Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £26,030 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +3.8% on last year
£2,605 a month About £2,169 a month after tax 98 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 £25,187 in 2021 to £31,265 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 | £18,597 | £21,453 | £25,187 | £29,128 | x |
| 2022 | £20,487 | £22,697 | £26,399 | £30,312 | x |
| 2023 | £20,043 | £23,360 | £26,739 | £31,484 | x |
| 2024 | £22,576 | £25,453 | £29,374 | £33,193 | x |
| 2025 | £23,178 | £26,083 | £30,121 | £34,898 | x |
| 2026 | x | £27,061 | £31,265 | £36,618 | 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 £31,265 a year and half earn more. That is 24% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £27,061 and £36,618.
Ranked by median, it is number 268 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,169 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,171 in Scotland.
The median for men is £32,978 and for women £30,961, a gap of 6% 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 | £26,088 | £2,174 |
| 25th (P25) | £27,061 | £2,255 |
| 30th | £27,900 | £2,325 |
| 40th | £29,744 | £2,479 |
| Median (50th) | £31,265 | £2,605 |
| 60th | £33,125 | £2,760 |
| 70th | £35,577 | £2,965 |
| 75th (P75) | £36,618 | £3,052 |
| 80th | £38,088 | £3,174 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £32,978 | £34,207 | 26 |
| Women | £30,961 | £31,627 | 72 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £26,030 | £2,169 |
| Scotland | £26,053 | £2,171 |
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 £31,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 204 job titles to SOC 3229 Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Access officer
- Advice case worker
- Advice caseworker
- Advice session supervisor
- Advice worker
- Adviser
- Advisory officer
- Advocacy worker
- Advocate
- AI safety researcher
- Ancillary worker
- Assistive technologist
- Bail support officer
- Befriending coordinator
- Behaviour mentor
- Benefits adviser
- Bereavement officer
- Breast feeding counsellor
- Breastfeeding counsellor
- Breastfeeding support worker
- Broker
- Brokerage officer
- Captain
- Care arranger
- Care broker
- Care broker consultant
- Care home advocate
- Care manager
- Care navigator
- Care officer
- Care organiser
- Care support broker
- Carers advocate
- Case assessor
- Case worker
- Caseworker
- Celebrant
- Charity campaigner
- Charity coordinator
- Chief welfare officer
- Church army worker
- Church elder
- Church worker
- Circuit administrator
- Citizens advice adviser
- Community advocate
- Community care officer
- Coordinator
- Criminal justice assistant
- Crisis support worker
- Crisis worker
- Day care officer
- Day care organiser
- Day care supervisor
- Day centre organiser
- Day centre supervisor
- Day service officer
- Day services officer
- Development officer
- Development worker
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- Disability access officer
- Disability adviser
- Disability officer
- Evangelist
- Field worker
- Funeral celebrant
- Group worker
- Health adviser
- Health and wellbeing coach
- Health coordinator
- Health promotion adviser
- Home care assessor
- Home care organiser
- Home help organiser
- Homeless officer
- Homeless persons officer
- Homeless prevention officer
- Homelessness officer
- Hostel support worker
- Housing solutions officer
- IDVA
- Imca advocate
- Imca services manager
- Independent broker
- Independent domestic violence adviser
- Independent domestic violence advocate
- Independent living adviser
- Independent living coordinator
- Independent living officer
- Information and advice officer
- Key worker
- Lay preacher
- Lay reader
- Lay worker
- Learning mentor
- Learning support mentor
- Leaving care worker
- Local preacher
- Mediator
- Mental health advocate
- Mental health project worker
- Mental health recovery worker
- Mission enabler
- Missionary
- Missioner
- Money advice caseworker
- Needs assessor
- Officiant
- Organiser
- Outreach development worker
- Outreach support worker
- Outreach worker
- Participation and rights worker
- Pastoral assistant
- Pastoral mentor
- Pastoral worker
- Peer support worker
- Personal adviser
- Personal broker
- Placement officer
- Placement support worker
- Prevent coordinator
- Probation assistant
- Probation service ancillary
- Probation service assistant
- Probation service officer
- Probation services assistant
- Probation services officer
- Probation support officer
- Programme facilitator
- Project coordinator
- Project organiser
- Project support worker
- Project worker
- Projects coordinator
- Reablement officer
- Reablement practitioner
- Recovery worker
- Recruiter
- Refuge support worker
- Refuge worker
- Rehabilitation worker
- Relieving officer
- Rescue worker
- Resettlement officer
- Resettlement worker
- Restorative justice coordinator
- Restorative justice officer
- Restorative justice worker
- Review assessment support officer
- Sabbatical officer
- Sabbatical president
- Secure care officer
- Sessional worker
- Settlement worker
- Smoking cessation adviser
- Smoking cessation specialist
- Smoking cessation worker
- Social care assessor
- Social care officer
- Social care support officer
- Social prescriber
- Social prescribing link worker
- Social work assistant
- Stop smoking adviser
- Stop smoking coordinator
- Str worker
- Student adviser
- Student advocate
- Student liaison officer
- Student mentor
- Student services adviser
- Student support coordinator
- Student support officer
- Student union liaison officer
- Student welfare officer
- Support broker
- Support officer
- Support time recovery worker
- Support worker
- Transition mentor
- Victim care officer
- Victim liaison officer
- Volunteer coordinator
- Volunteer work organiser
- Welfare adviser
- Welfare assistant
- Welfare attendant
- Welfare manager
- Welfare officer
- Welfare organiser
- Welfare project coordinator
- Welfare rights adviser
- Welfare rights officer
- Welfare superintendent
- Welfare supervisor
- Welfare worker
- Wellbeing coordinator
- Wellbeing lead
- Wellbeing officer
- Women safety officer
- Women's safety officer
- Youth minister
- Youth pastor
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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.