Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the (a) average starting salary, (b) average salary (including bonuses and overtime), (c) highest salary (including bonuses and overtime) paid to a (i) train driver and (ii) tube driver in the UK in each of the last three years.

Information relating to salary is managed and set by the individual Train Operating Companies in line with their annual budgets. The Office for National Statistics publishes detailed statistics on pay by occupation at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14

Data from the above statistics states that for ‘train and tram drivers’, median annual gross pay was:

2021 = £59,189

2020 = £55,546

2019 = £56,102

The 80th percentile figures, where the top 20% of employees are paid above this figure, are

2021 = £70,352

2020 = £67,709

2019 = £67,037

Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL).