Highest Paid Jobs in Calderdale

Based on ONS ASHE 2025 data — Yorkshire and The Humber region

These are the 20 highest-paying occupations in the Yorkshire and The Humber region, which includes Calderdale. The average salary across all jobs in Calderdale is £30,451 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Specialist medical practitioners	£87,240	+£56,789 (186.5% above)
2. Head teachers and principals	£82,282	+£51,831 (170.2% above)
3. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£79,606	+£49,155 (161.4% above)
4. Financial and accounting technicians	£63,056	+£32,605 (107.1% above)
5. Generalist medical practitioners	£61,026	+£30,575 (100.4% above)
6. Purchasing managers and directors	£60,189	+£29,738 (97.7% above)
7. Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.	£56,587	+£26,136 (85.8% above)
8. Solicitors and lawyers	£54,992	+£24,541 (80.6% above)
9. Cyber security professionals	£54,864	+£24,413 (80.2% above)
10. Rail transport operatives	£54,167	+£23,716 (77.9% above)
11. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£53,806	+£23,355 (76.7% above)
12. Health services and public health managers and directors	£52,783	+£22,332 (73.3% above)
13. Business and financial project management professionals	£52,022	+£21,571 (70.8% above)
14. IT project managers	£51,108	+£20,657 (67.8% above)
15. Financial managers and directors	£50,891	+£20,440 (67.1% above)
16. Production managers and directors in construction	£50,602	+£20,151 (66.2% above)
17. IT managers	£50,585	+£20,134 (66.1% above)
18. Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£49,069	+£18,618 (61.1% above)
19. Sales accounts and business development managers	£48,877	+£18,426 (60.5% above)
20. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£48,838	+£18,387 (60.4% above)

About this data

Occupation salaries cover the Yorkshire and The Humber region. The local average salary is specific to Calderdale. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.