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UK salary by job

Median full-time pay for 278 UK occupations, each with what it leaves after income tax and National Insurance. The figures are ONS survey medians rather than pay scales, so they describe what people in a job actually earn rather than what any employer promises.

The range across this dataset runs from £21,239 (teaching assistants) to £99,944 (chief executives and senior officials). Ordered below by how many people do the job, because that is more useful than alphabetical.

OccupationMedianAfter taxJobs (000s)
Other nursing professionals£42,300£33,976461
Production managers and directors in manufacturing£58,640£44,569406
Other administrative occupations n.e.c.£28,294£23,891400
Sales accounts and business development managers£57,625£43,980392
Warehouse operatives£27,832£23,559359
Secondary education teaching professionals£47,632£37,815358
Financial managers and directors£76,447£54,897353
Programmers and software development professionals£56,914£43,568343
Care workers and home carers£27,468£23,297301
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale£38,447£31,201295
Primary education teaching professionals£45,939£36,596289
Business and financial project management professionals£59,834£45,261271
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants£29,084£24,460267
Sales and retail assistants£25,056£21,560245
Management consultants and business analysts£53,295£41,469222
Metal working production and maintenance fitters£40,760£32,867209
IT managers£56,438£43,291204
Marketing, sales and advertising directors£94,135£65,156200
Higher education teaching professionals£52,835£41,202188
Customer service occupations n.e.c.£27,848£23,570188
Large goods vehicle drivers£39,905£32,251187
Finance and investment analysts and advisers£50,330£39,749178
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks£31,560£26,243178
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers£60,288£45,524163
Human resource managers and directors£57,529£43,924152
Office managers£38,630£31,333152
Business sales executives£37,924£30,825149
IT user support technicians£35,128£28,812143
Specialist medical practitioners£92,847£64,409142
Engineering professionals n.e.c.£48,776£38,638140
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.£36,102£29,513131
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives£28,243£23,855126
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals£50,083£39,579118
Human resources and industrial relations officers£35,194£28,859116
Functional managers and directors n.e.c.£75,711£54,470114
Chief executives and senior officials£99,944£68,525112
Financial accounts managers£48,980£38,785110
National government administrative occupations£33,000£27,280110
Teaching assistants£21,239£18,812108
Chefs£30,010£25,127107
Solicitors and lawyers£56,977£43,604106
Property, housing and estate managers£43,365£34,742105
Marketing associate professionals£33,412£27,576104
Other vocational and industrial trainers£36,357£29,697100
Records clerks and assistants£28,656£24,152100
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.£30,087£25,18298
Production managers and directors in construction£56,021£43,05097
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians£37,458£30,48992
Electricians and electrical fitters£39,647£32,06591
Cleaners and domestics£24,130£20,89390
Managers in storage and warehousing£37,470£30,49889
Marketing and commercial managers£53,703£41,70589
Personal assistants and other secretaries£34,954£28,68686
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers£31,677£26,32786
Business and related research professionals£41,128£33,13285
Social workers£44,550£35,59685
Road transport drivers n.e.c.£32,892£27,20283
Engineering technicians£44,843£35,80782
Business associate professionals n.e.c.£35,209£28,87082
Delivery drivers and couriers£27,854£23,57482
Receptionists£24,678£21,28880
Nurse practitioners£46,069£36,68979
Senior care workers£29,381£24,67475
Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.£58,341£44,39574
Security guards and related occupations£33,832£27,87974
Research and development (R&D) managers£55,519£42,75873
Kitchen and catering assistants£22,886£19,99873
Public services associate professionals£39,537£31,98671
Other health professionals n.e.c.£42,079£33,81668
Construction operatives n.e.c.£32,446£26,88167
Bus and coach drivers£36,340£29,68467
Youth and community workers£32,654£27,03066
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.£28,996£24,39766
IT operations technicians£35,259£28,90665
Engineering project managers and project engineers£53,064£41,33562
Legal professionals n.e.c.£35,507£29,08562
Data analysts£38,572£31,29162
Project support officers£35,751£29,26061
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors£45,150£36,02861
Chartered and certified accountants£50,062£39,56460
Early education and childcare practitioners£23,717£20,59660
Managers in transport and distribution£47,504£37,72259
Civil engineers£51,366£40,35059
Health and safety managers and officers£46,444£36,95959
Stock control clerks and assistants£29,991£25,11358
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale£29,172£24,52358
Buyers and procurement officers£37,306£30,38057
Information technology directors£91,671£63,72756
Information technology professionals n.e.c.£54,107£41,93956
Purchasing managers and directors£58,005£44,20054
Chartered surveyors£46,184£36,77254
Specialist nurses£45,140£36,02053
Laboratory technicians£28,210£23,83153
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers£37,881£30,79453
Mechanical engineers£51,110£40,20152
Production and process engineers£47,946£38,04152
Carpenters and joiners£34,014£28,01052
Generalist medical practitioners£55,494£42,74451
Office supervisors£33,174£27,40550
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers£26,152£22,34950
Health services and public health managers and directors£61,573£46,27049
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors£42,700£34,26449
Bank and post office clerks£30,265£25,31049
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants£33,508£27,64549
Customer service managers£37,535£30,54549
Head teachers and principals£72,192£52,42948
Planning, process and production technicians£36,895£30,08447
Estimators, valuers and assessors£39,634£32,05647
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers£41,662£33,51647
Educational support assistants£21,448£18,96247
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.£27,962£23,65247
Physiotherapists£43,532£34,86346
Quality control and planning engineers£43,592£34,90646
Metal machining setters and setter-operators£35,718£29,23746
Fire service officers (watch manager and below)£44,033£35,22345
Graphic and multimedia designers£32,510£26,92744
Education managers£46,581£37,05844
Community nurses£40,897£32,96543
Early education and childcare assistants£24,742£21,33443
Local government administrative occupations£30,886£25,75842
Construction and building trades supervisors£45,021£35,93542
Pharmacists£53,772£41,74541
Actuaries, economists and statisticians£53,342£41,49640
Child and early years officers£31,001£25,84040
Sales administrators£28,745£24,21640
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors£31,692£26,33839
Biochemists and biomedical scientists£47,892£38,00239
Environment professionals£43,362£34,74039
Further education teaching professionals£42,218£33,91739
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians£35,221£28,87938
IT network professionals£48,907£38,73337
Housing officers£34,688£28,49537
Caretakers£28,950£24,36437
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)£31,919£26,50137
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.£28,591£24,10537
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.£43,384£34,75636
Quantity surveyors£52,537£41,02936
Quality assurance technicians£33,972£27,97936
Construction and building trades n.e.c.£34,822£28,59136
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.£29,619£24,84536
Legal associate professionals£34,662£28,47635
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.£37,864£30,78235
Electrical engineers£60,303£45,53334
Events managers and organisers£32,163£26,67734
Welding trades£35,344£28,96734
Routine inspectors and testers£34,360£28,25934
Waiters and waitresses£22,936£20,03434
Public relations professionals£37,563£30,56533
Database administrators and web content technicians£37,995£30,87633
Groundsmen and greenkeepers£28,288£23,88733
Medical radiographers£48,439£38,39632
Paramedics£53,818£41,77232
Construction project managers and related professionals£47,665£37,83832
Clergy£31,183£25,97132
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.£44,007£35,20531
Architects£47,143£37,46330
Dental nurses£25,742£22,05430
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors£28,605£24,11530
IT project managers£58,373£44,41429
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants£30,269£25,31329
Catering and bar managers£29,789£24,96828
Leisure and sports managers£36,026£29,45827
Managers in logistics£46,143£36,74327
Occupational therapists£44,040£35,22827
Special needs education teaching professionals£47,432£37,67127
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors£48,977£38,78327
Gardeners and landscape gardeners£28,539£24,06827
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.£46,271£36,83526
Cyber security professionals£54,647£42,25326
Taxation experts£49,850£39,41226
Financial and accounting technicians£60,575£45,69126
Call and contact centre occupations£27,035£22,98526
Elementary storage supervisors£31,010£25,84726
Medical secretaries£26,958£22,92924
Telecoms and related network installers and repairers£39,998£32,31824
Train and tram drivers£76,327£54,82724
Newspaper and periodical editors£42,451£34,08423
Medical and dental technicians£29,931£25,07023
Production, factory and assembly supervisors£36,777£29,99923
Insurance underwriters£41,610£33,47922
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants£23,783£20,64322
Midwifery nurses£46,990£37,35221
Design occupations n.e.c.£39,779£32,16021
Managers and directors in the creative industries£54,772£42,32520
Higher level teaching assistants£25,434£21,83220
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.£48,571£38,49120
Farm workers£30,101£25,19220
Refuse and salvage occupations£27,857£23,57720
IT quality and testing professionals£47,118£37,44519
Pharmaceutical technicians£31,044£25,87119
Credit controllers£28,532£24,06319
Finance officers£31,943£26,51919
Butchers£28,859£24,29819
Early education and childcare services managers£30,140£25,22018
Barristers and judges£50,915£40,08818
Arts officers, producers and directors£45,534£36,30418
Estate agents and auctioneers£30,648£25,58618
Painters and decorators£32,763£27,10918
Fork-lift truck drivers£31,279£26,04018
Bar and catering supervisors£26,019£22,25318
Education advisers and school inspectors£44,549£35,59517
Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants£36,457£29,76917
Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators£32,643£27,02317
Inspectors of standards and regulations£38,963£31,57317
Animal care services occupations n.e.c.£25,067£21,56817
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)£33,465£27,61417
Rail travel assistants£46,062£36,68417
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)£28,620£24,12617
Road construction operatives£38,833£31,47917
Teaching professionals n.e.c.£34,396£28,28516
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters£29,436£24,71416
Chemical and related process operatives£33,959£27,97016
Electronics engineers£52,518£41,01815
Therapy professionals n.e.c.£37,599£30,59115
Mental health nurses£42,692£34,25815
Electrical and electronics technicians£35,126£28,81015
Authors, writers and translators£39,459£31,93015
Vehicle body builders and repairers£34,999£28,71915
Cooks£24,228£20,96415
Sports and leisure assistants£26,934£22,91215
Hairdressers and barbers£24,279£21,00015
Rail transport operatives£57,088£43,66815
Conservation professionals£40,083£32,37914
Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters£44,534£35,58414
Interior designers£36,485£29,78914
Process operatives n.e.c.£31,717£26,35614
Elementary administration occupations n.e.c.£26,631£22,69414
Senior police officers£66,690£49,23813
Human resources administrative occupations£26,851£22,85213
Legal secretaries£26,968£22,93713
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.£30,062£25,16413
Travel agents£28,746£24,21713
Housekeepers and related occupations£25,335£21,76113
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters£30,500£25,48013
Delivery operatives£28,749£24,21913
Health care practice managers£42,559£34,16212
Merchandisers£32,155£26,67112
Data entry administrators£28,316£23,90712
School secretaries£26,463£22,57312
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers£31,851£26,45212
Communication operators£36,415£29,73812
Metal working machine operatives£31,500£26,20012
Air transport operatives£34,700£28,50412
Groundworkers£37,925£30,82612
Children's nurses£41,963£33,73311
Veterinary nurses£28,893£24,32311
Aircraft maintenance and related trades£45,779£36,48011
Roofers, roof tilers and slaters£31,906£26,49211
Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants£30,894£25,76311
Parking and civil enforcement occupations£29,559£24,80211
Retail cashiers and check-out operators£24,622£21,24711
Plastics process operatives£32,644£27,02311
Metal making and treating process operatives£32,871£27,18711
Paper and wood machine operatives£30,360£25,37911
Social services managers and directors£48,549£38,47510
Social and humanities scientists£39,899£32,24710
Welfare professionals n.e.c.£40,594£32,74710
Counsellors£31,124£25,92910
Air travel assistants£28,738£24,21110
Water and sewerage plant operatives£39,690£32,09610
Sewing machinists£24,813£21,38510
Rail construction and maintenance operatives£46,403£36,93010
Industrial cleaning process occupations£27,306£23,18010
Vehicle valeters and cleaners£26,598£22,67010
Clinical psychologists£58,366£44,4109
Other skilled trades n.e.c.£29,340£24,6449
Police community support officers£35,748£29,2589
Debt, rent and other cash collectors£29,097£24,4699
Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c.£26,737£22,7709
Sheet metal workers£32,207£26,7098
Bakers and flour confectioners£29,117£24,4848
Leisure and theme park attendants£22,294£19,5718
Library clerks and assistants£28,134£23,7767
Telephone salespersons£30,495£25,4767
Textile process operatives£27,915£23,6187
Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers£23,331£20,3187
Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.£25,344£21,7676
Elementary storage occupations n.e.c.£35,863£29,3415

Pay data: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14.7a, 2025 provisional, released 2025-10-23. Source. Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full-time employees only. Occupations ONS suppressed for disclosure control are absent rather than estimated, which is why this is a subset of the SOC list. Tax computed on 2026/27 rates.