Interior designers: salary in the UK
About £31,561 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +7.2% on last year
£3,246 a month About £2,630 a month after tax 14 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 £30,540 in 2021 to £38,947 in 2026 (+28%); 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 | £27,290 | £30,540 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £28,635 | £36,067 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £25,713 | £34,407 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £29,558 | £35,189 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £31,077 | £36,319 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £30,000 | £38,947 | 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 £38,947 a year and half earn more. That is 5% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 164 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£44,979) 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 £2,630 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,626 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £27,958 | £2,330 |
| 25th (P25) | £30,000 | £2,500 |
| 30th | £31,501 | £2,625 |
| 40th | £35,919 | £2,993 |
| Median (50th) | £38,947 | £3,246 |
| 60th | £42,963 | £3,580 |
| 70th | £49,966 | £4,164 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | x | £47,688 | x |
| Women | £38,653 | £42,676 | 8 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £31,561 | £2,630 |
| Scotland | £31,507 | £2,626 |
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 £39,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 19 job titles to SOC 3421 Interior designers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Bathroom designer
- Design assistant
- Design consultant
- Designer
- Décor designer
- Furniture designer
- Interior and spatial designer
- Interior decorator
- Interior design assistant
- Interior design consultant
- Interior designer
- Interior stylist
- Kitchen designer
- Kitchen planner
- Kitchen sales designer
- Shopfitting designer
- Soft furnishing designer
- Team leader
- Wallpaper designer
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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.