Environmental health professionals: salary in the UK
About £35,852 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +8.7% on last year
£3,742 a month About £2,988 a month after tax 10 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 £38,179 in 2021 to £44,907 in 2026 (+18%); 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 | £32,663 | £38,179 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £38,323 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £32,512 | £39,926 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £40,895 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £41,317 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £38,816 | £44,907 | 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 £44,907 a year and half earn more. That is 10% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 109 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,988 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,956 in Scotland.
The median for men is £45,601 and for women £43,672, a gap of 4% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £36,943 | £3,079 |
| 25th (P25) | £38,816 | £3,235 |
| 30th | £39,611 | £3,301 |
| 40th | £42,054 | £3,505 |
| Median (50th) | £44,907 | £3,742 |
| 60th | £46,439 | £3,870 |
| 70th | £50,194 | £4,183 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £45,601 | £50,945 | x |
| Women | £43,672 | £45,148 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £35,852 | £2,988 |
| Scotland | £35,477 | £2,956 |
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 £45,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 17 job titles to SOC 2483 Environmental health professionals. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Air pollution inspector
- Environmental health inspector
- Environmental health manager
- Environmental health officer
- Food inspector
- Food safety officer
- Port health inspector
- Port health officer
- Professional enforcement officer
- Public health inspector
- Public health officer
- Sanitary inspector
- Sanitary officer
- Shops inspector
- Smoke control officer
- Smoke inspector
- Technical officer
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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.