Year: 2001
Module: Social Inequality
Variable: V24 - V33
Question:
Next what do you think people in these jobs ought to be paid - how much
do you think they should earn each year before taxes, regardless of what
they actually get?
Please
write in how much you think they should earn each year before taxes.
The
following table shows the average (mean) annual earnings.
Overall
Results |
Mean
(IR£) |
A skilled worker
in a factory
|
21,751.36 |
A doctor in general
practice
|
57,196.64 |
The
chairman of a large national corporation
|
90,588.80 |
A
solicitor
|
70,347.21 |
A
shop assistant
|
16,289.78 |
The
owner-manager of a large factory
|
75,322.09 |
An
Appeal Court judge
|
88,102.72 |
An
unskilled worker in a factory
|
16,133.73 |
A
cabinet minister in the UK government
|
55,143.56 |
Someone
in your occupation
|
23,908.19 |
|