Officers of non-governmental organisations: salary in the UK
About £24,710 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, -1.2% on last year
£2,453 a month About £2,059 a month after tax 6 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 £27,464 in 2021 to £29,431 in 2026 (+7%); 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 | £27,464 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £27,188 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £27,825 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £24,442 | £27,901 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £29,783 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £25,380 | £29,431 | 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 £29,431 a year and half earn more. That is 28% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 306 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,059 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,062 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £24,816 | £2,068 |
| 25th (P25) | £25,380 | £2,115 |
| 30th | £25,929 | £2,161 |
| 40th | £26,418 | £2,202 |
| Median (50th) | £29,431 | £2,453 |
| 60th | £32,434 | £2,703 |
| 70th | £37,657 | £3,138 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | x | £33,996 | x |
| Women | £30,351 | £32,751 | 5 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £24,710 | £2,059 |
| Scotland | £24,750 | £2,062 |
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 £29,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 58 job titles to SOC 4113 Officers of non-governmental organisations. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Admin assistant
- Admin officer
- Administration assistant
- Administration officer
- Administrative assistant
- Administrative officer
- Administrator
- Area secretary
- Assistant secretary
- Association secretary
- Branch development officer
- Branch secretary
- British council officer
- Business support assistant
- Charity administrator
- Clerk to governing body
- Clerk to governors
- Clerk to school governors
- Clerk to the governors
- Clerk to the trustees
- Constituency organiser
- Covenant administrator
- Curriculum administrator
- Development officer
- District secretary
- Faculty administrator
- Financial secretary
- Fund secretary
- Fundraising administrator
- Fundraising assistant
- Governor support officer
- Group secretary
- Hospital appeals secretary
- Membership administrator
- Membership assistant
- Office administrator
- Officer
- Official
- Organiser
- Organising secretary
- Political organiser
- Political secretary
- Regional officer
- Representative
- Secretary
- Secretary of charitable organisation
- Secretary of political association
- Secretary of professional association
- Secretary of trade association
- Secretary of trade union
- Shop steward
- Trade union delegate
- Trade union officer
- Trade union official
- Union officer
- Union official
- Vice president
- Works convenor
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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.