £0 |
Art & Design | £20,100 | £22,000 | -£1,900 |
Artificial Intelligence | £31,000 | £32,000 | -£1,000 |
Asian Studies | £23,000 | £25,000 | -£2,000 |
Astrophysics | £25,000 | £27,000 | -£2,000 |
Biological Sciences | £24,000 | £24,000 | £0 |
Biomedical Sciences | £24,000 | £25,000 | -£1,000 |
Building | £28,000 | £27,000 | £1,000 |
Business & Management Studies | £24,000 | £25,000 | -£1,000 |
Chemical Engineering | £30,000 | £29,000 | £1,000 |
Chemistry | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Childhood & Youth Studies | £20,000 | £20,000 | £0 |
Chinese | £25,000 | £28,000 | -£3,000 |
Civil Engineering | £28,000 | £28,000 | £0 |
Classics | £24,000 | £24,000 | £0 |
Communication & Media Studies | £21,000 | £21,000 | £0 |
Complementary Medicine | £26,000 | £30,000 | -£4,000 |
Computer Science | £27,500 | £27,500 | £0 |
Counselling, Psychotherapy & Occupational Therapy | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Creative Writing | £20,000 | £20,000 | £0 |
Criminology | £21,000 | £22,000 | -£1,000 |
Dentistry | £39,000 | £40,000 | -£1,000 |
Diagnostic Radiography | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Dietetics | £25,000 | £27,000 | -£2,000 |
Drama, Dance & Cinematics | £20,000 | £20,000 | £0 |
Ecology | £21,000 | £24,000 | -£3,000 |
Economics | £29,500 | £29,000 | £500 |
Education | £25,000 | £25,700 | -£700 |
Electrical & Electronic Engineering | £30,000 | £29,000 | £1,000 |
English | £22,000 | £21,000 | £1,000 |
Fashion | £20,000 | £21,000 | -£1,000 |
Film Making | £21,000 | £21,000 | £0 |
Food Science | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Forensic Science | £21,000 | £21,000 | £0 |
French | £24,000 | £25,200 | -£1,200 |
General Engineering | £28,000 | £30,000 | -£2,000 |
Geography & Environmental Science | £24,100 | £24,500 | -£400 |
Geology | £23,000 | £24,000 | -£1,000 |
German | £25,700 | £26,000 | -£300 |
Health Studies | £20,400 | £21,700 | -£1,300 |
History | £23,500 | £23,000 | £500 |
History of Art, Architecture & Design | £23,000 | £26,000 | -£3,000 |
Hospitality & Catering | £21,800 | £22,000 | -£200 |
Human Resources Management | £23,000 | £22,500 | £500 |
Iberian Languages | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Information Technology & Systems | £25,500 | £25,000 | £500 |
Italian | £23,000 | £25,000 | -£2,000 |
Journalism | £21,000 | £21,100 | -£100 |
Land & Property Management | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Law | £21,200 | £22,800 | -£1,600 |
Linguistics | £22,300 | £25,000 | -£2,700 |
Manufacturing & Production Engineering | £27,800 | £28,000 | -£200 |
Marine Biology | £20,000 | £20,000 | £0 |
Marketing | £23,000 | £23,000 | £0 |
Materials Technology | £27,500 | £28,500 | -£1,000 |
Mathematics | £27,500 | £28,000 | -£500 |
Mechanical Engineering | £28,500 | £27,500 | £1,000 |
Medical Technology & Bioengineering | £25,000 | £25,600 | -£600 |
Medicine | £33,000 | £35,000 | -£2,000 |
Music | £20,600 | £20,700 | -£100 |
Neuroscience | £25,000 | £27,000 | -£2,000 |
Nursing | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Nutrition | £24,000 | £24,000 | £0 |
Optometry, Ophthalmics & Orthoptics | £18,000 | £18,000 | £0 |
Paramedic Science | £25,000 | £26,500 | -£1,500 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy | £32,000 | £32,000 | £0 |
Philosophy | £23,500 | £25,000 | -£1,500 |
Photography | £20,000 | £19,000 | £1,000 |
Physics & Astronomy | £28,500 | £27,500 | £1,000 |
Physiotherapy | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Podiatry | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Politics | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Prosthetics | £24,900 | £26,000 | -£1,100 |
Psychology | £21,500 | £22,000 | -£500 |
Robotics | £26,500 | £30,000 | -£3,500 |
Russian & East European Languages | £26,000 | £25,000 | £1,000 |
Social Policy | £22,500 | £23,000 | -£500 |
Social Work | £29,800 | £30,000 | -£200 |
Sociology | £22,000 | £22,000 | £0 |
Spanish | £25,000 | £25,000 | £0 |
Sports Science | £22,000 | £21,500 | £500 |
Statistics | £28,000 | £30,000 | -£2,000 |
Theology & Religious Studies | £24,000 | £24,000 | £0 |
Therapeutic Radiography | £25,000 | £25,600 | -£600 |
Tourism, Transport, Travel & Heritage Studies | £21,000 | £22,100 | -£1,100 |
Town & Country Planning and Landscape Design | £24,500 | £25,000 | -£500 |
Veterinary Medicine | £31,000 | £31,000 | £0 |
Youth Work | £20,500 | £25,000 | -£4,500 |
Zoology | £20,000 | £20,500 | -£500 |
Average | £24,900 | £25,500 | -£600 |
Source: HESA 2019–20, published July 2022
These data are based on the latest Graduate Outcomes survey, and use the median salaries of full-time, first degree leavers entering full-time and professional employment in the UK.
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