Health and safety manager: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Health and safety managers and officers (SOC 3582)
About £38,155 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +3.6% on last year
£4,009 a month About £3,180 a month after tax 58 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 £38,175 in 2021 to £48,105 in 2026 (+26%); 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 | £26,608 | £30,924 | £38,175 | £49,449 | x |
| 2022 | £27,321 | £32,224 | £38,518 | £47,276 | x |
| 2023 | £28,071 | £34,132 | £41,721 | £51,181 | x |
| 2024 | £26,342 | £34,904 | £42,622 | £53,644 | x |
| 2025 | £29,895 | £37,950 | £46,448 | £57,249 | x |
| 2026 | £31,067 | x | £48,105 | £58,914 | 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 £48,105 a year and half earn more. That is 18% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
One in ten earns less than £31,067.
Ranked by median, it is number 86 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,180 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,090 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £31,067 | £2,589 |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | x | x |
| 30th | £39,768 | £3,314 |
| 40th | £43,768 | £3,647 |
| Median (50th) | £48,105 | £4,009 |
| 60th | £52,028 | £4,336 |
| 70th | £56,147 | £4,679 |
| 75th (P75) | £58,914 | £4,910 |
| 80th | £62,438 | £5,203 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £50,067 | £53,374 | 38 |
| Women | x | £46,333 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £38,155 | £3,180 |
| Scotland | £37,076 | £3,090 |
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 £48,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 56 job titles to SOC 3582 Health and safety managers and officers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Accident investigator
- Accident prevention officer
- Asbestos analyst
- Asbestos consultant
- Asbestos surveyor
- Crowd safety manager
- Dust control officer
- Dust suppression officer
- Ehs adviser
- EHS manager
- Environmental health and safety officer
- Fire consultant
- Fire marshall
- Fire protection consultant
- Fire risk assessor
- Fire safety adviser
- Fire safety consultant
- Fire safety engineer
- Fire safety manager
- Forensic fire investigator
- Health and safety adviser
- Health and safety consultant
- Health and safety coordinator
- Health and safety environmental adviser
- Health and safety environmental officer
- Health and safety manager
- Health and safety officer
- Health and safety practitioner
- Health safety and environmental manager
- HSE adviser
- HSE manager
- Inspector
- Occupational hygienist
- QHSE manager
- Quality health and safety manager
- Road safety officer
- Road safety organiser
- Safety adviser
- Safety and hygiene manager
- Safety and training officer
- Safety attendant
- Safety consultant
- Safety engineer
- Safety health and environment manager
- Safety health environmental quality officer
- Safety inspector
- Safety man
- Safety manager
- Safety officer
- Safety supervisor
- Safety worker
- SHEQ adviser
- SHEQ manager
- SHEQ officer
- Toxicology adviser
- Ventilation officer
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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.