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<p>Rail staff salaries are managed and set by the individual Train Operating Companies
and Network Rail in line with their annual budgets.</p><p>The Office for National
Statistics (ONS) report that in 2021 median gross annual pay for train and tram drivers
in the UK was approximately £59,000. The ONS does not specifically report on the pay
of train guards and signalling staff but do publish pay estimates of wider groupings
of which they are a part. Rail Travel Assistants (including train guards) had average
gross median pay of circa £33,000 in 2021. The equivalent for Rail Transport Operatives
(including signalling staff) was circa £49,000.</p>
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