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+£3,500
upReach Associates employed in highly skilled full time
employment earned a median salary of £30,000, compared
to a median salary of £26,500 amongst graduates from a
similar academic and socio-economic background.
Fig 7. Median Salary of upReach Associates in Highly Skilled Full Time Employment vs
Graduates from a Similar Background
The predominance of top earners amongst upReach Associates means this gap in average
salaries increased when mean salary is considered. upReach Associates employed in highly
skilled full time employment earned a mean salary of £32,750, compared to a mean salary of
£28,000 amongst graduates from a similar academic and socio-economic background.
Graduate Outcomes Amongst Graduates from Lower NS-SEC backgrounds
These differences are most pronounced when comparing upReach Associates and graduates
from NS-SEC classes 5-8 (lower supervisory & technical occupations, semi-routine, routine and
never having worked/long term unemployed).
For instance, upReach Associates in full time employment from these classes entered highly
skilled roles at a rate that was 18 percentage points higher than their peers. 14
Notes
14. This difference is statistically significant X²=4.5, df=1, p
