Musician: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Musicians (SOC 3415)
ONS didn't publish salary figures for Musicians in 2026: too few full-time employees were in the survey sample for a reliable estimate. This is common for jobs where many people are self-employed, because the survey only covers employees.
The wider group Artistic, Literary and Media Occupations (SOC 341) has a median of £38,871 a year.
ONS did publish a mean of £40,167, which is less reliable than a median would be.
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 43 job titles to SOC 3415 Musicians. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Accompanist
- Band leader
- Band master
- Bandmaster
- Bandsman
- Bassoonist
- Bell ringer
- Campanologist
- Cellist
- Church organist
- Clarinettist
- Classical musician
- Composer
- Conductor
- Cornetist
- Director of music
- Drummer
- Flautist
- Guitarist
- Harpist
- Instrumentalist
- Music arranger
- Music conductor
- Music copyist
- Music organiser
- Music transcriber
- Music writer
- Musical conductor
- Musical director
- Musician
- Oboist
- Orchestra leader
- Orchestrator
- Organist
- Percussionist
- Pianist
- Pipe major
- Player
- Song writer
- Trombonist
- Tympanist
- Violinist
- Violoncellist
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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.