Salaries in the United Kingdom
£2,708a month
Median monthly salary, 2025.
- Yearly
- £32,500
- Equals
- $3,566
Top 10 highest paying
- CEO£99,940
- Senior government officials£98,310
- Specialist doctor£87,860
- Airline pilot£82,750
- Air traffic controller£82,750
- Social media manager£82,550
- Finance manager£76,450
- Insurance agent£76,450
- Train driver£76,330
- Operations manager£75,710
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker£11,070
- Fiacre driver£14,920
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers£16,030
- Water and firewood collectors£16,470
- Street vendor£16,660
- Cleaners£16,710
- Street and related service workers£16,710
- Odd job persons£17,360
- Forest worker£17,680
- Runway model£19,240
By major occupation group
| Armed forces | £4,498 a month |
| Managers | £4,082 a month |
| Professionals | £3,501 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | £2,791 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | £2,791 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | £2,500 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | £2,193 a month |
| Clerical support workers | £2,167 a month |
| Service and sales workers | £1,816 a month |
| Elementary occupations | £1,365 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant£45,650
- Accounts assistant£31,560
- Accounts clerk£50,780
- Actor£27,990
- Actuary£53,340
- Agricultural technician£30,370
- Aid worker£39,210
- Air traffic controller£82,750
- Air traffic safety technician£35,570
- Aircraft technician£45,780
- Airline pilot£82,750
- Animal carer£25,070
- Announcer£36,770
- Anthropologist£39,900
- Apiarists and sericulturists£28,830
- Aquaculture support worker£28,830
- Architect£45,410
- Art director£45,530
- Artist£47,760
- Astrologer£22,150
- Astrophysicist£55,520
- Athlete£32,830
- Audio-visual technician£32,640
- Audiology technician£29,930
- Audit clerk£29,250
- Auto mechanic£36,800
- Avionics mechanic£42,480
- Ballet dancer£32,800
- Bartender£25,080
- Basketmaker£27,150
- Beautician£24,120
- Benefits officer£32,620
- Bicycle mechanic£30,770
- Bike assembler£29,110
- Bindery worker£27,320
- Blacksmith£37,060
- Blaster£38,180
- Boiler operator£38,850
- Bricklayer£33,030
- Broadcast engineer£46,500
- Builder£34,820
- Bus driver£36,340
- Butcher£28,690
- Buyer£37,100
- Cabinetmaker£33,550
- Call centre agent£30,500
- Candle factory worker£30,460
- Car assembler£31,920
- Car cleaner£26,600
- Car electrician£40,130
- Car painter£34,530
- Career coach£34,980
- Caretaker£28,950
- Carpenter£34,010
- Carpet worker£26,570
- Cashier£27,390
- CEO£99,940
- Cheese maker£35,490
- Chef£29,870
- Chemical engineer£47,950
- Chemical engineering technician£37,080
- Chemical operator£37,950
- Chemical products plant and machine operators£33,960
- Chemist£39,980
- Chief engineer£39,870
- Childcare centre manager£30,140
- Civil engineer£51,370
- Civils worker£37,230
- Cleaner£24,640
- Cleaners£16,710
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified£28,430
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified£23,990
- Clinical research assistant£28,260
- Cnc operator£34,610
- Coffee taster£30,290
- Commodity trader£56,690
- Community health worker£30,580
- Companion£25,340
- Concrete finisher£35,070
- Construction foreman£45,020
- Construction manager£54,320
- Construction worker£29,620
- Cook£26,670
- Corporate trainer£36,370
- Correctional officer£41,290
- Corrugator operator£30,360
- Courier£29,670
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified£28,220
- Crane operators£45,920
- Crop producer£26,450
- Crop team leader£26,520
- Croupier£26,930
- Cure operator£31,720
- Customer service clerk£27,040
- Customs agent£34,760
- Customs officer£33,510
- Dance teacher£20,890
- Data administrator£42,780
- Data centre operator£35,260
- Data entry clerk£28,320
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified£53,530
- Day care worker£24,460
- Debt collector£29,690
- Deep-sea fisherman£27,330
- Dental hygienist£25,740
- Dentist£47,280
- Dietitian£35,020
- Doctor£55,490
- Door to door seller£27,400
- Draughtsperson£35,220
- Driving instructor£25,760
- Earthmoving and related plant operators£37,860
- Economist£53,340
- Education officer£43,770
- Electric powerline worker£48,570
- Electrical assembler£28,620
- Electrical engineer£60,300
- Electrical technician£35,130
- Electrician£39,650
- Electronic engineer£45,360
- Electronics engineering technician£35,130
- Elementary school teacher£45,940
- Embalmer£30,890
- Embroiderer£26,570
- Employment agent£32,420
- Energy manager£58,940
- Environment engineer£43,360
- Environmental protection professionals£39,710
- Esol teacher£37,510
- Event coordinator£32,160
- Executive assistant£34,360
- Fabric cutter£25,660
- Fabric dyer£27,920
- Façade cleaner£25,780
- Facility manager£63,240
- Factory labourer£29,120
- Farm equipment operator£29,120
- Farm hand£30,100
- Farm hands£26,740
- Fast food worker£11,070
- Fiacre driver£14,920
- File clerk£26,630
- Fill operator£26,150
- Finance adviser£56,690
- Finance manager£76,450
- Financial analyst£50,330
- Financier£50,330
- Fire alarm technician£39,790
- Firefighter£44,030
- Fisheries boatman£27,330
- Fishery production manager£33,010
- Fitness club manager£39,390
- Flight attendant£28,660
- Food and related products machine operators£28,240
- Food service worker£22,890
- Food stall holder£19,670
- Forest ranger£27,610
- Forest worker£17,680
- Forester£37,930
- Forestry advisor£45,380
- Forestry technician£31,020
- Forklift operator£31,280
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers£28,870
- Fur animal rearer£29,300
- Garage manager£52,450
- Gardener£27,880
- Garment presser£23,330
- Gas station salesperson£24,620
- General manager£61,570
- Geologist£55,520
- Glassblower£28,940
- Glassmaker£31,720
- Glazier£29,700
- Gluing operator£24,520
- Grader£34,260
- Grinder£31,500
- Guide£27,290
- Gym worker£25,510
- Hairdresser£24,280
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers£16,030
- Head of marketing£70,730
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified£42,010
- Health records clerk£30,980
- Health screener£29,990
- Heat treat operator£32,640
- Hide machine operator£26,680
- High school teacher£47,630
- Historian£39,900
- Horticulturist£28,380
- Hotel manager£36,580
- Hotel receptionist£24,680
- House manager£25,340
- Household manager£28,360
- Housekeeper£24,130
- HR manager£57,530
- Hunter£27,580
- Hvac mechanic£41,170
- Industrial engineer£49,050
- Industrial painter£32,760
- Information clerk£27,820
- Insulator£32,450
- Insurance agent£76,450
- Insurance seller£41,610
- IT presales technician£43,840
- IT project manager£64,630
- IT technician£35,130
- IT trainer£38,980
- Jeweller£29,340
- Journalist£42,580
- Judge£50,920
- Kitchen assistant£23,450
- Laboratory technologist£31,010
- Landscape architect£47,140
- Laser technician£36,190
- Laundry worker£23,330
- Lawyer£53,480
- Legal aide£34,660
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified£36,640
- Legal secretary£26,970
- Legislators£23,060
- Librarian£38,070
- Library assistant£28,130
- Livestock and dairy producers£30,590
- Livestock farm labourers£30,100
- Loan officer£28,530
- Logistics manager£47,490
- Loss adjuster£39,930
- Machine oiler£40,860
- Mail carrier£31,680
- Management consultant£54,530
- Manufacturing director£58,680
- Market trader£21,990
- Marketing specialist£46,230
- Mechanical engineer£50,930
- Mechanical engineering technician£44,840
- Medical assistant£23,780
- Medical herbalist£27,890
- Medical laboratory technician£28,210
- Medical transcriber£32,160
- Medical writer£39,460
- Metal caster£32,870
- Metal filer£32,870
- Metal furnace operator£34,970
- Metal molder£37,060
- Metal worker£39,900
- Metallurgist£35,380
- Metalworker£33,630
- Meteorologist£55,520
- Meter reader£29,100
- Midwife£46,990
- Midwife assistant£46,990
- Military officer£58,350
- Mine engineer£51,370
- Mine supervisor£39,610
- Miners£38,300
- Mining assistant£38,300
- Mixed farmer£35,300
- Motorcyle courier£26,570
- Museum curator£34,240
- Museum technician£28,450
- Music teacher£34,400
- Musician£46,590
- Network engineer£35,260
- Networks engineer£48,910
- Nursing assistant£29,080
- Nursing associate professionals£30,730
- Nursing home manager£42,700
- Odd job persons£17,360
- Office clerk£29,470
- Office manager£36,930
- Operations manager£75,710
- Optician£28,540
- Optometrist£51,030
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals£45,530
- Paper maker£30,360
- Paramedic£46,790
- Paramedical practitioners£53,820
- Passport officer£33,150
- Pastry cook£29,120
- Patent agent£54,770
- Pawnbroker£21,230
- Payroll clerk£31,560
- Performer£26,260
- Personal care attendant£27,930
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified£28,810
- Personnel clerks£26,850
- Pest control technician£28,320
- Petty officer£48,290
- Pharmacist£53,770
- Photo retoucher£27,320
- Photographer£28,100
- Physical therapist£43,530
- Piano tuner£33,440
- Picker and packer£26,150
- Plasterer£34,020
- Plumber£37,970
- Police detective£66,690
- Police officer£31,380
- Policy analyst£47,860
- Potter£28,940
- Poultry sexer£25,370
- Power plant operator£39,060
- Prepress technician£27,500
- Preschool teacher£37,590
- Preschool teaching assistant£22,020
- Primary school manager£58,280
- Print operator£31,280
- Prison teacher£35,780
- Process operator£43,010
- Product designer£39,070
- Product manager£55,520
- Production line coordinator£29,310
- Production supervisor£42,860
- Professor£52,840
- Project manager£50,080
- Promotions demonstrator£32,160
- Proofreader£27,600
- Psychologist£57,510
- Public health inspector£46,400
- Public relations professionals£37,560
- Pulp control worker£36,900
- Quality inspector£39,100
- Radiologic technologist£45,030
- Rail conductor£46,060
- Real estate agent£40,080
- Receptionist£24,680
- Registered nurse£42,890
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified£39,370
- Religious professionals£31,180
- Religious worker£28,230
- Rental sales worker£31,480
- Restaurant manager£31,200
- Retail sales associate£25,340
- Retail store supervisor£29,170
- Riding instructor£29,760
- Rig driller£36,420
- Rigger£41,550
- Roofer£31,910
- Runway model£19,240
- Sales engineer£37,920
- Sales representative£46,040
- Sawmill operator£28,500
- Scribes and related workers£26,610
- Secretary£34,950
- Security guard£35,510
- Senior government officials£98,310
- Set designer£36,950
- Sewing machine operator£24,810
- Sex worker£28,080
- Shelf stacker£24,900
- Ship pilot£37,410
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers£39,360
- Shoemaker£25,360
- Shop keeper£36,300
- Sign installer£28,940
- Signalman£57,090
- Slitter operator£29,260
- Social care worker£31,640
- Social media manager£82,550
- Social services manager£45,920
- Social worker£43,460
- Software developer£56,910
- Software programmer£42,200
- Software tester£50,240
- Soldier£51,820
- Sorter£28,440
- Special needs teacher£47,430
- Specialist doctor£87,860
- Speech therapist£45,510
- Sport coach£30,110
- Statistician£36,190
- Steel erector£35,480
- Stock coordinator£29,990
- Stone fabricator£31,720
- Stone planer£30,330
- Stonemason£33,940
- Store manager£38,450
- Street and related service workers£16,710
- Street sweeper£27,630
- Street vendor£16,660
- Subsistence crop farmers£23,640
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers£26,250
- Subsistence livestock farmers£23,910
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers£23,670
- Survey enumerator£24,750
- Surveyor£46,180
- Switchboard operator£35,920
- Systems administrator£42,630
- Systems analyst£59,060
- Tailor£25,590
- Tanner£29,090
- Tax officer£49,850
- Taxi driver£30,680
- Technical aide£40,260
- Telecom administrator£37,330
- Teller£30,270
- Tent builder£33,060
- Test engineer£49,190
- Textile braider£25,630
- Textile machine operator£24,910
- Therapy assistant£27,890
- Tile installer£32,860
- Tobacco dryer£29,890
- Trades union official£51,260
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village£57,250
- Traditional therapist£27,890
- Train driver£76,330
- Translator£39,460
- Transport clerks£33,510
- Travel agent£28,700
- Tree doctor£27,260
- Truck driver£39,910
- Typist£27,170
- Underwater welder£36,610
- Upholsterer£27,910
- Urban planner£41,680
- UX designer£35,210
- Vet technician£28,930
- Veterinarian£51,060
- Vocational teacher£41,560
- Waiter£23,230
- Warehouse worker£28,370
- Waste collector£27,860
- Watch maker£40,060
- Water and firewood collectors£16,470
- Water plant operator£39,690
- Water-based fisheries worker£26,740
- Web developer£56,910
- Web technician£43,190
- Welder£35,340
- Wind technician£28,210
- Winder operator£27,920
- Window washer£29,190
- Wood treater£30,790
- Woodworker£30,360
- Zoologist£45,560
Source: UK Office for National Statistics (ONS), ASHE 2025, full-time employees. How we calculate