An ONS Survey of 16-21 Year Olds Has Found That...
Thursday 27 September, 2018 Written by Simon Collyer
The top five jobs that 16-21-year olds wanted to do when they were older remained unchanged.
Teaching ranked in the top five jobs for 22-29-year olds in 2017.
Professions have changed over the year with IT professionals soaring by 2017, however construction took the biggest fall.
24% of people aged 16-21 felt that a high income was important to them.
Half of people aged 16-17 years old expected to earn £35,000 by the age of 30 if they had a degree.
Image: Students getting a Law Degree.
Full time employees aged 30 earned £23,700, an overestimate of 48% if they had a degree.
In 2015-16, 71% of young people thought having an interesting job was very important and 60% of them felt job security was important as well.
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