Caring, leisure and other service occupations

Median full-time salary in this group: £28,497 a year. 29 occupations, highest median first.

Caring personal service occupations

Median £28,276

• Nannies and au pairs 6116
  £38,698
• Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) 6132
  £33,549
• Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants 6138
  £31,342
• Senior care workers 6136
  £31,341
• Pest control officers 6121
  £31,020
• Nursing auxiliaries and assistants 6131
  £30,383
• Houseparents and residential wardens 6134
  £30,211
• Care workers and home carers 6135
  £28,738
• Animal care services occupations n.e.c. 6129
  £26,939
• Dental nurses 6133
  £26,923
• Early education and childcare assistants 6111
  £25,558
• Playworkers 6117
  £23,118
• Educational support assistants 6113
  £22,699
• Teaching assistants 6112
  £22,018
• Childminders 6114
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• Care escorts 6137
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Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations

Median £29,358

• Rail travel assistants 6214
  £49,395
• Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors 6240
  £30,607
• Air travel assistants 6213
  £30,165
• Caretakers 6232
  £29,483
• Travel agents 6212
  £29,362
• Sports and leisure assistants 6211
  £28,272
• Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c. 6219
  £28,143
• Housekeepers and related occupations 6231
  £26,177
• Beauticians and related occupations 6222
  £26,046
• Hairdressers and barbers 6221
  £25,491
• Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors 6250
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Community and civil enforcement occupations

Median £33,575

• Police community support officers 6311
  £36,182
• Parking and civil enforcement occupations 6312
  £29,884

Other groups

• Managers, directors and senior officials£60,000
• Professional occupations£50,683
• Associate professional occupations£40,000
• Administrative and secretarial occupations£31,918
• Skilled trades occupations£37,419
• 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.