Which Vocational Education graduates earn better salaries? There are 4 Vocational Education degrees, with which you can earn more than 25,000 gross euros per year at the end of your studies, according to the report on the salaries of Vocational Education graduates carried out by the CaixaBank Dualiza Vocational Education observatory in collaboration with the Basque Institute for Orchestra-Competitiveness.

In fact, salary is one of the factors that influence the choice of which studies to pursue. "There are significant variations in the salaries received by Vocational Education graduates by occupational family, degree and even territory," the report says.

Do you want to know which VET graduates have the best salaries? Find out below!

2 cycles of high-level Chemistry VET, best paid

Graduates from the advanced cycle of training in Industrial Chemistry (CFGS) and graduates in Pharmaceutical, Biotechnological and Related Products Manufacturing (CFGS) are the best paid of all VET qualifications (Basic VET, Intermediate VET and Advanced VET).

These professionals earn 30,000 euros gross per year and represent only 0.5% of high-level technicians.

In fact, the 10-cycle Vocational Education graduates with the highest salary are only 8% of the high-level technicians who completed their studies in the 2021-2022 school year. On the other hand, the 10 cycles with the lowest contribution bases collect 27% of vocational education graduates, the report says.

In the following table, you will find out which high-level technicians receive the best salaries, which professional families they belong to, and the relationship between the number of graduates and the percentage they represent in the 2021-2022 academic year, based on the total number of CFGS graduates.

The 2 qualifications that register the lowest salary are those of Advanced Technicians in Aesthetics and Integral Wellness, with an average of 15,832 gross euros per year, and Advanced Technicians in Dental Prosthetics, with 16,669 euros.

The 10 highest paid secondary Vocational Education graduates

Graduates of the secondary education cycle of Emergency and Civil Protection (CFGM) are the ones with the best salary in full-time work and as employees, registering the best average salary with almost 27,000 gross euros per year.
There are 6 middle-level cycles where graduates receive salaries above 20,000 euros, although they are only 9.2% of graduates of this level of training, as the report specifies.

See in this table which technicians are the best paid, the cycles studied to which professional education family they belong, and the relationship between the number of graduates and the percentage that this level of training represents to the total number of graduates.

The Basque Country, Navarre and Catalonia, the communities where vocational training graduates earn the most

In general, technicians receive an average of 18,447 euros gross per year in the first year after completing their studies, compared to 19,610 euros received by senior technicians.

However, there are differences between the salaries received by Vocational Education graduates depending on the autonomous community where they work.
For example, EAC technicians and senior technicians earn the most: 22,517 gross euros per year for CFGM graduates and 23,000 for CFGS graduates.

The professionals working in Navarre are behind (with 20,910 and 21,639 euros, respectively, for technicians and senior technicians) and those from Catalonia (19,868 and 21,390 euros).

The territory with lower salaries for technicians and senior technicians is Extremadura (16,119 and 17,244 euros, respectively).