Highest Paid Jobs in Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful

Based on ONS ASHE 2025 data — Wales region

These are the 20 highest-paying occupations in the Wales region, which includes Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful. The average salary across all jobs in Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful is £27,843 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Specialist medical practitioners	£86,152	+£58,309 (209.4% above)
2. Head teachers and principals	£76,119	+£48,276 (173.4% above)
3. Business and financial project management professionals	£53,924	+£26,081 (93.7% above)
4. Quantity surveyors	£53,752	+£25,909 (93.1% above)
5. Sales accounts and business development managers	£52,223	+£24,380 (87.6% above)
6. Social services managers and directors	£51,651	+£23,808 (85.5% above)
7. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£49,827	+£21,984 (79.0% above)
8. Higher education teaching professionals	£48,809	+£20,966 (75.3% above)
9. Secondary education teaching professionals	£48,006	+£20,163 (72.4% above)
10. Purchasing managers and directors	£47,971	+£20,128 (72.3% above)
11. Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£47,944	+£20,101 (72.2% above)
12. Production and process engineers	£47,056	+£19,213 (69.0% above)
13. Police officers (sergeant and below)	£46,768	+£18,925 (68.0% above)
14. Paramedics	£46,767	+£18,924 (68.0% above)
15. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£46,626	+£18,783 (67.5% above)
16. Primary education teaching professionals	£46,291	+£18,448 (66.3% above)
17. IT managers	£45,970	+£18,127 (65.1% above)
18. Programmers and software development professionals	£45,942	+£18,099 (65.0% above)
19. Special needs education teaching professionals	£45,462	+£17,619 (63.3% above)
20. Rail travel assistants	£45,125	+£17,282 (62.1% above)

About this data

Occupation salaries cover the Wales region. The local average salary is specific to Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.