Store manager: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Managers and directors in retail and wholesale (SOC 1150)
About £31,688 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +1.7% on last year
£3,260 a month About £2,641 a month after tax 253 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
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.
Pay by year
The median went from £29,830 in 2021 to £39,123 in 2026 (+31%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £18,967 | £22,920 | £29,830 | £40,798 | £59,409 |
| 2022 | £20,003 | £24,846 | £31,213 | £42,952 | £62,708 |
| 2023 | £21,398 | £26,228 | £33,130 | £46,139 | x |
| 2024 | £24,793 | £29,457 | £36,561 | £50,386 | £72,078 |
| 2025 | £25,720 | £30,005 | £38,461 | £52,498 | £76,288 |
| 2026 | £26,411 | £30,798 | £39,123 | £53,566 | £80,212 |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £39,123 a year and half earn more. That is 4% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £30,798 and £53,566; the middle 80% between £26,411 and £80,212.
Ranked by median, it is number 160 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£49,804) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,641 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,636 in Scotland.
The median for men is £42,990 and for women £34,787, a gap of 19% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £26,411 | £2,201 |
| 20th | £29,639 | £2,470 |
| 25th (P25) | £30,798 | £2,567 |
| 30th | £32,096 | £2,675 |
| 40th | £35,398 | £2,950 |
| Median (50th) | £39,123 | £3,260 |
| 60th | £44,106 | £3,675 |
| 70th | £49,869 | £4,156 |
| 75th (P75) | £53,566 | £4,464 |
| 80th | £59,370 | £4,948 |
| 90th (P90) | £80,212 | £6,684 |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £42,990 | £53,401 | 152 |
| Women | £34,787 | £44,421 | 102 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £31,688 | £2,641 |
| Scotland | £31,632 | £2,636 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £39,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 59 job titles to SOC 1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Area manager
- Book stall manager
- Bookshop manager
- Branch manager
- Butcher's manager
- Butcher's shop manager
- Car sales manager
- Charity shop manager
- Clothing club manager
- Company director
- Customer and trading manager
- Customer trading manager
- Dairy manager
- Development director
- Director
- District manager
- Farm shop manager
- Fishmonger's manager
- Fishmonger's shop manager
- Fleet sales manager
- Florist manager
- Franchise director
- Garden centre manager
- Head of operations
- Head of retail operations
- Licensee
- Mail order manager
- Manager
- Managing director
- Off licence manager
- Operations manager
- Petrol station manager
- Planning manager
- Production manager
- Retail director
- Retail manager
- Retail operations manager
- Retail shop manager
- Retail store manager
- Sales manager
- Sales room manager
- Service manager
- Service station manager
- Shift manager
- Shop manager
- Show room manager
- Showroom manager
- Site manager
- Store director
- Store manager
- Stores manager
- Studio manager
- Supermarket manager
- Tailor's manager
- Technical director
- Technical manager
- Trade manager
- Wholesale manager
- Wholesale operations manager
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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.