I've always felt that the statistical figures for financial services sector were grossly misrepresented, simply because I presume that the main contributory factor in elevating the wage figues in finance sector came from sales of financial products, which in my opinion, should be classified under a different category as opposed to finance. Just like the wages of an accountant/FX dealer in a construction/commodities firm do not fall under the categories of construction and manufacturing sectors, sales of investment products should not be classified under the financial sector. No offence to the 'front office' personnel since they're the ones bringing in the 'dough', but such misrepresentation does not truly reflect the situation in the finance industry for those engaged in real financial work, not sales.