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Scotland Salary — Gera Pay Index
The median full-time salary in Scotland is £35,386 — a Gera Pay Index of 100.5 (UK = 100), above the UK, computed from real ONS ASHE medians (April 2025).
What is the average salary in Scotland, and how does it compare to the UK?
As of April 2025 (ONS ASHE 2025), the median full-time salary in Scotland is £35,386 across the 247 occupations ONS publishes there — a Gera Pay Index of 100.5 (UK = 100), above the UK. The figures are real ONS medians under OGL v3.0; GeraJobs re-dates this annually.
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Scotland ranks #3 of 11 UK regions. Regional median £35,386 vs paired UK median £35,221 (UK = 100).
How this is calculatedScotland vs the UK
| Measure | Scotland | UK (paired) |
|---|---|---|
| Median of occupation medians | £35,386 | £35,221 |
| Gera Pay Index (UK = 100) | 100.5 | 100.0 |
| Occupations ONS publishes here | 247 | — |
The highest-paying occupation ONS publishes a regional median for in Scotland is Specialist medical practitioners (SOC 2212) at £121,827 median gross annual pay.
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Scotland salary — FAQ
- What is the Gera Pay Index for Scotland?
- The Gera Pay Index for Scotland is 100.5 (UK = 100), meaning pay is above the UK average for the 247 occupations ONS publishes there. It is computed as the region's median of medians (£35,386) divided by the matching UK median of medians (£35,221), times 100.
- What is the highest-paying job in Scotland?
- Of the occupations ONS publishes a regional median for in Scotland, the highest is Specialist medical practitioners (SOC 2212) at £121,827 median gross annual pay. This is a real ONS ASHE figure, not an estimate.
- Is the Scotland pay figure real ONS data?
- Yes. The Scotland median is aggregated from real published ONS ASHE regional medians (full-time, April 2025 reference period, OGL v3.0). Occupations ONS suppressed for Scotland are excluded, never modelled.
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Source: Office for National Statistics — Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Table 14.7a (occupation 4-digit SOC) + Table 15 (4).7a (region by occupation), Full-Time sheet. Figures are Median gross annual pay (GBP), full-time employees, April 2025 reference period. Released 2025-10-23, corrected 2025-12-19. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3). The Gera Pay Index for Scotland is computed by GeraJobs from these figures; no figure is modelled or interpolated.