What Britain earns
Ever wondered who makes what? From architects to demolition men, from the boardroom to the canteen, Natasha Courtenay-Smith sneaks a look at the nation's payslips - so you can see how you rate
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Your support makes all the difference.ARTS & MUSIC
Keira Knightley
actress, £4.5m
Charlie II
street acrobat, £10 per day
Dorothy Hooper
Film extra, £105 per day
Elizabeth Layton
lead violin, Scottish Symphony Orchestra, £60,000-£70,000
Nakay Sato
street performer, Covent Garden, £25,000
Alan Giles
chief executive HMV group, £976,000 including bonuses
Gary Reynolds
floor manager, Borders books, £21,000
Lucien Freud
artist, about £12m a year from sales
Scott McCready
record label manager, Nonstop records, £28,000
Lawrence Bagnall
promoter, Ministry of Sound, £65,000
DJ Lucky
DJ, west London, £70 per night
James Kent
music marketing, ALP Entertainment, £20,000
Andrew Harding
street magician, Covent Garden, £30 per day
Robbie Williams
singer, £2m
Eric Clapton
musician, £2.4m
Catherine Zeta-Jones
actress, £5m per film, plus £1m a year deal with Elizabeth Arden cosmetics
Sir Elton John
musician, £33m
Simon Cowell
X-Factor judge and music executive, £18m
Orlando Bloom
actor, £3m per film
Wojtek Kubisz
theatre ticket salesman, Soho, £45 per day
Marie Harrison
chorus girl in Fame in London's West End, £27,000
Sir Cameron Macintosh
impresario, £1.285m plus dividends of £5.5m
Lord Lloyd-Webber
composer, £689,000
Bill Kenwright
impresario, £700,000
Gloria Benedikt
Ballerina, English National Ballet, School/freelance, £14,560
MEDIA, ADVERTISING & PR
AA Gill
journalist, Sunday Times, estimated £350,000
Lucy Pearson
receptionist, Quarry Productions, £16,000
Mark Thompson
BBC director-general, £459,000 including benefits
Peter Bazalgette
UK head of Endemol, basic salary £217,000 plus bonuses of more than £1.3m
Michael Grade
BBC chairman, £96,000 including benefits
Rupert Murdoch
chairman and chief executive, News Corporation, £13.5m including benefits
Charles Allen
chief executive ITV, £1.88m including benefits and bonus
Tom Moloney
chief executive, Emap, £635,000 including benefits
Stephen Carter
chief executive, Ofcom, £308,269 including benefits
Andy Duncan
chief executive, Channel 4, £247,000 including benefits
Ashley Highfield
director of new media, BBC, £320,000 including benefits
Chris Wright
chairman, Chrysalis Group, £307,000
Jenny Abramsky
director of BBC radio and music, £304,000 including benefits and bonus
Sir Bob Phillis
chairman, Guardian Media Group, £643,000 including benefits and bonus
Alan Rusbridger
editor, The Guardian, total pay £373,000 including £150,000 bonus
Carolyn McCall
chief executive, The Guardian and The Observer, £456,000
Richard Littlejohn
columnist, Daily Mail, estimated £1m including benefits
Adrienne Routledge
director, Sapphire Public Relations, £60,000
Jeff (surname withheld)
paparazzo photographer, up to £30,000 per set of pictures, depending on celebrity
Jamie Fox
senior partner, Fox Vincent Associates PR, £135,000 plus benefits
Sir Martin Sorrell
founder and chief executive, WPP advertising agency, £52m
James Jones
advertising executive, AMVBBDO, £55,000
Matt Lee
advertising executive, Joshua's, £50,000
Massimo Benvegnu
film editor, Whalebone Films, £13,000
James Humphreys
film company production manager, £31,000
Wayne Godfrey
acquisitions and development, Goldcrest Films, £23,000
Rhys Morris
scenic artist, RDF Media, £18,000
James Edwards
radio advertising sales executive, £35,000
Paul McLoone
film producer, Manifesto Films, £28,000
Matthew Scene
freelance tabloid photographer, £62,000
Mary Caring
runner at post-production company, Soho, £10,000
Debbie Salzman
senior feature writer, Emap magazine publishers, £20,000
Toni Weaver
fashion and beauty assistant, National Magazine Company, £14,200
Charlotte Jones
fashion assistant, FHM magazine, £16,000
Jodie Hurn
intern, 'Tank' Magazine, £0
Neil Lambeth,
special effects designer, £30,000
SPORT
Thierry Henry
striker, Arsenal, £6.2m
Rob Clements
PE teacher, Aldershot, £22,000
Michael Vaughan
England cricket captain, £400,000
David Beckham
midfielder, Real Madrid, £4.3m plus £15m sponsorship
Jose Mourinho
manager, Chelsea, £5.2m
Richard Scudamore
chief executive, Premier League, £866,000
Gordon Taylor
chief executive, Professional Footballers' Association, £746,406
Peter Kenyon
chief executive, Chelsea FC, £1.5m
Frank Lampard
midfielder, Chelsea, £4.68m plus sponsorship deals
Jenson Button
BAR Honda F1 driver, £12.5m
Sven Goran Eriksson
manager, England, £4.2m
Steven Gerrard
midfielder, Liverpool, £4m
Alan Pardew
manager, West Ham United, £750,000
Andrew Sheridan
rugby union prop, Sale Sharks, £166,000
Jonny Wilkinson
RU fly-half, Newcastle, £250,000 plus about £6m in endorsements
Rob Andrew
RU coach, Newcastle, £250,000
Andrew Flintoff
England cricketer, £261,000 plus endorsements of £650,000 and bonus of £80,000
Darren Clarke
golfer, £2.9m (including winnings of more than £1m)
Tim Cahill
midfielder, Everton, £1,404,000
Paul Konchesky
defender, West Ham, £780,000
Roger Millward
rugby league coach, Wigan, £228,500
Andrew Farrell
RU inside centre, Saracens, £240,000
Elena Baltacha
Tennis player, £41,973 (world No 154, winnings in 2005)
Andrew Murray
tennis player, £103,340, (world No 85, winnings in 2005)
Richard Bloomfield
tennis player, £7,749 (world No 285, winnings in 2005)
Tim Henman
tennis player £227,616(world No 35, winnings in 2005), plus endorsements of £1.2m
Mikele Leigertwood
defender, Crystal Palace, £156,000
Neale Barry
football referee, £50,000 plus £230 per Premiership match or £210 per Championship match
POLITICS & ROYALTY
Ken Livingstone
Mayor of London, £115,793
Harry Barlow
publicity adviser to Ken Livingstone, £80,000
Bridget Rosewell
consultant chief economist to Ken Livingstone, £225,000
Tony Blair
Prime Minister, £183,932
The Queen
£7.9m
Prince Charles
Prince of Wales, £13.27m a year from the Duchy of Cornwall
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh, £359,000
Mark Blazer
royal footman, £11,181 plus benefits, including accomodation
Prince Andrew
Duke of York, £249,000
Prince Edward
Earl of Wessex, £141,000
Princess Anne
Princess Royal, £228,000
Barry Gardiner
MP, Brent North, £59,095
Jack Straw
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, £113,997
Patricia Hewitt
Secretary of State for Health, £113,997
Tessa Jowell
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, £113,997
FOOD & CATERING
Marie Anna Tenicia Chrone
team member trainer, Pret A Manger, £6.40 per hour
Rafael Stecca
waiter, Angus Steak House, £250 per week including tips
Adam Zyteki
beverage maker, Patisserie Valerie, London, £240 per week
Terry Kesler
fishmonger, AMC Foods, £12,000
Kate Smith
fruit vendor, Portobello Road, London, £50 a day
Sir Terry Leahy
chief executive, Tesco, £2.9m including benefits and profit share
Philip Clarke
international operations and IT director, Tesco, £1.657m including bonus and benefits
Tim Mason
marketing director, Tesco, £1.681m including bonus and benefits
Azad Miah
shelf-stacker, Tesco, London, £6.89 per hour
Ben Woodbrock
tradesman, Coors Brewing Company, £21,000
Jamie Oliver
celebrity chef, £2.75m including an estimated £1m a year from Sainsbury's
Allen Sly
bartender, The Slug & Lettuce, £5.20 per hour
Nigel Lowman
chef de partie, Cambridge, £18,000
Philip Bew
head chef, Berkshire, £35,000
Matt Marks
night baker, London, £21,000
FASHION
Semra Haksever
freelance fashion stylist,
£600 per day
James Thomas
freelance body-piercer, £30,000
Stephanie Wood
fashion assistant, www.ASOS.com, £16,000 (plus the odd free sample)
Julia Rhodes
sales assistant, Miss Selfridge, £5.60 per hour
Matthew McKenzie
security guard, Next, £7.30 per hour
Samantha Bond
sales assistant, Warehouse, £5.20 per hour
Fiona Everett
assistant fashion buyer for a high-street chain, £26,000
Cliffort Purt
freelance management consultant to Topshop, £100,000
Roberto Bianci
sales manager, Harrods, £28,000
Francesca Kent
bra-fitter, Rigby & Peller, £18,000
Liberty Ross
model and face of Ungaro, £2m
Jasmine Johnson
commercial model, £55,000
Eva Hargreaves
creative pattern-cutter, £28,000
Stuart Rose
chief executive, Marks & Spencer, £850,000 plus £800,000 in bonuses
Stiz
tattoo artist, Soho, London, £17,300
FITNESS & BEAUTY
Victoria Jestyn
ballet teacher, Pineapple Studio, Covent Garden, London, £12,000
Erin Johnson
hairstylist, Mr Toppers, Camden, London, £20,800
Anita Wethall
yoga teacher, Pineapple Studio, Covent Garden, £40 per hour
Emma Roberts
junior stylist, VK Hair and Beauty, Southampton, £10,500
Sarah Mackay
freelance hair and make-up artist, £36,000
Tanya Dark
beauty consultant, Clinique, London, £17,000
Xin Chong
junior stylist, Eclipse hairdressing, London, £8,000 plus
Peter Saunders
chief executive, the Body Shop, £828,000
Charlotte Brown
skin-care consultant, Lush,
London, £5.70 per hour
Chrissie Luck
yoga teacher, London, £40 per hour
Nick Harrison
lifeguard, David Lloyd Leisure, Nottingham, £11,000
Anita Claridge
aerobics instructor, David Lloyd Leisure, Hampshire, £13,645
Stephen Carr
personal trainer, Holmes Place gym, London, £27,000
SERVICES
Willy Ngaru
postman, Royal Mail, £16,200
Craig Davies
elephant keeper, £16,359
Hari Henderson
gas engineer, Transco, £25,400
Chris Peterson
black-cab driver, London, £28,000
Wayne Lock
black-cab driver, London, £45,000
Dave Reynolds
office manager, London Underground, £32,000
James Rage
manager, Coral betting shop, £26,000
Cyrill Joseph
piano teacher, £25 per hour
Diksha Handa
flyer distributor, £6 per hour
Steve Bates
BT broadband engineer, £41,000
Norbert Brown
street cleaner, £6.80 per hour
Jesminara Harman
trainee tax inspector, £19,000
Sally Lucas
theme park attendant, £11,000
Richard Yappaw
Big Issue salesman, approximately £10,000
Antonio Santos
street cleaner/driver, City of Westminster, £14,400
Leigh Clifford
antiques dealer, Portobello Road, £43,000
Tracy Adam
cleaner, Derby, £7,500
Jo Emms
cloakroom attendant, London, £5 per hour
Jake Ingo
doorman, Chinawhite,
£10 per hour
Caroline McNair
nightclub manager, Maidstone, £17,000
BUSINESS
Mervyn Davies
chief executive, Standard Chartered Bank, £2m
Lord Browne
chief executive, BP, basic salary £1.3m plus estimated bonuses of more than £3m
Judi Johansen
executive director, Scottish Power, basic salary £406,300 plus estimated bonuses of more than £1m
Dame Marjorie Scardino
chief executive, Pearson, basic salary £645,000 plus estimated bonuses of £1m
Ornella Barra
director, Alliance Unichem, basic salary £290,000 plus estimated bonuses of £1.2m
Adam Crozier
chief executive, Royal Mail, basic salary £515,000 plus estimated bonuses of £2.2m
Arun Sarin
chief executive, Vodafone Group, basic salary £1.17m plus estimated bonuses of £1m
Kevin Doyle
souvenir stall owner, Oxford Street, £32,000
Deepak Devari
independent newsagent, central London, £35,000
Mark Mills
PA, £20,000
Julia Cooper
telesales clerk, Midlands, £12,281
Anita Appleby
payroll manager, City firm, £38,280
FINANCE
Elena Ambrosiadou
hedge fund manager, IKOS UK, £15.9m including dividends
Susie Anderson
bank clerk, Natwest, £12,500
Stephen Butt
hedge fund manager, Silchester International Investors, basic salary £10.63m plus £5.1m in dividends
Crispin Odey
founder, Odey Asset Management, basic salary £8.8m
Bob Diamond
chief executive, Barclays Capital, £250,000 plus estimated bonuses of up to £15m
Sir George Mathewson
chairman, Royal Bank of Scotland, £581,000
Sir Fred Goodwin
chief executive, Royal Bank of Scotland, £637,000 plus estimated bonuses of £1.8m
Henrietta Cadlow
assistant director, cash management sales, Barclays, £25,000
LAW
Ken McDonald
Director of Public Prosecutions, basic salary £175,000
Hannah Strawbridge
trainee solicitor, Burroughs Day Solicitors, Bristol, £16,500
Lord Bingham
Senior Law Lord, £188,000
James Sturman, QC
£1.18m
Cherie Booth, QC
estimated £250,000
Anoushka Myers
associate solicitor, Taylor Wessing, £54,000
David Spens QC
chair of Criminal Bar Association, £639,000
Abigail Walters
legal secretary, Russell Cooke solicitors, £28,000
Kalyani Kaul
barrister, London, £766,000
COMPUTING
John O'Connell
IT recruitment consultant, central London, £29,000
Carlos De La Santos
IT helpdesk, Schroders, £24,000
Henry Neil
graphic designer for a web design agency, £18,000
Henry McCloud,
Java consultant, Gap Gemini, £55,000
Jetinda Patel,
technical architect, Accenture, £86,500
Lee Wilkes
IT support manager, Michael Page, £29,500
Mohammed Seti
C++ contract programmer, Nottingham, £34,000
Scott Boxshall
VB.NET developer, KPMG, £34,000
UNIFORMED SERVICES
Andy Gilchrist
leader, Fire Brigades Union, £50,896 plus bonuses and benefits
Sir Ian Blair,
commissioner, Metropolitan Police, £215,000
Phil Wheatley
director general, Prison Service, £130,000
Sir Michael Walker
Chief of Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence, £189,000
Parm Sadhu
chief inspector, Metropolitan Police, £44,970
Luca Heleno
traffic warden, Kensington and Chelsea, £12,500 plus bonuses
Philip Wilkinson
police sergeant, Sussex, £28,000
Alan Pearson
officer cadet, RAF, £14,500
Bill Grierson
squadron leader, RAF, £45,296
John Anderson
detective inspector, British Transport Police, £39,000
Miklos Mason
trainee bailiff, London, £12,000
Jackie Long
dog handler, HM Customs, Southampton, £22,000
Prince Harry
officer cadet, British Army, Sandhurst, £18,500
Sam Ivens
lance corporal, British Army, £22,849
Roger Pepper
petty officer, Royal Navy, Plymouth, £25,973
TRAVEL
Mohammed Kauri
baggage handler, Heathrow airport, £14,000
Mal Sargeant
reservations clerk, www.skiline.co.uk, £33,000 plus two free ski holidays
Lucie Lane
cabin crew, British Airways, £17,000
Captain Rick Bailey
British Airways pilot, £72,000
TRANSPORT
Nick Spratt
HGV driver, £33,000
Ivan Bates
DHL delivery man, £29,500
John Armitt
chief executive, Network Rail, £480,000
Andy Clark
station assistant, London Underground, £18,000
Kevin Skinner
group station manager, London Underground, £40,000
Dwayne Delango
bus driver, London, £14,800
Stephanie King
manager, DVLA Swansea, £27,000
Dmitry Korenvsky
bicycle courier, Extreme Information, £20,000
Philip Green
chief executive, P&O Nedlloyd, £550,000 plus bonuses of more than £1m
Adam Clark
driver, London Underground, £30,000
Adrian Evans
vehicle breakdown engineer, AA, Manchester, £22,000
EDUCATION
Professor Paul Gregg
economics professor, University of Bristol, £42,000
Elizabeth Purcell
university librarian, £30,000
Claire Dudley
researcher, Open University, £19,800
John Cole
psychology professor, £41,000
Sir Stewart Sutherland
vice-chancellor, University of Edinburgh, £149,000
Janice Banks
nursery nurse, Portsmouth, £12,500
Kate West
primary school teacher, Eastbourne, £13,938
Haydn Prosser
toy demonstrator, Wicked Vision Boomerangs, £18,000
Jecinta Duddy
educational psychologist, Plymouth, £28,000
Crispin Lister
driving instructor, Reading, £16,000
Paula Bowman
library assistant, Oxford, £14,800
David Bell
HM chief inspector of schools, £150,000
HEALTH
Jonathan Michael
chief executive, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, £214,000
Sir Nigel Crisp
chief executive, NHS, £195,000
Katie Haas
GP, north London, £55,000 plus bonuses
Emily Smith
GP's receptionist, East Sussex, £7 per hour
Simon Hooper
radiographer, NHS £24,000
Shelia Rankin
radiologist, NHS, £36,000
Martin Broom
senior occupational therapist, NHS, £21,000
Adrian Hydon
environmental health officer, Bristol, £27,000
Mike Peterson
porter, University College Hospital, London, £10,700
Katie Reagan
acupuncturist, £33,000
Kathy Rose
NHS switchboard operator, £8.40 per hour
Mark Banks
consultant psychiatrist, east London, £55,000
Niamh O'Connor
community midwife, Bristol, £27,000
Stuart Miller
paramedic, £22,000
Philippa Frank
art therapist, £24,000
Karen Davis
A&E nurse, London, £26,000
Tola Shobala
NHS hospital cleaner, £5 per hour
Susie Smith
hospital catering supervisor, Glasgow, £9,800
George Clifford
coroner, London £55,809
Lelia Kamal
pharamacist, Boots, £34,000
Thchouk Ocine
ambulance driver, £12,000
Louise Langmead
NHS gastroenterology consultant, £65,000
Shasky Moorogan
NHS health care assistant, £14,000
Roger Kirby
first-year surgical registrar, University College Hospital, £41,000
SOCIAL WORK & CHARITY
Diane Boustany
full-time volunteer at National Missing Persons Helpline, £0
Fouzi Ianne
patient carer Door-2-Door hospital transport, £13,000
Gloria Ketano
social work team manager, Islington, £32,000
Paul Cole
social worker, Leeds, £18,000
Nicki Large
care worker, Brighton £10,200
Sarah Stuart
street fund-raiser, The Children's Society, £7.50 per hour
David Smallwood
addiction therapist, The Priory, £50,000
THE SEX INDUSTRY
Anastasia (surname withheld)
escort, £90,000 plus gifts
Lisa (surname withheld)
stripper, £55,000 plus gifts
Frank White
sales assistant, Super Mags sex shop, Soho, £5.50 per hour
Martin Price
porn actor, £250 per scene
BRICKS & MORTAR
Scott Whittaker
demolitioner, Kelbray demolition, £8,500
Pete Markwell
civil engineer, London £41,000
Samuel Owusu
security guard on construction site, £5 per hour
Charlie North
building site manager, Sir Robert McAlpine, £35,000
Pete Pinter
concreter, London £24,000
Steve Banks
self-employed bricklayer, Reading, Berkshire £20,000
Warwick Williams
hod carrier, East Sussex, £13 per hour
Bernard Simpson
bricklayer, Hastings, East Sussex, £125 a day
Susan Peterson
track work manager, London Underground, £35,000
Lucinda Cobb
estate agent, Oxfordshire, £23,000
Pete Scott
self-employed painter and decorator, £17,000
Mike Kinner
window cleaner, Liverpool, £13,000
Anil Kula
quantity surveyor, Derbyshire, £18,370
Richard Wise
head of city design, Newcastle, £47,000
Kerry Northfold
surveyor, Arcadia Group, £42,000
Bernard Freeman
thatcher, Gloucestershire, £21,500
Stuart Smith
owner of Elite Flooring Company, £50,000
Paul Haluk
construction manager, Metronet, £42,000
John Quinn
mechanical engineer, Environmental Resources, £28,000
Dave Gray
handyman, Henley, £7 per hour
Rory Gregor
landscape gardener, St Albans, Herts, £17,000
Kevin King
Electrician, Sloane Electrical, London, £30,000
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