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What people in 196 UK occupations typically earn, from official Office for National Statistics data, with the take-home pay after tax for each.
ONS data, April 2025 (provisional) · full-time employees · checked 8 October 2026
The median full-time salary across all UK employees is £39,039 . Find your job below to see how it compares, or start with the highest-paid jobs and lowest-paid jobs .
Managers, directors and senior officials Corporate managers and directors Job Median salary Typical range Chief executives and senior officials £99,944 £63,161 to £151,903 Financial managers and directors £76,447 £50,000 to £120,417 Health services and public health managers and directors £61,573 £48,613 to £80,002 Human resource managers and directors £57,529 £43,676 to £78,677 Information technology directors £91,671 £69,515 to £119,408 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £38,447 £30,000 to £52,498 Marketing, sales and advertising directors £94,135 £65,527 to £134,962 Production managers and directors in construction £56,021 £42,575 to £70,710 Production managers and directors in manufacturing £58,640 £42,885 to £85,000 Purchasing managers and directors £58,005 £44,801 to £82,749
Other managers and proprietors Job Median salary Typical range Leisure and sports managers £36,026 £28,154 to £42,756 Managers in logistics £46,143 £36,461 to £61,139 Managers in storage and warehousing £37,470 £30,022 to £45,338 Managers in transport and distribution £47,504 £38,009 to £63,027 Property, housing and estate managers £43,365 £33,185 to £59,643 Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors £42,700 £34,341 to £53,262 Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors £31,692 £27,257 to £37,814
Professional occupations Science, research, engineering and technology professionals Job Median salary Typical range Biochemists and biomedical scientists £47,892 £37,637 to £56,662 Civil engineers £51,366 £39,802 to £65,000 Cyber security professionals £54,647 £42,761 to £71,808 Electrical engineers £60,303 £43,003 to £73,899 Engineering project managers and project engineers £53,064 £43,175 to £67,463 Environment professionals £43,362 £33,231 to £51,849 Graphic and multimedia designers £32,510 £26,854 to £40,000 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £60,288 £45,860 to £81,932 IT managers £56,438 £44,372 to £73,901 IT network professionals £48,907 £40,104 to £66,230 IT project managers £58,373 £41,423 to £74,823 IT quality and testing professionals £47,118 £36,725 to £55,008 Mechanical engineers £51,110 £39,125 to £62,237 Production and process engineers £47,946 £39,642 to £58,754 Programmers and software development professionals £56,914 £42,289 to £75,794 Research and development (R&D) managers £55,519 £44,101 to £75,207
Health professionals Job Median salary Typical range Community nurses £40,897 £35,643 to £46,932 Generalist medical practitioners £55,494 £43,727 to £68,946 Medical radiographers £48,439 £39,854 to £54,805 Mental health nurses £42,692 £37,229 to £48,074 Midwifery nurses £46,990 £42,084 to £53,564 Nurse practitioners £46,069 £38,107 to £53,210 Occupational therapists £44,040 £36,615 to £49,167 Paramedics £53,818 £45,499 to £60,860 Pharmacists £53,772 £44,891 to £62,344 Physiotherapists £43,532 £35,953 to £50,694 Specialist medical practitioners £92,847 £67,335 to £136,100 Specialist nurses £45,140 £39,340 to £52,644
Teaching and other educational professionals Job Median salary Typical range Early education and childcare services managers £30,140 £25,935 to £36,539 Education advisers and school inspectors £44,549 £37,377 to £54,486 Education managers £46,581 £36,075 to £59,897 Further education teaching professionals £42,218 £36,630 to £50,846 Head teachers and principals £72,192 £59,307 to £83,623 Higher education teaching professionals £52,835 £42,062 to £66,191 Primary education teaching professionals £45,939 £37,847 to £51,676 Secondary education teaching professionals £47,632 £39,059 to £54,047 Special needs education teaching professionals £47,432 £36,845 to £52,484
Business, media and public service professionals Job Median salary Typical range Actuaries, economists and statisticians £53,342 £41,906 to £74,372 Advertising accounts managers and creative directors £48,977 £39,676 to £65,132 Architects £47,143 £37,342 to £55,262 Business and financial project management professionals £59,834 £46,399 to £77,568 Business and related research professionals £41,128 £34,995 to £49,985 Chartered and certified accountants £50,062 £38,696 to £68,056 Chartered surveyors £46,184 £37,504 to £57,670 Clergy £31,183 £30,329 to £37,251 Construction project managers and related professionals £47,665 £37,847 to £57,511 Finance and investment analysts and advisers £50,330 £36,872 to £70,665 Management consultants and business analysts £53,295 £40,202 to £70,977 Marketing and commercial managers £53,703 £39,645 to £69,510 Public relations professionals £37,563 £30,887 to £47,627 Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £50,083 £37,854 to £67,255 Quality control and planning engineers £43,592 £35,425 to £54,194 Quantity surveyors £52,537 £41,465 to £67,203 Social workers £44,550 £39,517 to £49,959 Solicitors and lawyers £56,977 £42,015 to £77,509
Associate professional occupations Science, engineering and technology associate professionals Job Median salary Typical range CAD, drawing and architectural technicians £35,221 £29,500 to £42,481 Database administrators and web content technicians £37,995 £30,395 to £48,133 Engineering technicians £44,843 £35,086 to £55,963 IT operations technicians £35,259 £29,277 to £44,389 IT user support technicians £35,128 £29,206 to £44,720 Laboratory technicians £28,210 £24,975 to £34,028 Quality assurance technicians £33,972 £28,500 to £42,362
Health and social care associate professionals Job Median salary Typical range Child and early years officers £31,001 £26,220 to £35,663 Early education and childcare practitioners £23,717 £20,610 to £26,521 Higher level teaching assistants £25,434 £22,407 to £29,342 Housing officers £34,688 £29,267 to £39,300 Medical and dental technicians £29,931 £26,955 to £36,120 Pharmaceutical technicians £31,044 £26,656 to £36,760 Youth and community workers £32,654 £27,248 to £37,934
Protective service occupations Business and public service associate professionals Job Median salary Typical range Business sales executives £37,924 £30,244 to £52,105 Buyers and procurement officers £37,306 £30,065 to £46,937 Data analysts £38,572 £30,835 to £47,045 Estate agents and auctioneers £30,648 £25,879 to £38,085 Estimators, valuers and assessors £39,634 £32,274 to £51,360 Events managers and organisers £32,163 £27,554 to £41,072 Financial accounts managers £48,980 £37,405 to £64,171 Financial and accounting technicians £60,575 £36,907 to £76,303 Health and safety managers and officers £46,444 £37,925 to £57,141 Human resources and industrial relations officers £35,194 £29,116 to £43,735 Inspectors of standards and regulations £38,963 £33,485 to £44,532 Marketing associate professionals £33,412 £27,373 to £41,521 Project support officers £35,751 £30,055 to £42,644 Public services associate professionals £39,537 £34,538 to £46,806 Sales accounts and business development managers £57,625 £43,049 to £79,598
Administrative and secretarial occupations Administrative occupations Job Median salary Typical range Bank and post office clerks £30,265 £26,640 to £35,718 Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks £31,560 £26,802 to £40,123 Credit controllers £28,532 £25,020 to £34,408 Customer service managers £37,535 £30,098 to £51,485 Data entry administrators £28,316 £24,870 to £33,281 Finance officers £31,943 £28,090 to £37,018 Human resources administrative occupations £26,851 £24,827 to £31,843 Local government administrative occupations £30,886 £26,393 to £36,188 National government administrative occupations £33,000 £29,021 to £41,617 Office managers £38,630 £31,205 to £50,494 Office supervisors £33,174 £29,117 to £39,909 Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £30,269 £26,429 to £34,658 Records clerks and assistants £28,656 £25,500 to £33,159 Sales administrators £28,745 £25,000 to £33,970 Stock control clerks and assistants £29,991 £26,480 to £36,059 Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £33,508 £27,996 to £39,496
Secretarial and related occupations Job Median salary Typical range Legal secretaries £26,968 £24,242 to £31,660 Medical secretaries £26,958 £24,938 to £30,436 Personal assistants and other secretaries £34,954 £28,565 to £43,903 Receptionists £24,678 £22,124 to £28,730 School secretaries £26,463 £23,083 to £29,542
Skilled trades occupations Skilled agricultural and related trades Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades Job Median salary Typical range Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £41,662 £36,219 to £50,312 Electricians and electrical fitters £39,647 £32,287 to £49,138 Metal machining setters and setter-operators £35,718 £30,059 to £42,873 Metal working production and maintenance fitters £40,760 £31,226 to £52,357 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £45,150 £37,945 to £53,837 Telecoms and related network installers and repairers £39,998 £34,515 to £46,505 Vehicle body builders and repairers £34,999 £30,558 to £42,944 Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £37,458 £30,000 to £44,594 Welding trades £35,344 £29,783 to £44,176
Skilled construction and building trades Job Median salary Typical range Carpenters and joiners £34,014 £28,900 to £40,477 Construction and building trades supervisors £45,021 £37,035 to £53,679 Painters and decorators £32,763 £28,462 to £39,007 Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers £37,881 £31,656 to £45,451
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades Job Median salary Typical range Butchers £28,859 £25,989 to £32,218 Catering and bar managers £29,789 £26,380 to £36,691 Chefs £30,010 £25,894 to £36,126 Cooks £24,228 £20,334 to £27,831
Caring, leisure and other service occupations Caring personal service occupations Job Median salary Typical range Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) £33,465 £28,605 to £40,389 Care workers and home carers £27,468 £22,798 to £32,493 Dental nurses £25,742 £23,380 to £28,935 Early education and childcare assistants £24,742 £20,341 to £27,945 Educational support assistants £21,448 £18,465 to £25,501 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £29,084 £25,189 to £33,294 Senior care workers £29,381 £25,272 to £33,740 Teaching assistants £21,239 £18,789 to £24,152
Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations Job Median salary Typical range Caretakers £28,950 £25,678 to £32,942 Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors £28,605 £25,009 to £34,508 Hairdressers and barbers £24,279 £19,408 to £27,762 Housekeepers and related occupations £25,335 £22,342 to £28,241 Rail travel assistants £46,062 £40,367 to £53,858 Sports and leisure assistants £26,934 £23,762 to £30,474 Travel agents £28,746 £25,357 to £37,527
Community and civil enforcement occupations Sales and customer service occupations Sales occupations Job Median salary Typical range Debt, rent and other cash collectors £29,097 £26,163 to £33,638 Retail cashiers and check-out operators £24,622 £21,251 to £27,456 Sales and retail assistants £25,056 £21,970 to £29,846 Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £29,172 £25,530 to £35,425 Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers £31,851 £28,527 to £35,658
Customer service occupations Process, plant and machine operatives Process, plant and machine operatives Job Median salary Typical range Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) £28,620 £25,997 to £34,441 Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) £31,919 £26,562 to £40,274 Chemical and related process operatives £33,959 £28,813 to £42,542 Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £28,243 £24,471 to £33,889 Metal working machine operatives £31,500 £27,304 to £39,688 Production, factory and assembly supervisors £36,777 £30,598 to £46,288 Rail construction and maintenance operatives £46,403 £39,848 to £54,541 Road construction operatives £38,833 £32,079 to £46,527 Routine inspectors and testers £34,360 £28,338 to £43,307 Water and sewerage plant operatives £39,690 £31,577 to £46,183
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives Job Median salary Typical range Bus and coach drivers £36,340 £30,889 to £43,855 Delivery drivers and couriers £27,854 £24,583 to £33,472 Fork-lift truck drivers £31,279 £26,597 to £38,883 Large goods vehicle drivers £39,905 £33,749 to £46,679 Rail transport operatives £57,088 £42,815 to £72,157 Train and tram drivers £76,327 £68,924 to £83,129
Elementary occupations Elementary trades and related occupations Job Median salary Typical range Farm workers £30,101 £25,601 to £36,139 Groundworkers £37,925 £31,416 to £44,540 Industrial cleaning process occupations £27,306 £25,226 to £31,699 Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers £26,152 £23,628 to £30,343
Elementary administration and service occupations Job Median salary Typical range Bar and catering supervisors £26,019 £22,643 to £29,825 Cleaners and domestics £24,130 £20,942 to £27,960 Delivery operatives £28,749 £24,840 to £33,166 Elementary storage supervisors £31,010 £26,982 to £35,957 Kitchen and catering assistants £22,886 £18,811 to £26,766 Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £31,677 £28,292 to £36,381 Refuse and salvage occupations £27,857 £25,803 to £31,223 Security guards and related occupations £33,832 £27,982 to £39,194 Vehicle valeters and cleaners £26,598 £24,110 to £30,383 Waiters and waitresses £22,936 £18,363 to £27,395 Warehouse operatives £27,832 £24,447 to £33,151
