Will the Cabinet Secretary confirm the average salary of a female primary school teacher, broken down by year since 2014?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education
| Answered on 09/07/2025
Information on teachers’ pay has been collected through School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC) since 2019. The average salary of female teachers in primary schools for 2019/20 to 2023/24 is shown in the table below. Welsh Government does not hold information on average teacher salaries for years prior to this.
|
Academic Year |
Full Time Equivalent Average (Mean) Female Primary School Teacher Salary |
|
2019/20 |
£40,002 |
|
2020/21 |
£41,436 |
|
2021/22 |
£41,930 |
|
2022/23 |
£43,561 |
|
2023/24 |
£47,606 |
Source: School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC)