Surveyor: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Chartered surveyors (SOC 2454)
About £38,142 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +3% on last year
£4,007 a month About £3,179 a month after tax 55 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 £38,641 in 2021 to £48,087 in 2026 (+24%); 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 | £25,704 | £31,270 | £38,641 | x | x |
| 2022 | £26,152 | £32,340 | £39,564 | £50,963 | x |
| 2023 | £28,039 | £34,727 | £41,683 | £50,591 | x |
| 2024 | £29,000 | £36,059 | £43,946 | £53,576 | x |
| 2025 | £29,000 | £37,487 | £46,703 | £58,211 | x |
| 2026 | £30,205 | £37,642 | £48,087 | £62,085 | 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 £48,087 a year and half earn more. That is 18% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £37,642 and £62,085; one in ten earns less than £30,205.
Ranked by median, it is number 87 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,179 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,089 in Scotland.
The median for men is £48,871 and for women £43,184, a gap of 12% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £30,205 | £2,517 |
| 20th | £34,986 | £2,915 |
| 25th (P25) | £37,642 | £3,137 |
| 30th | £39,344 | £3,279 |
| 40th | £43,678 | £3,640 |
| Median (50th) | £48,087 | £4,007 |
| 60th | £52,693 | £4,391 |
| 70th | £58,339 | £4,862 |
| 75th (P75) | £62,085 | £5,174 |
| 80th | £66,032 | £5,503 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £48,871 | £52,975 | 44 |
| Women | £43,184 | £45,717 | 10 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £38,142 | £3,179 |
| Scotland | £37,067 | £3,089 |
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 £48,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 37 job titles to SOC 2454 Chartered surveyors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Agricultural surveyor
- Architectural surveyor
- Building control surveyor
- Building surveyor
- Cartographic surveyor
- Chartered building surveyor
- Chartered surveyor
- Colliery surveyor
- Estate surveyor
- Estimator and surveyor
- Group surveyor
- Hydrographer
- Hydrographic officer
- Hydrographic surveyor
- Inspector
- Land and minerals officer
- Land commissioner
- Land surveyor
- Mineral surveyor
- Mining surveyor
- Photogrammetric surveyor
- Photographic surveyor
- Planning and development surveyor
- Professional assistant
- Project surveyor
- Property surveyor
- River surveyor
- Rural surveyor
- Survey officer
- Surveyor
- Surveyor and estimator
- Surveyor and water engineer
- Surveyor-engineer
- Topographer
- Topographic surveyor
- Utilities surveyor
- Utility surveyor
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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.