Producer: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Arts officers, producers and directors (SOC 3416)
About £33,748 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, -7.8% on last year
£3,499 a month About £2,812 a month after tax 22 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 £38,601 in 2021 to £41,984 in 2026 (+9%); 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 | £30,829 | £38,601 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £28,857 | £36,242 | x | x |
| 2024 | £23,948 | £28,800 | £38,073 | x | x |
| 2025 | £29,516 | £34,960 | £45,529 | x | x |
| 2026 | £29,714 | £35,076 | £41,984 | £54,178 | 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 £41,984 a year and half earn more. That is 3% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £35,076 and £54,178; one in ten earns less than £29,714.
Ranked by median, it is number 132 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£49,833) 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 £2,812 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,805 in Scotland.
The median for men is £42,710 and for women £39,782, a gap of 7% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £29,714 | £2,476 |
| 20th | £33,288 | £2,774 |
| 25th (P25) | £35,076 | £2,923 |
| 30th | £36,022 | £3,002 |
| 40th | £38,232 | £3,186 |
| Median (50th) | £41,984 | £3,499 |
| 60th | £46,034 | £3,836 |
| 70th | £51,248 | £4,271 |
| 75th (P75) | £54,178 | £4,515 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £42,710 | £49,881 | 10 |
| Women | £39,782 | £49,793 | 12 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £33,748 | £2,812 |
| Scotland | £33,663 | £2,805 |
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 £42,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 86 job titles to SOC 3416 Arts officers, producers and directors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- AI video editor
- Animation director
- Animation producer
- Art adviser
- Art consultant
- Artistic director
- Arts adviser
- Arts development officer
- Arts officer
- Autocue operator
- Broadcast assistant
- Broadcast editor
- Casting director
- Choir master
- Content producer
- Creative consultant
- Director
- Director of production
- Director of programmes
- Documentary filmmaker
- Drama organiser
- Edit assistant
- Editing facilities coordinator
- Editor
- Editor-in-charge
- Entertainment consultant
- Esports producer
- Fight arranger
- Film director
- Film editor
- Film maker
- Film producer
- Filmaker
- Floor manager
- Line producer
- Location manager
- Monitor
- Multimedia producer
- Music producer
- Network director
- Online producer
- Picture editor
- Post production engineer
- Post production supervisor
- Presentation director
- Presentation scheduler
- Producer
- Producer's assistant
- Production assistant
- Production consultant
- Production coordinator
- Production executive
- Programme assistant
- Programme controller
- Programme organiser
- Prompter
- Radio broadcast assistant
- Radio producer
- Record producer
- Script supervisor
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- Stage assistant
- Stage director
- Stage manager
- Studio manager
- Synthetic media producer
- Technical director
- Television director
- Television operator
- Television producer
- Television production assistant
- Television programme director
- Television scheduler
- Theatre director
- Theatre producer
- TV director
- TV editor
- TV producer
- Tv scheduler
- Video director
- Video editor
- Video producer
- Video production assistant
- Video production technician
- Video tape editor
- Visual artist and creative director
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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.