Public services associate professionals: salary in the UK
About £33,424 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +5.1% on last year
£3,461 a month About £2,785 a month after tax 83 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 £34,716 in 2021 to £41,534 in 2026 (+20%); 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 | £26,475 | £31,445 | £34,716 | £39,940 | x |
| 2022 | £26,290 | £32,111 | £35,455 | £40,734 | x |
| 2023 | £27,016 | £33,581 | £38,510 | £42,293 | x |
| 2024 | £27,006 | £33,976 | £39,352 | £44,390 | x |
| 2025 | £29,167 | £34,309 | £39,527 | £46,822 | x |
| 2026 | £29,982 | £36,345 | £41,534 | £48,433 | 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 £41,534 a year and half earn more. That is 2% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £36,345 and £48,433; one in ten earns less than £29,982.
Ranked by median, it is number 138 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,785 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,779 in Scotland.
The median for men is £42,792 and for women £39,662, 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) | £29,982 | £2,499 |
| 20th | £34,331 | £2,861 |
| 25th (P25) | £36,345 | £3,029 |
| 30th | £37,751 | £3,146 |
| 40th | £38,805 | £3,234 |
| Median (50th) | £41,534 | £3,461 |
| 60th | £44,107 | £3,676 |
| 70th | £46,900 | £3,908 |
| 75th (P75) | £48,433 | £4,036 |
| 80th | £50,273 | £4,189 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £42,792 | £45,066 | 35 |
| Women | £39,662 | £42,267 | 48 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £33,424 | £2,785 |
| Scotland | £33,344 | £2,779 |
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 121 job titles to SOC 3560 Public services associate professionals. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- A3
- Administrator
- Agricultural officer
- AP(T)
- Appointments officer
- Area amenity manager
- Area officer
- B1
- B2
- B3
- Band 3
- Band 3a
- Band 3b
- Band 3c
- Band 4
- Band d
- Band e
- Bed manager
- Benefit team leader
- Best value officer
- Branch manager
- Budget support officer
- C1
- C2
- C3
- C4
- Care coordinator
- Chief cashier
- Chief clerk
- Chief collector
- Chief officer
- Civil servant
- Collector
- Commissioning officer
- Community cohesion officer
- Controller
- Council tax manager
- Counsellor
- Democratic services assistant
- Democratic services officer
- Determination officer
- Discharge coordinator
- Division officer
- Elections manager
- Electoral services manager
- Environmental monitoring officer
- Environmental protection manager
- Equipment officer
- Establishment officer
- European officer
- Foreign service officer
- Freedom of information officer
- Grade 10
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Grade b
- Grade i substitution officer
- Grain superintendent
- HEO
- Higher (d) executive officer
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- Higher clerical officer
- Higher executive officer
- Higher grade collector
- Higher officer
- Highways superintendent
- Hospital administrator
- Information officer
- Insurance office manager
- Jobcentre manager
- Manager
- MDT coordinator
- Mental health act administrator
- Multidisciplinary team coordinator
- Officer-in-charge
- Pals officer
- Patient advice and liaison service officer
- Patient experience facilitator
- Patient experience officer
- Payband 3
- Performance team leader
- PO
- Policy development officer
- Postal executive
- Presenting officer
- Principal clerk
- Principal officer
- Principal revenue officer
- Project coordinator
- RE1
- Recycling officer
- Regeneration officer
- Regeneration project officer
- Regional collector
- Regional controller
- Regional finance officer
- Regional officer
- Rents superintendent
- Securities officer
- Senior case worker
- Senior caseworker
- Senior collector
- Senior control officer
- Senior executive officer
- Senior group officer
- Senior revenue officer
- SEO
- SO
- Staff inspector
- Staff officer
- Superintendent
- Superintendent of stamping
- Supervisor
- Team leader
- Team manager
- Vat assurance officer
- Vat officer
- Waste awareness officer
- Waste management officer
- Waste support officer
- Work coach team leader
- Work experience coordinator
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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.