Salary rank
What salary puts you in the top 10% in Scotland?
The middle full-time earner working in Scotland makes £39,719 a year before tax. Below is what each published band takes, and what ONS do not publish for Scotland.
What ONS publish in Scotland
| Band | Salary | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Upper half | £39,719 | Published for Scotland |
| Top 25% | £52,500 | Published for Scotland |
| Top 10% | £71,307 | Published for Scotland |
| Top 5% | £90,300 | Published for Scotland |
| Top 1% | Not published | ONS publish the figure but no coefficient of variation for it (the CV cell is ".", and ONS's key reads ". = unavailable"), so its precision is not established. |
What each band takes
Upper half
£39,719 and over
Scotland figure, published by ONS.
Top 25%
£52,500 and over
Scotland figure, published by ONS.
Top 10%
£71,307 and over
Scotland figure, published by ONS.
Top 5%
£90,300 and over
Scotland figure, published by ONS.
Top 1%
£186,840 and over
Not published for Scotland
the United Kingdom figure, not Scotland's
Wider figures: the United Kingdom.
Full-time employee jobs on adult rates who have been in the same job for more than a year. Gross annual pay for the tax year that ended 5 April 2025. ASHE covers employee jobs only: not the self-employed, and not employees who were not paid in the reference period. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.