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Chief executive jobs in Dorset

The 2021 census counted 677 residents working as chief executives and senior officials living in Dorset.

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Published figures for Dorset

What the official data says about Dorset

The 2021 census counted, 677 people living in Dorset were in work as chief executives and senior officials. It was 0.4% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Dorset 8th of 15 areas in the South West, where the middle area recorded 677. Cornwall was the next area up.

Full-time pay across all jobs in Dorset, every occupation counted together, had a median of £35,311. That is 10th of 14 in the South West, against a regional middle of £36,427.

Head offices are counted where they sit: Dorset had 3,400 employee jobs in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research in 2024, out of 151,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 2.25% of every job here, that ranks 6th of 15 in the South West, where the middle area sits at 2.06%.

For Dorset the publishers did not release a regional pay figure for the occupation group. That is disclosure control on a small count or a thin sample, not a zero, and this page leaves the row out rather than filling it with a national figure.

Residents in work as senior officials (SOC 111)
677
Senior officials, share of everyone in work in the area
0.4%
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£35,311
Residents in work as functional directors (SOC 113)
4,998
Residents of the area in work at the census
167,785
Employee jobs in the area, all industries
151,000

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Running the whole organisation and answering to a board, owners or trustees for what it does. Strategy, capital, the executive team and the culture underneath them.

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Chief executive jobs in Dorset: common questions

How many people do this kind of work in Dorset?

677 residents of Dorset were in work as senior officials at the 2021 census, which was 0.4% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.

What does this work pay around Dorset?

In Dorset itself the median across all occupations together is £35,311. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.

Is there much of this work based in Dorset?

3,400 of the 151,000 employee jobs in Dorset are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.