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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Average (mean and median) full-time equivalent teacher salary by local authority and post
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[Collapse]Wales54,60833,81143,34184,735115,177123,708150,463133,81791,431
WalesIsle of Anglesey51,96534,38342,00384,352*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.117,751134,324125,45091,106
Gwynedd54,08732,73242,02883,758.The data item is not applicable112,758130,948120,48190,536
Conwy57,94833,46942,31284,95265,483115,528136,762123,66090,977
Denbighshire58,43734,01343,83384,595*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.125,839149,723134,47591,700
Flintshire56,88033,85643,88084,756.The data item is not applicable122,750150,056133,91691,716
Wrexham56,59032,54041,83583,129.The data item is not applicable119,079147,990129,50489,616
Powys51,70435,12443,86585,407*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.118,538136,966125,43492,144
Ceredigion58,80935,07143,94386,324.The data item is not applicable119,192137,664125,39593,413
Pembrokeshire47,70833,18341,73183,03657,047120,539141,934129,42589,298
Carmarthenshire57,09435,20444,56287,227.The data item is not applicable124,561152,084133,93893,256
Swansea54,73234,04443,95586,390*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.127,538147,124138,49892,715
Neath Port Talbot53,91235,14943,98785,593.The data item is not applicable129,618152,840138,41492,442
Bridgend54,33933,23142,07784,442.The data item is not applicable124,923157,067136,74590,525
Vale of Glamorgan48,68932,68042,02983,337*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.128,026162,340138,51090,290
Rhondda Cynon Taf56,51333,34643,88884,675.The data item is not applicable124,360157,838136,30293,260
Merthyr Tydfil53,82733,44743,41385,119.The data item is not applicable121,408154,164133,82692,369
Caerphilly56,66932,80442,01183,228.The data item is not applicable121,809154,411131,92190,088
Blaenau Gwent54,44733,77344,07984,338*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.126,523165,155139,35592,409
Torfaen52,42834,16143,97484,648*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.130,014161,543140,80690,654
Monmouthshire52,85434,43744,35585,696*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.125,045153,814136,06891,916
Newport54,67834,38144,09085,082*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.130,636168,845142,22891,857
Cardiff53,18133,81543,90584,402114,376129,234165,346141,40490,555

Metadata

Title

Average (mean and median) full-time equivalent teacher salary by local authority

Last update

July 2024 July 2024

Next update

July 2025 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

School Workforce Annual Census

Contact email

EducationWorkforceData@gov.wales

Designation

Experimental statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

The data covers different aspects of the school workforce in Wales, using the data collected from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC).

Data collection and calculation

School teachers pay data are derived from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC) returns in November each year. The returns are completed by local authorities and those schools which have opted-out of payroll and / or HR service level agreements with their local authority.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 2019/20 onwards.

Users, uses and context

Information relating to pay (including average salary and distribution across pay ranges) are based on information submitted in the SWAC Pay, HR and Absences return. Records from this return were linked to the SWAC School return using the minimum data set to provide a breakdown by school sector (i.e. primary, secondary etc). Where no corresponding record was identified in the SWAC School return their sector has been recorded as ‘Other’.

The teachers’ pay award for academic year 2022/23 was not finalised and implemented until after the SWAC census date in November 2022 and average pay figures published for 2022/23 in July 2023 did not fully reflect the pay uplift for 2022/23. As a result, the increase in average teachers’ pay between 2022/23 and 2023/24 as shown in the data will be greater than the 2023 pay award uplift as it includes an element of the 2022 teachers’ pay award where local authorities were unable to implement it before the SWAC census date in November 2022

Rounding applied

* = teacher headcount is greater than zero and less than five.

Statistical quality

The information collected from 2019 to 2023 have not undergone a formal final validation period. However, various stages of automated validation and sense-checking are built into the process to ensure a high quality of data to inform policy making. A final validation period is being considered to be introduced for future collections for schools and LAs to review the information they return, and re-submit their data where errors are identified prior to publication.


Keywords

SWAC; Teachers; Workforce; Pay; Salary