Average salary in the East of England
Half of full-time employees working in the East of England earn less than £40,531 a year and half earn more. ONS figures for the tax year ending 5 April 2026.
About £32,702 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median full-time salary a year, the East of England, +4.5% on last year
£3,378 a month £20.39 an hour About £2,725 a month after tax 1,536 thousand full-time jobs
That's about the same as the UK median of £40,911, and number 4 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) | £25,308 | £2,109 |
| 20th | £29,012 | £2,418 |
| 25th (P25) | £30,636 | £2,553 |
| 30th | £32,365 | £2,697 |
| 40th | £36,096 | £3,008 |
| Median (50th) | £40,531 | £3,378 |
| 60th | £45,702 | £3,809 |
| 70th | £51,742 | £4,312 |
| 75th (P75) | £55,506 | £4,626 |
| 80th | £60,924 | £5,077 |
| 90th (P90) | £79,895 | £6,658 |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | |
|---|---|---|
| Men | £43,629 | £53,572 |
| Women | £36,325 | £42,401 |
The median for full-time men is £43,629 and for full-time women £36,325, 17% 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 of England
| Occupation group | Median here | UK median |
|---|---|---|
| Managers, directors and senior officials | £57,530 | £60,000 |
| Corporate managers and directors | £63,951 | £67,499 |
| Other managers and proprietors | £41,044 | £43,132 |
| Professional occupations | £50,435 | £50,683 |
| Science, research, engineering and technology professionals | £55,896 | £54,513 |
| Health professionals | £47,296 | £47,984 |
| Teaching and other educational professionals | £47,451 | £49,233 |
| Business, media and public service professionals | £49,758 | £51,601 |
| Associate professional occupations | £39,451 | £40,000 |
| Science, engineering and technology associate professionals | £36,571 | £37,287 |
| Health and social care associate professionals | £29,864 | £30,662 |
| Protective service occupations | £49,806 | £50,566 |
| Culture, media and sports occupations | £34,844* | £37,502 |
| Business and public service associate professionals | £42,954 | £43,264 |
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | £31,966 | £31,918 |
| Administrative occupations | £32,126 | £32,042 |
| Secretarial and related occupations | £29,682 | £29,346 |
| Skilled trades occupations | £38,975 | £37,419 |
| Skilled agricultural and related trades | £30,133 | £29,678 |
| Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades | £42,960 | £40,875 |
| Skilled construction and building trades | £38,418 | £36,959 |
| Textiles, printing and other skilled trades | £30,928 | £31,200 |
| Caring, leisure and other service occupations | £28,551 | £28,497 |
| Caring personal service occupations | £28,385 | £28,276 |
| Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations | £29,195 | £29,358 |
| Community and civil enforcement occupations | x | £33,575 |
| Sales and customer service occupations | £29,103 | £28,276 |
| Sales occupations | £28,067 | £27,532 |
| Customer service occupations | £30,525 | £29,445 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | £35,277 | £34,936 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | £32,970 | £32,767 |
| Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives | £36,734 | £37,730 |
| Elementary occupations | £30,215 | £29,135 |
| Elementary trades and related occupations | £31,951 | £29,853 |
| Elementary administration and service occupations | £29,869 | £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.