Importers and exporters: salary in the UK
About £27,631 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, -1.7% on last year
£2,791 a month About £2,303 a month after tax
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 £34,534 in 2021 to £33,489 in 2026 (-3%); 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 | x | £34,534 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £32,378 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £35,675 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £34,062 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | £33,489 | 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 £33,489 a year and half earn more. That is 18% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 230 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£39,792) 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 £2,303 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,303 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | x | x |
| 30th | x | x |
| 40th | £32,841 | £2,737 |
| Median (50th) | £33,489 | £2,791 |
| 60th | x | x |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £27,631 | £2,303 |
| Scotland | £27,632 | £2,303 |
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 £33,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 17 job titles to SOC 3542 Importers and exporters. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Export agent
- Export and import officer
- Export consultant
- Export controller
- Export coordinator
- Export officer
- Export-import supervisor
- Exporter
- Import agent
- Import coordinator
- Import executive
- Import-export agent
- Importer
- Importer-exporter
- Ship's agent
- Shipper
- Shipping agent
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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.