{"id":39146,"date":"2018-03-06T11:34:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T11:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=39146"},"modified":"2018-09-04T16:07:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T15:07:47","slug":"study-says-career-in-construction-exceeds-many-university-graduate-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/study-says-career-in-construction-exceeds-many-university-graduate-roles\/39146\/","title":{"rendered":"Study says career in construction exceeds many university graduate roles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB)<\/a>, published ahead of National Apprenticeship Week<\/a>, has identified that construction apprentices will go on to earn thousands of pounds more every year than many of their university-educated counterparts<\/h2>\n

The long-held misconception that the only route into a professional well-paid career is via a university degree has been overturned with the publication of new research showing pay grades for manual jobs.<\/p>\n

The study shows that, in general terms, roofers earn more than pharmacists while scaffolders’ salaries eclipse those of architects.<\/p>\n

It aims to prove there are many wide and varied career paths a school leaver without a degree can choose, and attempts to end the myth that apprenticeships are a way into manual jobs with little formal progression.<\/p>\n

Brian Berry, chief executive of the FMB<\/a>, said: \u201cMoney talks, and when it comes to annual salaries, a career in construction trumps many university graduate roles.<\/p>\n

“The average university graduate earns \u00a332,000 a year whereas your average bricky or roofer is earning \u00a342,000 a year across the UK. Indeed in London, a bricklayer is commanding wages of up to \u00a390,000 a year.”<\/p>\n

He added: “Pursuing a career in construction is therefore becoming an increasingly savvy move. University students graduate with an average \u00a350,800 of debt, according to The Institute for Fiscal Studies<\/a>, while apprentices pass the finish line completely debt-free.<\/p>\n

“Not only that, apprentices earn while they learn, taking home around \u00a317,000 a year. We are therefore calling on all parents, teachers and young people, who too-often favour academic education, to give a career in construction serious consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Small building firms across the UK were asked what they pay their tradespeople and the average annual salaries were:<\/p>\n