The highest-earning ten per cent of full-time employees took home around three and a half times as much money as the lowest ten per cent each week in the last financial year.
Pilots, brokers and chief executives were among the top earners, while bar staff, waiters and theme park attendants were among the lowest, according to the latest official figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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