Average salary in Yorkshire and The Humber
Half of full-time employees working in Yorkshire and The Humber earn less than £37,519 a year and half earn more. ONS figures for the tax year ending 5 April 2026.
About £30,534 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median full-time salary a year, Yorkshire and The Humber, +5.2% on last year
£3,127 a month £18.97 an hour About £2,544 a month after tax 1,443 thousand full-time jobs
That's 8% less than the UK median of £40,911, and number 9 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) | £24,454 | £2,038 |
| 20th | £27,462 | £2,288 |
| 25th (P25) | £28,982 | £2,415 |
| 30th | £30,493 | £2,541 |
| 40th | £33,724 | £2,810 |
| Median (50th) | £37,519 | £3,127 |
| 60th | £42,009 | £3,501 |
| 70th | £47,508 | £3,959 |
| 75th (P75) | £50,699 | £4,225 |
| 80th | £54,710 | £4,559 |
| 90th (P90) | £69,168 | £5,764 |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | |
|---|---|---|
| Men | £40,279 | £47,242 |
| Women | £34,107 | £38,848 |
The median for full-time men is £40,279 and for full-time women £34,107, 15% 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 Yorkshire and The Humber
| Occupation group | Median here | UK median |
|---|---|---|
| Managers, directors and senior officials | £52,315 | £60,000 |
| Corporate managers and directors | £56,531 | £67,499 |
| Other managers and proprietors | £41,944 | £43,132 |
| Professional occupations | £46,797 | £50,683 |
| Science, research, engineering and technology professionals | £48,455 | £54,513 |
| Health professionals | £45,814 | £47,984 |
| Teaching and other educational professionals | £46,929 | £49,233 |
| Business, media and public service professionals | £46,458 | £51,601 |
| Associate professional occupations | £36,568 | £40,000 |
| Science, engineering and technology associate professionals | £37,019 | £37,287 |
| Health and social care associate professionals | £29,961 | £30,662 |
| Protective service occupations | £43,752 | £50,566 |
| Culture, media and sports occupations | £35,675* | £37,502 |
| Business and public service associate professionals | £39,607 | £43,264 |
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | £30,526 | £31,918 |
| Administrative occupations | £31,037 | £32,042 |
| Secretarial and related occupations | £26,964 | £29,346 |
| Skilled trades occupations | £36,241 | £37,419 |
| Skilled agricultural and related trades | £28,928 | £29,678 |
| Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades | £39,528 | £40,875 |
| Skilled construction and building trades | £35,854 | £36,959 |
| Textiles, printing and other skilled trades | £29,443 | £31,200 |
| Caring, leisure and other service occupations | £27,418 | £28,497 |
| Caring personal service occupations | £27,366 | £28,276 |
| Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations | £27,876 | £29,358 |
| Community and civil enforcement occupations | x | £33,575 |
| Sales and customer service occupations | £27,567 | £28,276 |
| Sales occupations | £26,650 | £27,532 |
| Customer service occupations | £28,453 | £29,445 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | £34,175 | £34,936 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | £32,611 | £32,767 |
| Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives | £36,426 | £37,730 |
| Elementary occupations | £28,429 | £29,135 |
| Elementary trades and related occupations | £28,349 | £29,853 |
| Elementary administration and service occupations | £28,452 | £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.