Top lawyers and accountants represent 13pc of UK multi-million salaries

Research from the High Pay Centre has found that one in eight, or 13 per cent, of people earning salaries of over £1m a year is an accountant or lawyer.
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Lawyers and accountants are in the money Sashkin

Some 1,400 lawyers and accountants from the Magic Circle and Big Four firms earnt more than £1m in 2013. Lawyers - of whom 1,100 exceeded £1m and for whom partner pay averaged £1.1m - outdid the accountants, of whom 270 exceeded £1m and for whom partner pay averaged £700,000. 

Merry-go-round

Deborah Hargreaves, director at the High Pay Centre, said: ‘It is not just the usual suspects of bankers and chief executives. Excessive top pay has infected other professions too. They are all part of the high pay merry-go-round and disclosure of top pay is really patchy.’ Source: This is Money

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