Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors: salary in the UK
About £35,515 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +3.7% on last year
£3,703 a month About £2,960 a month after tax 46 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 £36,906 in 2021 to £44,438 in 2026 (+20%); 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 | £23,732 | £27,979 | £36,906 | £44,092 | x |
| 2022 | £25,300 | £30,010 | £39,350 | £46,766 | x |
| 2023 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2024 | £26,792 | £32,016 | £40,206 | £50,050 | x |
| 2025 | £29,321 | £34,252 | £42,835 | £53,251 | x |
| 2026 | £30,292 | £35,112 | £44,438 | £53,901 | x |
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 £44,438 a year and half earn more. That is 9% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £35,112 and £53,901; one in ten earns less than £30,292.
Ranked by median, it is number 116 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,960 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,937 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £30,292 | £2,524 |
| 20th | £33,513 | £2,793 |
| 25th (P25) | £35,112 | £2,926 |
| 30th | £36,752 | £3,063 |
| 40th | £39,571 | £3,298 |
| Median (50th) | £44,438 | £3,703 |
| 60th | £47,344 | £3,945 |
| 70th | £51,662 | £4,305 |
| 75th (P75) | £53,901 | £4,492 |
| 80th | £56,987 | £4,749 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | x | £51,960 | x |
| Women | £42,000 | £44,973 | 36 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £35,515 | £2,960 |
| Scotland | £35,243 | £2,937 |
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 £44,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 35 job titles to SOC 1232 Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Care home manager
- Care home owner
- Care manager
- Care service manager
- Community care manager
- Community centre manager
- Convalescent home owner
- Day centre manager
- Day service manager
- Domiciliary care manager
- Head of care
- Home care manager
- Home manager
- House manager
- Location manager
- Manager
- Manager of residential home
- Nursing home manager
- Nursing home owner
- Officer-in-charge
- Owner
- Principal officer
- Registered home manager
- Registered manager
- Rehabilitation unit manager
- Residential care manager
- Residential home owner
- Residential manager
- Rest home owner
- Retirement home owner
- Service manager
- Service Manager
- Sheltered housing manager
- Support manager
- Unit 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.