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Average UK full-time salary by job, age and region

The short answer

The typical full-time salary in the UK is £40,911 a year: half of full-time employee jobs paid less than that and half paid more in the tax year to 5 April 2026, on provisional ONS figures. As if paid this year, under 2026/27 rules in England, that leaves £32,976 a year, or £2,748 a month, after Income Tax and National Insurance. The median is 4.5% up on the previous year, a change ONS does not adjust for the mix of jobs and who is in them. ONS prefers the median because it is less affected by the relatively small number of very high earners: the mean is £52,109.

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Take-home a month at the median, Care workers and home carers£2,017.58
Care workers and home carers
Median gross£28,738
Quality of the medianprecise
Median change on a year earlier+4.6%
Take-home a year£24,210.96
Take-home a month£2,017.58
Marginal rate28%
25th percentile£24,274
75th percentile£34,111
Secondary education teaching professionals
Median gross£49,492
Quality of the medianprecise
Median change on a year earlier+3.8%
Take-home a year£39,153.84
Take-home a month£3,262.82
Marginal rate28%
25th percentile£40,184
75th percentile£56,331
Programmers and software development professionals
Median gross£59,863
Quality of the medianprecise
Median change on a year earlier+5.4%
Take-home a year£45,277.94
Take-home a month£3,773.16
Marginal rate42%
25th percentile£43,509
75th percentile£82,149

Take-home and marginal rate are estimates on each median gross, as if paid this year: 2026/27 rules, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, tax code 1257L, no student loan, no pension.

Gross pay is the ONS median and percentiles for full-time jobs, tax year to 5 April 2026, provisional. Quality is ONS's own rating of each median: precise, reasonably precise or acceptable.

The change on a year earlier is the gap between two sampled figures, so it can be noise, and ONS does not adjust it for changes in who is in those jobs. ONS gives it no quality rating of its own, so it is not shown where the median is only acceptable. Where a cell says not published, ONS did not publish that figure.

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What the take-home figures assume

ONS publishes gross pay. The take-home beside it is this site's estimate from the same engine as the calculators, and a payslip can differ for reasons such as benefits in kind or a mid-year change of tax code.

  • England, on tax code 1257L, unless a row names another nation.
  • No student loan and no pension contribution.
  • The take-home columns are worked on the median in that row, not on the 25th or 75th percentile beside it. In the percentile table they are worked on that row's gross figure.
  • As if paid this year: pay from the tax year to 5 April 2026, under the 2026/27 rules for Income Tax and National Insurance. It is not what anyone actually took home that year.

Where a salary sits: the 10th to the 90th percentile

Read down until the gross figure passes a salary, and the row above says roughly what share of full-time jobs paid less. A part-time salary does not compare like for like with these. Nor quite does a contracted salary, because ONS's annual figures include pay affected by absence, such as special or parental leave. ASHE 2026 provisional, full-time employees.

PercentileGross a yearTake-home a yearTake-home a month
10th: 10% of jobs paid less£25,288£21,727£1,811
20th: 20% of jobs paid less£28,857£24,297£2,025
25th: a quarter of jobs paid less£30,600£25,552£2,129
30th: 30% of jobs paid less£32,393£26,843£2,237
40th: 40% of jobs paid less£36,398£29,726£2,477
50th, the median: half of jobs paid less£40,911£32,976£2,748
60th: 60% of jobs paid less£46,367£36,904£3,075
70th: 70% of jobs paid less£52,647£41,093£3,424
75th: three quarters of jobs paid less£56,842£43,526£3,627
80th: 80% of jobs paid less£62,500£46,807£3,901
90th: 90% of jobs paid less£82,680£58,512£4,876

Average salary by age

This is a snapshot of different jobs in the same year, not one person's career, so the median peaking in the 40 to 49 group at £46,280 does not mean any one person's pay follows that shape. The 25th and 75th percentile columns are the gross pay a quarter and three quarters of these jobs fall below. The 16 to 17 group is left out: ONS suppresses it, and its figures include employees not on adult rates of pay. ASHE 2026 provisional, full-time employees.

AgeMedian25th percentile75th percentileTake-home a year at the medianTake-home a month at the median
18 to 21£24,578£20,194£28,527£21,216£1,768
22 to 29£33,678£27,589£42,839£27,768£2,314
30 to 39£42,593£32,302£57,201£34,187£2,849
40 to 49£46,280£33,304£64,326£36,841£3,070
50 to 59£43,860£31,812£62,074£35,099£2,925
60+£38,060£29,203£53,558£30,923£2,577

Average salary by nation and region

Highest first. Pay is by where the job is based, and each row's take-home assumes the employee lives in the same nation, so the Scotland row uses Scottish bands on tax code S1257L. ASHE 2026 provisional, full-time employees.

Nation or regionMedian25th percentile75th percentileTake-home a year at the medianTake-home a month at the median
London£53,132£37,750£80,666£41,374£3,448
South East£41,664£30,969£57,743£33,518£2,793
Scotland£41,466£31,167£54,909£33,295£2,775
East£40,531£30,636£55,506£32,702£2,725
South West£39,078£30,003£52,200£31,656£2,638
West Midlands£38,628£29,349£52,745£31,332£2,611
North West£38,599£29,274£52,643£31,311£2,609
Northern Ireland£38,203£29,579£51,427£31,026£2,585
Yorkshire and The Humber£37,519£28,982£50,699£30,533£2,544
Wales£37,330£28,845£50,360£30,397£2,533
East Midlands£36,975£28,722£50,264£30,142£2,512
North East£36,460£28,205£48,913£29,771£2,481

Average salary by type of job

ONS sorts every job into 9 major groups under its SOC 2020 classification, shown here highest median first. ASHE 2026 provisional, full-time employees.

Major groupMedian25th percentile75th percentileTake-home a year at the medianTake-home a month at the median
Managers, directors and senior officials£60,000£40,682£93,618£45,357£3,780
Professional occupations£50,683£39,933£66,407£39,954£3,329
Associate professional occupations£40,000£31,261£53,809£32,320£2,693
Skilled trades occupations£37,419£29,842£47,354£30,461£2,538
Process, plant and machine operatives£34,936£28,638£44,303£28,674£2,389
Administrative and secretarial occupations£31,918£27,228£39,403£26,501£2,208
Elementary occupations£29,135£25,242£34,933£24,497£2,041
Caring, leisure and other service occupations£28,497£24,151£33,898£24,037£2,003
Sales and customer service occupations£28,276£24,738£34,251£23,878£1,990

The 20 highest-paid job roles

Ranked by median among the 362 roles with one published. Quality is ONS's own band for that median, from its coefficient of variation: up to 5% is precise, over 5% to 10% is reasonably precise, over 10% to 20% is acceptable.

ONS says the true value is likely to lie within plus or minus twice that coefficient. Directors in consultancy services, 6th here at 20%, shows £87,192, and the true figure is likely to be somewhere between £52,000 and £122,000. So a high rank on an acceptable figure is weak, and 5 of these 20 are acceptable.

A cell saying not published is one ONS held back: it does not publish an estimate with a coefficient of variation over 20% or one that carries a disclosure risk. ASHE 2026 provisional, full-time employees.

Job roleMedianQuality25th percentile75th percentileTake-home a month at the median
Specialist medical practitioners£108,281precise£74,081£145,061£5,975
Information technology directors£98,127reasonably precise£73,235£138,192£5,623
Marketing, sales and advertising directors£96,393precise£68,288£140,018£5,539
Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport£95,898acceptablenot publishednot published£5,515
Chief executives and senior officials£95,516reasonably precise£54,046£163,111£5,496
Directors in consultancy services£87,192acceptable£58,766not published£5,094
Functional managers and directors n.e.c.£84,439precise£57,795£119,577£4,961
Financial managers and directors£80,000precise£52,043£133,539£4,746
Public relations and communications directors£79,560reasonably precise£63,212not published£4,725
Train and tram drivers£74,376precise£67,374£82,880£4,475
Head teachers and principals£73,110precise£61,538£88,719£4,413
Senior police officers£70,573reasonably precisenot publishednot published£4,291
Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers£68,372acceptable£49,729not published£4,184
Production managers and directors in mining and energy£64,765acceptable£51,875not published£4,010
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers£64,326precise£47,285£86,010£3,989
Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services£63,684acceptablenot publishednot published£3,958
Health services and public health managers and directors£63,574reasonably precise£49,265£87,288£3,953
Electrical engineers£63,136reasonably precise£47,732£83,995£3,931
Business and financial project management professionals£63,046precise£48,092£83,712£3,927
Managers and directors in the creative industries£61,634reasonably precise£46,604not published£3,859

The 20 lowest-paid job roles

Lowest median first, with 2 of these 20 at acceptable quality, so read the order loosely there too. These are annual figures for full-time employees, so the hours a job asks for are part of the difference between one role and another. ASHE 2026 provisional, full-time employees.

Job roleMedianQuality25th percentile75th percentileTake-home a month at the median
Coffee shop workers£21,376acceptablenot publishednot published£1,576
Teaching assistants£22,018precise£19,592£25,721£1,614
Educational support assistants£22,699precise£19,839£26,807£1,655
Playworkers£23,118acceptablenot publishednot published£1,680
Bar staff£23,676reasonably precise£19,220£29,247£1,714
Waiters and waitresses£24,647precise£19,955£29,241£1,772
Kitchen and catering assistants£24,950precise£20,311£29,285£1,790
Retail cashiers and check-out operators£25,013precise£21,976£28,541£1,794
Early education and childcare practitioners£25,060precise£21,297£28,121£1,797
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants£25,380precise£23,418£27,331£1,816
Sewing machinists£25,442precise£23,155£28,463£1,820
Hairdressers and barbers£25,491reasonably precise£19,936£29,495£1,823
Early education and childcare assistants£25,558precise£22,062£29,322£1,827
Cleaners and domestics£25,732precise£22,766£29,979£1,837
Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers£25,835precise£23,723£28,887£1,843
Receptionists£25,865precise£23,229£30,077£1,845
Higher level teaching assistants£26,026precise£22,598£29,951£1,855
Beauticians and related occupations£26,046reasonably precise£22,594£28,581£1,856
Sales and retail assistants£26,124precise£23,066£30,842£1,861
Cooks£26,140precise£22,770£31,156£1,862

Every job role with a published median

All 362 from A to Z, with 62 at acceptable quality. A further 50 roles are not listed because they have no published median: ONS held back 47 on the quality or disclosure rule above, and marks the other 3 not applicable, with no estimate at all. A title ending n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. ASHE 2026 provisional, full-time employees.

Show all 362 rows
Job roleMedianQuality25th percentile75th percentileTake-home a month at the median
Actuaries, economists and statisticians£60,263reasonably precise£45,004£81,467£3,793
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors£50,121reasonably precise£40,558£68,791£3,301
Aerospace engineers£59,529acceptablenot publishednot published£3,757
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.£30,167reasonably precisenot publishednot published£2,103
Air transport operatives£34,839reasonably precise£29,479£41,803£2,384
Air travel assistants£30,165reasonably precise£26,729not published£2,103
Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers£42,199reasonably precise£35,633not published£2,825
Aircraft maintenance and related trades£48,965reasonably precise£39,219not published£3,231
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)£33,549precise£28,872£40,776£2,306
Animal care services occupations n.e.c.£26,939precise£24,727£30,227£1,910
Architects£47,665reasonably precise£38,387not published£3,153
Archivists and curators£38,000acceptable£31,749not published£2,573
Artists£40,718acceptablenot publishednot published£2,736
Arts officers, producers and directors£41,984reasonably precise£35,076£54,178£2,812
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)£29,863precise£26,059£35,334£2,085
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)£33,637precise£27,339£41,624£2,312
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.£30,343precise£26,529£35,980£2,114
Authors, writers and translators£41,250reasonably precise£33,584not published£2,768
Bakers and flour confectioners£28,768reasonably precise£24,825£34,448£2,019
Bank and post office clerks£32,585precise£28,238£40,044£2,248
Bar and catering supervisors£26,998precise£24,152£31,323£1,913
Bar staff£23,676reasonably precise£19,220£29,247£1,714
Barristers and judges£55,412acceptable£30,425not published£3,558
Beauticians and related occupations£26,046reasonably precise£22,594£28,581£1,856
Biochemists and biomedical scientists£49,121precise£38,621£58,247£3,241
Biological scientists£49,001acceptable£34,093not published£3,233
Boat and ship builders and repairers£34,009reasonably precisenot publishednot published£2,334
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks£32,598precise£28,277£42,056£2,249
Bricklayers£33,011reasonably precise£28,903not published£2,274
Building and civil engineering technicians£36,360reasonably precise£30,133not published£2,475
Bus and coach drivers£36,488precise£30,965£44,853£2,483
Business and financial project management professionals£63,046precise£48,092£83,712£3,927
Business and related research professionals£42,561precise£35,747£52,669£2,847
Business associate professionals n.e.c.£39,007precise£31,000£53,224£2,634
Business sales executives£41,694precise£32,359£55,620£2,795
Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.£58,847precise£46,496£70,516£3,724
Butchers£30,806precise£26,775not published£2,142
Buyers and procurement officers£39,405reasonably precise£32,426£49,182£2,658
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians£35,471reasonably precise£29,320£43,797£2,422
Call and contact centre occupations£28,912precise£25,457£33,916£2,028
Care workers and home carers£28,738precise£24,274£34,111£2,018
Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists£32,891acceptablenot publishednot published£2,267
Caretakers£29,483precise£26,300£34,412£2,062
Carpenters and joiners£35,579precise£29,888£43,264£2,428
Catering and bar managers£31,201precise£27,284£38,252£2,165
Charitable organisation managers and directors£54,834acceptablenot publishednot published£3,530
Chartered and certified accountants£50,745reasonably precise£36,210£68,619£3,332
Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants£43,307reasonably precise£33,742£52,378£2,892
Chartered surveyors£48,087reasonably precise£37,642£62,085£3,179
Chefs£33,334precise£27,433£40,166£2,293
Chemical and related process operatives£34,538reasonably precise£28,215not published£2,366
Chemical scientists£42,153acceptable£34,481not published£2,822
Chief executives and senior officials£95,516reasonably precise£54,046£163,111£5,496
Child and early years officers£32,546precise£28,437£37,970£2,246
Children's nurses£41,799reasonably precise£35,301not published£2,801
Civil engineers£52,456precise£41,252£69,429£3,415
Cleaners and domestics£25,732precise£22,766£29,979£1,837
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors£30,607precise£26,428£35,628£2,130
Clergy£32,569precise£31,132£40,319£2,247
Clinical psychologists£53,164acceptable£41,244not published£3,449
Coffee shop workers£21,376acceptablenot publishednot published£1,576
Communication operators£38,696precise£31,659£43,402£2,615
Community nurses£42,504precise£36,714£48,905£2,844
Company secretaries and administrators£37,008acceptablenot publishednot published£2,514
Computer system and equipment installers and servicers£38,492acceptable£29,671not published£2,603
Construction and building trades n.e.c.£36,620reasonably precise£29,961£46,831£2,491
Construction and building trades supervisors£45,510precise£37,742£55,252£3,024
Construction operatives n.e.c.£34,006precise£27,925£41,124£2,334
Construction project managers and related professionals£49,319acceptable£37,074not published£3,252
Cooks£26,140precise£22,770£31,156£1,862
Counsellors£31,421reasonably precise£27,258not published£2,179
Crane drivers£49,106reasonably precise£41,576not published£3,240
Credit controllers£30,132precise£27,228£35,824£2,101
Customer service managers£42,097reasonably precise£32,938£53,447£2,819
Customer service occupations n.e.c.£28,761precise£25,673£34,166£2,019
Customer service supervisors£36,440reasonably precise£30,904£44,432£2,480
Cyber security professionals£55,373reasonably precise£45,758£74,299£3,556
Data analysts£41,247precise£34,079£50,448£2,768
Data entry administrators£30,162precise£26,842£36,518£2,103
Database administrators and web content technicians£40,998reasonably precise£33,641£53,601£2,753
Debt, rent and other cash collectors£30,038reasonably precise£26,926not published£2,096
Delivery drivers and couriers£29,914precise£25,898£35,161£2,088
Delivery operatives£29,488reasonably precise£25,898£35,360£2,063
Dental nurses£26,923precise£23,273£30,624£1,909
Design occupations n.e.c.£43,850reasonably precise£34,996not published£2,924
Directors in consultancy services£87,192acceptable£58,766not published£5,094
Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport£95,898acceptablenot publishednot published£5,515
Dispensing opticians£30,713precisenot publishednot published£2,136
Early education and childcare assistants£25,558precise£22,062£29,322£1,827
Early education and childcare practitioners£25,060precise£21,297£28,121£1,797
Early education and childcare services managers£33,136precise£28,619£39,426£2,281
Education advisers and school inspectors£46,994reasonably precise£39,434£59,259£3,113
Education managers£48,633reasonably precise£36,890£62,684£3,211
Educational support assistants£22,699precise£19,839£26,807£1,655
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.£49,900reasonably precise£39,176£66,558£3,287
Electrical and electronics technicians£37,625reasonably precise£31,762not published£2,551
Electrical engineers£63,136reasonably precise£47,732£83,995£3,931
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers£44,785reasonably precise£35,096£53,009£2,980
Electricians and electrical fitters£40,717precise£32,274£50,018£2,736
Elementary administration occupations n.e.c.£28,031precise£24,677£32,725£1,975
Elementary cleaning occupations n.e.c.£27,315reasonably precisenot publishednot published£1,932
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.£29,223precise£25,237£36,247£2,047
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.£31,209precise£26,632£37,696£2,166
Elementary storage occupations n.e.c.£40,870reasonably precise£35,182not published£2,746
Elementary storage supervisors£33,564precise£28,975£38,348£2,307
Engineering professionals n.e.c.£50,307precise£39,741£63,946£3,311
Engineering project managers and project engineers£53,959precise£43,176£71,223£3,488
Engineering technicians£45,867precise£35,265£57,765£3,045
Environment professionals£46,042precise£36,230£55,340£3,056
Environmental health professionals£44,907reasonably precise£38,816not published£2,988
Estate agents and auctioneers£31,947reasonably precise£27,073£41,974£2,210
Estimators, valuers and assessors£41,372precise£33,518£54,763£2,776
Events managers and organisers£33,987precise£28,303£42,284£2,333
Farm workers£30,725reasonably precise£25,507£37,822£2,137
Farmers£36,312acceptablenot publishednot published£2,472
Finance and investment analysts and advisers£53,940precise£39,666£75,790£3,487
Finance officers£33,423precise£28,404£38,610£2,299
Financial accounts managers£49,830reasonably precise£37,792£70,764£3,283
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.£29,614precise£26,201£35,340£2,070
Financial and accounting technicians£60,755acceptable£36,537£84,770£3,816
Financial managers and directors£80,000precise£52,043£133,539£4,746
Fire service officers (watch manager and below)£44,844precise£39,296£51,397£2,984
Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c.£27,976precise£24,841£31,948£1,972
Fitness and wellbeing instructors£29,053reasonably precise£24,622not published£2,036
Floorers and wall tilers£35,850reasonably precise£28,356not published£2,444
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives£30,400precise£26,319£35,712£2,117
Footwear and leather working trades£29,035acceptablenot publishednot published£2,035
Fork-lift truck drivers£32,308precise£27,342£37,612£2,232
Functional managers and directors n.e.c.£84,439precise£57,795£119,577£4,961
Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers£31,444reasonably precise£26,003not published£2,180
Further education teaching professionals£43,938reasonably precise£36,292£50,177£2,930
Garage managers and proprietors£48,903acceptablenot publishednot published£3,227
Gardeners and landscape gardeners£29,589precise£26,725£33,231£2,069
Generalist medical practitioners£59,325reasonably precise£46,541£73,421£3,747
Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers£29,281acceptablenot publishednot published£2,050
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters£31,653reasonably precise£27,084£39,350£2,192
Graphic and multimedia designers£35,703reasonably precise£28,827£44,916£2,435
Groundsmen and greenkeepers£28,800precise£26,222£32,857£2,021
Groundworkers£42,381reasonably precise£31,427£49,405£2,836
Hairdressers and barbers£25,491reasonably precise£19,936£29,495£1,823
Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors£30,811acceptablenot publishednot published£2,142
Head teachers and principals£73,110precise£61,538£88,719£4,413
Health and safety managers and officers£48,105reasonably precisenot published£58,914£3,180
Health associate professionals n.e.c.£31,447reasonably precisenot publishednot published£2,180
Health care practice managers£41,884reasonably precise£35,687not published£2,806
Health services and public health managers and directors£63,574reasonably precise£49,265£87,288£3,953
Higher education teaching professionals£53,159precise£41,724£67,158£3,449
Higher level teaching assistants£26,026precise£22,598£29,951£1,855
Hire services managers and proprietors£42,498acceptablenot publishednot published£2,843
Horticultural trades£27,893reasonably precisenot publishednot published£1,967
Hospital porters£28,681reasonably precise£26,854not published£2,014
Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors£35,933reasonably precise£30,256not published£2,449
Housekeepers and related occupations£26,177precise£23,702£29,534£1,864
Houseparents and residential wardens£30,211reasonably precise£26,115£37,487£2,106
Housing officers£34,432precise£29,951£40,009£2,359
Human resource managers and directors£61,445precise£46,053£86,079£3,850
Human resources administrative occupations£28,635precise£25,550£32,426£2,011
Human resources and industrial relations officers£36,612precise£30,292£46,621£2,490
Importers and exporters£33,489acceptablenot publishednot published£2,303
Industrial cleaning process occupations£29,313precise£26,051not published£2,052
Information technology directors£98,127reasonably precise£73,235£138,192£5,623
Information technology professionals n.e.c.£59,048reasonably precise£44,569£77,228£3,734
Information technology trainers£37,440acceptablenot publishednot published£2,540
Inspectors of standards and regulations£40,175reasonably precise£33,349£48,604£2,704
Insurance underwriters£51,226reasonably precise£36,187not published£3,356
Interior designers£38,947acceptable£30,000not published£2,630
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers£64,326precise£47,285£86,010£3,989
IT managers£58,086precise£44,526£79,585£3,687
IT network professionals£56,591reasonably precise£45,628£71,354£3,615
IT operations technicians£38,189precise£30,762£48,947£2,585
IT project managers£59,647reasonably precise£46,166£73,690£3,763
IT quality and testing professionals£45,165reasonably precisenot publishednot published£3,003
IT user support technicians£36,320precise£29,908£45,063£2,473
Kitchen and catering assistants£24,950precise£20,311£29,285£1,790
Laboratory technicians£29,334precise£26,031£36,454£2,053
Large goods vehicle drivers£41,735precise£34,896£49,027£2,797
Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers£25,835precise£23,723£28,887£1,843
Legal associate professionals£37,148reasonably precise£28,387not published£2,522
Legal professionals n.e.c.£40,000acceptable£28,116not published£2,693
Legal secretaries£27,824precise£24,737£33,984£1,963
Leisure and sports managers£34,749reasonably precise£27,973not published£2,378
Leisure and theme park attendants£26,159acceptablenot publishednot published£1,863
Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c.£28,143acceptablenot publishednot published£1,982
Librarians£38,857acceptable£31,710not published£2,625
Library clerks and assistants£29,940precise£26,539not published£2,090
Local government administrative occupations£32,064precise£27,209£38,075£2,217
Management consultants and business analysts£56,203precise£42,734£74,277£3,596
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale£39,123precise£30,798£53,566£2,641
Managers and directors in the creative industries£61,634reasonably precise£46,604not published£3,859
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture£39,185reasonably precise£31,695not published£2,644
Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services£38,726acceptable£28,888not published£2,617
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.£53,429reasonably precise£41,995£73,204£3,462
Managers in logistics£50,163reasonably precise£37,859£64,307£3,303
Managers in storage and warehousing£39,034precise£32,037£47,394£2,635
Managers in transport and distribution£50,265reasonably precise£41,275£66,521£3,309
Marine and waterways transport operatives£44,520acceptablenot publishednot published£2,965
Marketing and commercial managers£55,215precise£40,908£72,160£3,549
Marketing associate professionals£35,000precise£29,000£45,317£2,393
Marketing, sales and advertising directors£96,393precise£68,288£140,018£5,539
Mechanical engineers£52,527precise£41,938£64,856£3,419
Medical and dental technicians£30,808precise£27,805£40,848£2,142
Medical radiographers£49,713precise£40,359£56,586£3,276
Medical secretaries£27,462precise£25,182£30,593£1,941
Mental health nurses£43,902reasonably precise£37,472£50,813£2,927
Merchandisers£34,205reasonably precise£29,285not published£2,346
Metal machining setters and setter-operators£36,342precise£30,414£43,413£2,474
Metal making and treating process operatives£33,386reasonably precise£28,613£40,407£2,296
Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations£35,379acceptablenot publishednot published£2,416
Metal working machine operatives£33,118reasonably precise£26,890£41,096£2,280
Metal working production and maintenance fitters£41,943precise£32,443£53,826£2,810
Midwifery nurses£47,552precise£40,663£53,837£3,146
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.£39,461reasonably precise£31,557£47,714£2,661
Nannies and au pairs£38,698acceptablenot publishednot published£2,615
National government administrative occupations£32,552precise£29,940£39,287£2,246
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.£44,644reasonably precise£36,157£58,975£2,972
Newspaper and periodical editors£44,792reasonably precise£36,289not published£2,981
Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters£48,153reasonably precise£36,247not published£3,182
Nurse practitioners£47,673precise£39,372£55,181£3,154
Nursery education teaching professionals£33,452acceptable£27,366not published£2,300
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants£30,383precise£26,598£34,971£2,116
Occupational therapists£43,823precise£38,299£50,213£2,923
Office managers£39,221precise£31,891£51,424£2,647
Office supervisors£36,036precise£30,900£43,315£2,455
Officers of non-governmental organisations£29,431acceptable£25,380not published£2,059
Other administrative occupations n.e.c.£29,803precise£25,846£36,200£2,081
Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c.£37,235acceptable£28,451not published£2,527
Other educational professionals n.e.c£37,646acceptable£29,929not published£2,552
Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.£26,904reasonably precise£23,905not published£1,908
Other health professionals n.e.c.£43,317precise£35,106£51,592£2,892
Other nursing professionals£44,601precise£37,956£51,934£2,969
Other psychologists£40,394acceptable£29,060not published£2,717
Other researchers, unspecified discipline£45,522reasonably precise£40,040not published£3,025
Other skilled trades n.e.c.£31,648reasonably precise£27,165not published£2,192
Other vocational and industrial trainers£38,380precise£30,342£47,576£2,596
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers£28,523precise£25,526£33,501£2,005
Painters and decorators£32,421precise£27,186£36,821£2,239
Paper and wood machine operatives£31,498reasonably precise£27,575£38,535£2,183
Paramedics£52,875precise£43,501£60,794£3,435
Parking and civil enforcement occupations£29,884reasonably precise£26,412£34,427£2,086
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants£30,957precise£27,015£36,422£2,151
Personal assistants and other secretaries£36,929precise£29,561£48,002£2,509
Pest control officers£31,020acceptablenot publishednot published£2,155
Pharmaceutical technicians£30,967precise£27,369£37,777£2,151
Pharmacists£55,410precise£44,992£64,793£3,558
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants£25,380precise£23,418£27,331£1,816
Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators£34,261reasonably precise£29,604£41,584£2,349
Physical scientists£52,044acceptable£35,607not published£3,395
Physiotherapists£46,303precise£39,342£53,486£3,071
Pipe fitters£42,937acceptablenot publishednot published£2,870
Planning, process and production technicians£37,290reasonably precise£30,116£47,589£2,531
Plasterers£34,877precise£31,249not published£2,386
Plastics process operatives£32,592acceptablenot publishednot published£2,249
Playworkers£23,118acceptablenot publishednot published£1,680
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers£39,179precise£32,721£47,096£2,644
Police community support officers£36,182precise£33,835not published£2,464
Police officers (sergeant and below)£52,569precise£42,412£60,591£3,421
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers£32,895precise£29,735£37,735£2,267
Precision instrument makers and repairers£39,893acceptable£32,219not published£2,687
Primary education teaching professionals£47,207precise£39,451£52,932£3,126
Print finishing and binding workers£27,454acceptable£24,377not published£1,941
Printing machine assistants£29,965reasonably precise£26,900£36,344£2,091
Prison service officers (below principal officer)£41,015reasonably precise£33,679not published£2,754
Production and process engineers£48,700reasonably precise£39,390£59,569£3,215
Production managers and directors in construction£59,994precise£44,710£76,109£3,779
Production managers and directors in manufacturing£59,695precise£43,013£87,192£3,765
Production managers and directors in mining and energy£64,765acceptable£51,875not published£4,010
Production, factory and assembly supervisors£38,303reasonably precise£32,039£49,424£2,591
Programmers and software development professionals£59,863precise£43,509£82,149£3,773
Project support officers£36,740precise£29,880£44,340£2,498
Property, housing and estate managers£46,068precise£35,624£64,754£3,057
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.£44,940reasonably precise£35,086£55,611£2,990
Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists£45,512reasonably precisenot publishednot published£3,024
Public relations and communications directors£79,560reasonably precise£63,212not published£4,725
Public relations professionals£40,043reasonably precise£32,260£49,620£2,696
Public services associate professionals£41,534precise£36,345£48,433£2,785
Publicans and managers of licensed premises£46,124reasonably precise£34,320not published£3,061
Purchasing managers and directors£59,192reasonably precise£43,778£81,398£3,741
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals£52,073precise£40,050£68,583£3,397
Quality assurance technicians£36,967reasonably precise£30,534£46,210£2,511
Quality control and planning engineers£45,127reasonably precise£36,506£57,640£3,001
Quantity surveyors£52,492reasonably precise£37,702£68,982£3,417
Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers£68,372acceptable£49,729not published£4,184
Rail construction and maintenance operatives£49,009reasonably precise£41,152£55,893£3,234
Rail transport operatives£58,370reasonably precise£44,193£75,292£3,701
Rail travel assistants£49,395precise£39,147£57,262£3,257
Receptionists£25,865precise£23,229£30,077£1,845
Records clerks and assistants£29,679precise£25,878£35,598£2,074
Refuse and salvage occupations£29,832precise£27,336£33,429£2,083
Research and development (R&D) managers£57,455precise£46,683£77,661£3,657
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors£44,438reasonably precise£35,112£53,901£2,960
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors£33,972precise£29,602£43,085£2,332
Retail cashiers and check-out operators£25,013precise£21,976£28,541£1,794
Road construction operatives£41,451precise£34,053£49,537£2,780
Road transport drivers n.e.c.£32,672precise£27,276£41,547£2,254
Roofers, roof tilers and slaters£31,960reasonably precise£27,247£39,971£2,211
Roundspersons and van salespersons£29,264acceptablenot publishednot published£2,049
Routine inspectors and testers£33,348precise£28,804£42,203£2,294
Sales accounts and business development managers£58,743precise£44,139£80,982£3,719
Sales administrators£29,894precise£26,284£35,754£2,087
Sales and retail assistants£26,124precise£23,066£30,842£1,861
Sales related occupations n.e.c.£33,718reasonably precise£28,043£40,816£2,316
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale£31,397precise£27,171£37,630£2,177
Scaffolders, stagers and riggers£48,764reasonably precise£37,859£59,286£3,219
School secretaries£28,245precise£24,481£32,874£1,988
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.£36,630precise£30,136£47,560£2,491
Secondary education teaching professionals£49,492precise£40,184£56,331£3,263
Security guards and related occupations£35,336precise£30,148£41,040£2,413
Security system installers and repairers£39,007reasonably precise£32,524not published£2,634
Senior care workers£31,341precise£27,468£35,887£2,174
Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services£63,684acceptablenot publishednot published£3,958
Senior police officers£70,573reasonably precisenot publishednot published£4,291
Sewing machinists£25,442precise£23,155£28,463£1,820
Sheet metal workers£34,653reasonably precise£28,077not published£2,372
Ship and hovercraft officers£57,956acceptablenot publishednot published£3,681
Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale£35,335reasonably precise£29,186not published£2,413
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors£47,735precise£38,816£57,708£3,157
Social and humanities scientists£45,837acceptable£32,056not published£3,044
Social services managers and directors£49,460reasonably precise£38,377not published£3,261
Social workers£45,912precise£39,677£51,479£3,048
Solicitors and lawyers£57,198reasonably precise£41,654£80,734£3,644
Special needs education teaching professionals£49,335reasonably precise£36,235£53,700£3,253
Specialist medical practitioners£108,281precise£74,081£145,061£5,975
Specialist nurses£46,580precise£39,171£53,199£3,088
Speech and language therapists£40,499reasonably precise£34,049not published£2,723
Sports and leisure assistants£28,272reasonably precise£24,990not published£1,990
Sports coaches, instructors and officials£29,434precise£24,842£35,225£2,059
Stock control clerks and assistants£31,956precise£28,358£37,866£2,211
Stonemasons and related trades£31,962acceptablenot publishednot published£2,211
Street cleaners£29,638reasonably precise£26,550not published£2,072
Taxation experts£50,355acceptable£35,814not published£3,314
Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs£29,887acceptablenot publishednot published£2,087
Teaching assistants£22,018precise£19,592£25,721£1,614
Teaching professionals n.e.c.£35,290reasonably precise£28,907£46,832£2,411
Telecoms and related network installers and repairers£41,989precise£37,294£50,214£2,813
Telephone salespersons£31,309reasonably precise£26,730not published£2,172
Telephonists£33,701acceptablenot publishednot published£2,315
Textile process operatives£29,314reasonably precise£25,683not published£2,052
Therapy professionals n.e.c.£36,422reasonably precise£31,132£49,752£2,479
Train and tram drivers£74,376precise£67,374£82,880£4,475
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants£35,618precise£28,808£42,614£2,430
Travel agents£29,362reasonably precise£26,100£36,324£2,055
Typists and related keyboard occupations£27,419reasonably precisenot publishednot published£1,938
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters£31,824reasonably precise£28,245£38,508£2,203
Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants£31,342precise£27,787not published£2,174
Upholsterers£33,231acceptablenot publishednot published£2,287
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers£33,907precise£29,990£40,524£2,328
Vehicle body builders and repairers£36,189reasonably precise£31,739£44,385£2,465
Vehicle paint technicians£37,325acceptable£33,190not published£2,533
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians£38,042precise£31,203£47,424£2,576
Vehicle valeters and cleaners£28,463precise£25,935£30,829£2,001
Veterinarians£51,113acceptable£37,405not published£3,350
Veterinary nurses£30,192precise£26,587£33,897£2,105
Waiters and waitresses£24,647precise£19,955£29,241£1,772
Warehouse operatives£29,379precise£26,054£34,619£2,056
Waste disposal and environmental services managers£57,820acceptable£43,125not published£3,674
Water and sewerage plant operatives£39,440reasonably precisenot publishednot published£2,660
Web design professionals£50,963acceptable£38,634not published£3,343
Weighers, graders and sorters£32,075acceptablenot publishednot published£2,218
Welding trades£35,977precise£30,040£42,630£2,452
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.£31,265precise£27,061£36,618£2,169
Welfare professionals n.e.c.£45,656acceptable£30,348not published£3,033
Youth and community workers£33,852precise£28,854£39,708£2,324

What these figures cover

The figures come from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, read from the ONS workbooks on 30 October 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

  • Gross annual pay for the tax year to 5 April 2026, including pay affected by absence, such as special or parental leave.
  • Full-time employee jobs on adult rates, held for over a year by the same employee. The self-employed and part-time jobs are not in these tables.
  • A 1% sample of PAYE jobs rather than of people, so someone with more than one job can appear more than once.
  • Provisional. ONS says the final 2026 data will be published in October 2027, under its annual revision policy.
  • ONS says its job counts are not reliable estimates, so this page prints none.
  • ONS's year-on-year changes are not adjusted for the mix of jobs and who is in them, so the change at the top of this page need not mean anyone's pay rose by that much.
  • ASHE collects information on employee jobs rather than employees, so the published tables count jobs and do not show how anyone moved between them.

Official sources

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 (provisional)Office for National Statistics: ASHE data tablesSource: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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