Average salary in the East Midlands
Half of full-time employees working in the East Midlands earn less than £36,975 a year and half earn more. ONS figures for the tax year ending 5 April 2026.
About £30,142 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median full-time salary a year, the East Midlands, +4% on last year
£3,081 a month £18.38 an hour About £2,512 a month after tax 1,247 thousand full-time jobs
That's 10% less than the UK median of £40,911, and number 11 of the 12 UK nations and English regions.
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £24,100 | £2,008 |
| 20th | £27,240 | £2,270 |
| 25th (P25) | £28,722 | £2,393 |
| 30th | £30,233 | £2,519 |
| 40th | £33,334 | £2,778 |
| Median (50th) | £36,975 | £3,081 |
| 60th | £41,347 | £3,446 |
| 70th | £46,976 | £3,915 |
| 75th (P75) | £50,264 | £4,189 |
| 80th | £54,072 | £4,506 |
| 90th (P90) | £68,262 | £5,688 |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | |
|---|---|---|
| Men | £40,000 | £47,266 |
| Women | £33,000 | £38,250 |
The median for full-time men is £40,000 and for full-time women £33,000, 18% lower. This compares all full-time jobs, not men and women in the same job. ONS's official gender pay gap uses hourly pay excluding overtime, so it gives a different figure.
Pay by occupation group in the East Midlands
| Occupation group | Median here | UK median |
|---|---|---|
| Managers, directors and senior officials | £51,679 | £60,000 |
| Corporate managers and directors | £56,369 | £67,499 |
| Other managers and proprietors | £41,287 | £43,132 |
| Professional occupations | £46,846 | £50,683 |
| Science, research, engineering and technology professionals | £50,341 | £54,513 |
| Health professionals | £46,580 | £47,984 |
| Teaching and other educational professionals | £45,728 | £49,233 |
| Business, media and public service professionals | £44,526 | £51,601 |
| Associate professional occupations | £37,075 | £40,000 |
| Science, engineering and technology associate professionals | £35,555 | £37,287 |
| Health and social care associate professionals | £29,162 | £30,662 |
| Protective service occupations | £48,097 | £50,566 |
| Culture, media and sports occupations | £33,800* | £37,502 |
| Business and public service associate professionals | £41,188 | £43,264 |
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | £30,162 | £31,918 |
| Administrative occupations | £30,686 | £32,042 |
| Secretarial and related occupations | £26,700 | £29,346 |
| Skilled trades occupations | £36,479 | £37,419 |
| Skilled agricultural and related trades | £29,318 | £29,678 |
| Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades | £39,354 | £40,875 |
| Skilled construction and building trades | £37,674 | £36,959 |
| Textiles, printing and other skilled trades | £27,809 | £31,200 |
| Caring, leisure and other service occupations | £27,065 | £28,497 |
| Caring personal service occupations | £26,857 | £28,276 |
| Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations | £28,142 | £29,358 |
| Community and civil enforcement occupations | x | £33,575 |
| Sales and customer service occupations | £27,182 | £28,276 |
| Sales occupations | £26,798 | £27,532 |
| Customer service occupations | £28,146 | £29,445 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | £33,637 | £34,936 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | £32,192 | £32,767 |
| Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives | £37,117 | £37,730 |
| Elementary occupations | £29,414 | £29,135 |
| Elementary trades and related occupations | £31,165 | £29,853 |
| Elementary administration and service occupations | £29,000 | £29,000 |
* ONS rates these medians as acceptable rather than precise (coefficient of variation over 10%).
Regions are where people work, not where they live. Figures are for full-time employees on adult rates who had been in the same job for more than a year, including bonuses and overtime.
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.