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  Social Inequality, British Social Attitudes, ISSP - 1999


Year: 1999

Module: Social Inequality
Variable: SHDPAY


Question:
What do you think people in these jobs ought to be paid - how much you think they should earn each year before taxes, regardless of what they actually get?

The following table shows the average (mean) amount estimated for each occupation.

 

Occupation Mean amount per year (£)
Skilled worker in a factory 18342
A doctor in general practice 56922
Chairman of a large national corportion 103398
A solicitor 43662
A shop assistant 14105
The owner-manager of a large factory 84257
An Appeal Court judge 69523
An unskilled worker in a factory? 14479
A cabinet minister in the UK government 56703
Someone in your occupation (if you are not working now, please think about your last occupation) 21784



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