Other psychologists: salary in the UK
About £32,603 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time
£3,366 a month About £2,717 a month after tax 13 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 £40,558 in 2021 to £40,394 in 2026 (-0%); 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 | x | £28,536 | £40,558 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £25,486 | £35,093 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £28,617 | £33,287 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £26,612 | x | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £29,060 | £40,394 | x | 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 £40,394 a year and half earn more. That is 1% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 149 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£50,550) 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 £2,717 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,711 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £27,518 | £2,293 |
| 25th (P25) | £29,060 | £2,422 |
| 30th | £30,590 | £2,549 |
| 40th | £37,241 | £3,103 |
| Median (50th) | £40,394 | £3,366 |
| 60th | £50,822 | £4,235 |
| 70th | £59,930 | £4,994 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | x | £50,879 | x |
| Women | £40,171 | £50,427 | 9 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £32,603 | £2,717 |
| Scotland | £32,534 | £2,711 |
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 £40,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 15 job titles to SOC 2226 Other psychologists. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Business psychologist
- Counselling psychologist
- Educational psychologist
- Forensic psychologist
- Health psychologist
- Occupational psychologist
- Practitioner psychologist
- Psychologist
- Psychology assistant
- Psychometrician
- Psychometrist
- Registered psychologist
- Research psychologist
- Sport and exercise psychologist
- Sport psychologist
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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.