Associate professional occupations

Median full-time salary in this group: £40,000 a year. 68 occupations, highest median first.

Science, engineering and technology associate professionals

Median £37,287

• Engineering technicians 3113
  £45,867
• Database administrators and web content technicians 3133
  £40,998
• IT operations technicians 3131
  £38,189
• Electrical and electronics technicians 3112
  £37,625
• Planning, process and production technicians 3116
  £37,290
• Quality assurance technicians 3115
  £36,967
• Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c. 3119
  £36,630
• Building and civil engineering technicians 3114
  £36,360
• IT user support technicians 3132
  £36,320
• CAD, drawing and architectural technicians 3120
  £35,471
• Laboratory technicians 3111
  £29,334

Health and social care associate professionals

Median £30,662

• Housing officers 3223
  £34,432
• Youth and community workers 3221
  £33,852
• Child and early years officers 3222
  £32,546
• Health associate professionals n.e.c. 3219
  £31,447
• Counsellors 3224
  £31,421
• Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. 3229
  £31,265
• Pharmaceutical technicians 3212
  £30,967
• Medical and dental technicians 3213
  £30,808
• Dispensing opticians 3211
  £30,713
• Veterinary nurses 3240
  £30,192
• Higher level teaching assistants 3231
  £26,026
• Early education and childcare practitioners 3232
  £25,060
• Complementary health associate professionals 3214
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Protective service occupations

Median £50,566

• Police officers (sergeant and below) 3312
  £52,569
• Protective service associate professionals n.e.c. 3319
  £44,940
• Fire service officers (watch manager and below) 3313
  £44,844
• Prison service officers (below principal officer) 3314
  £41,015
• Non-commissioned officers and other ranks 3311
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Culture, media and sports occupations

Median £37,502

• Design occupations n.e.c. 3429
  £43,850
• Arts officers, producers and directors 3416
  £41,984
• Authors, writers and translators 3412
  £41,250
• Artists 3411
  £40,718
• Interior designers 3421
  £38,947
• Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators 3417
  £34,261
• Sports coaches, instructors and officials 3432
  £29,434
• Fitness and wellbeing instructors 3433
  £29,053
• Actors, entertainers and presenters 3413
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• Dancers and choreographers 3414
  x
• Musicians 3415
  x
• Clothing, fashion and accessories designers 3422
  x
• Sports players 3431
  x

Business and public service associate professionals

Median £43,264

• Financial and accounting technicians 3533
  £60,755
• Sales accounts and business development managers 3556
  £58,743
• Ship and hovercraft officers 3512
  £57,956
• Insurance underwriters 3532
  £51,226
• Financial accounts managers 3534
  £49,830
• Health and safety managers and officers 3582
  £48,105
• Business sales executives 3552
  £41,694
• Public services associate professionals 3560
  £41,534
• Estimators, valuers and assessors 3541
  £41,372
• Data analysts 3544
  £41,247
• Inspectors of standards and regulations 3581
  £40,175
• Buyers and procurement officers 3551
  £39,405
• Business associate professionals n.e.c. 3549
  £39,007
• Other vocational and industrial trainers 3574
  £38,380
• Information technology trainers 3573
  £37,440
• Legal associate professionals 3520
  £37,148
• Project support officers 3543
  £36,740
• Human resources and industrial relations officers 3571
  £36,612
• Marketing associate professionals 3554
  £35,000
• Merchandisers 3553
  £34,205
• Events managers and organisers 3557
  £33,987
• Importers and exporters 3542
  £33,489
• Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists 3572
  £32,891
• Estate agents and auctioneers 3555
  £31,947
• Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers 3511
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• Brokers 3531
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Other groups

• Managers, directors and senior officials£60,000
• Professional occupations£50,683
• Administrative and secretarial occupations£31,918
• Skilled trades occupations£37,419
• Caring, leisure and other service occupations£28,497
• Sales and customer service occupations£28,276
• Process, plant and machine operatives£34,936
• Elementary occupations£29,135

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.