UK Average Earning 2025 with 2025/26 salary illustrations

Please note this age is now retained for historical reference, if you wish to see the latest NHS pay rates and supporting salary examples, please visit NHS 2025 Pay Scales, if you are looking to compare average salaries in the UK, you can review the UK Average Salaries in 2025

Each Year, The Office for National Statistics publishes the annual salary average for each profession in the UK. The table below provides the average earning for each profession in 2014, you can view the latest Average Earnings and Average Salary statistics for 2025 here.

The Office for National Statistics Salary statistics show and average earning pf £26,500 which is down £164 since 2012

Click on the average salary of the profession shown to view a Tax calculation with personal allowance deductions for the 2025/26 Tax Year

UK Average Salaries for 2014

Lollipop ladies £3,187 average p/a (+4.9% yearly change)
Theme park attendants £6,011 (-10.9%)
Bar staff £7,317 (-1.0%)
Playworkers £7,400 (-3.8%)
Waiters & waitresses £7,654 (+8.3%)
Cleaners £8,067 (+1.9%)
Florists £8,960 (-6.0%)
Hairdressers £10,174 (+0.9%)
Fitness instructors £10,378 (-8.4%)
Shopworkers £11,174 (+0.3%)
Cooks £11,346 (-7.4%)
Nursery nurses £11,163 (-0.4%)
Beauticians £12,418 (+5.3%)
Window cleaners £12,561 (-11.2%)
Receptionists £12,595 (+1.8%)
Care workers £12,804 (+0.9%)
Childminders £12,949 (+2.3%)
Telephonists £14,032 (+1.5%)
Tailors & Dressmakers £14,482 (-23.5%)
Caretakers £16,114 (+3.9%)
Secretaries £16,384 (+1.1%)
Cabbies £16,416 (+4.6%)
Customer service £16,525 (+9.5%)
Undertakers £16,526 (0%)
Packers £16,820 (-0.4%)
Tele sales £17,362 (-1.1%)
Chefs £17,391 (+0.3%)
Gardeners £17,595 (-1.3%)
Street cleaners £17,616 (-3.8%)
Butchers £17,681 (+1.2%)
Hospital porters £17,748 (+5.8%)
Farm workers £17,925 (+4.9)
Traffic wardens £18,065 (-4.2%)
Travel agents £18,344 (+10.7%)
Van drivers £18,744 (+2.9%)
Tyre & exhaust fitters £18,888 (-4.2%)
Bank clerks £19,908 (+9.3%)
Youth & Community workers £20,240 (+2.6%)
Civil servants £20,330 +1.2%
Council administrators £20,351 (+2.9%)
Vicars £20,568 (-3.6%)
Security guards £20,841 (+2.2%)
Plasterers £21,155 (+0.1%)
Lab technicians £21,168 (+0.2%)
Fork lift drivers £21,444 (+0.3%)
Musicians £21,492 (+6.8%)
Roofers £21,921 (-1.5%)
Bricklayers £22,476 (-7.0%)
Painters £22,700 (+1.9%)
Ambulance staff £22,854 (+5.6%)
Housing officers £23,001 (-0.6%)
Bus & coach drivers £23,095 (+3.0%)
Posties & messengers £23,178 (+17.5%)
Librarians £23,940 (-0.3%)
Carpenters £24,029 (+1.4%)
Photographers £24,242 (-4.8%)
Farmers £24,520 (+5.5%)
Estate agents £24,783 (-8.2%)
Publicans £25,222 (+10.7%)
Mechanics £25,238 (-0.7%)
Lorry drivers £25,602 (+1.4%)
Nurses £26,158 (+0.65)
Prison officers £26,616 (+2.6%)
Welders £26,735 (-1.6%)
Printers £26,833 (+2.7%)
Speech therapists £27,470 (-0.5%)
Plumbers £27,832 (-1.2%)
Social workers £28,182 (+1.6%)
Firefighters £28,183 (+0.3%)
Office managers £28,790 (-1.8%)
Human resources personnel £28,999 (+1.0%)
Car makers £29,845 (+1.9%)
Web designers £29,870 (+5.5%)
Midwives £30,020 (+2.0%)
Scaffolders £30,591 (+2.8%)
Coal miners £30,688 (-8.8%)
PRs £31,818 (+0.4%)
Telecoms engineers £32,253 (+5.3%)
Vets £32,374 (-4.0%)
Hotel managers £32,470 (-2.0%)
Teachers £32,547 (+1.4%)
Journalists £35,117 (-0.4%)
Train builders £37,613 (+3.3%)
Civil engineers £38,236 (-2.7%)
Quantity surveyors £38,855 (+1.5%)
Police officers £39,346 (-1.2%)
Construction managers £42,066 (+8.3%)
Architects £44,024 (+3.3%)
Electrical engineers £44,430 (+3.7%)
Solicitors £44,787 (-2.3%)
Train drivers £45,489 (+3.7%)
Barristers & Judges £45,571 (-2.3%)
Health managers £46,629 (-4.7%)
Financial advisers £46,797 (-0.3%)
Dentists £53,567 (+14.3%)
Senior police £58,727 (-3.5%)
MPs Now £66,396 (+1%)
Doctors £70,646 (+1.3%)
MPs Future? £74,000 (+11%)
Airline pilots £78,482 (-0.1%)
Chief executives £117,700 (-4.4%)