Office supervisors: salary in the UK
About £29,465 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +7.7% on last year
£3,003 a month About £2,455 a month after tax 47 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 £27,372 in 2021 to £36,036 in 2026 (+32%); 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 | £20,114 | £23,068 | £27,372 | £33,804 | x |
| 2022 | £19,988 | £23,145 | £27,544 | £33,916 | x |
| 2023 | £21,426 | £25,803 | £29,997 | x | x |
| 2024 | £25,025 | £29,049 | £33,819 | £40,557 | x |
| 2025 | £25,630 | £29,115 | £33,460 | £40,247 | x |
| 2026 | £26,968 | £30,900 | £36,036 | £43,315 | 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 £36,036 a year and half earn more. That is 12% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £30,900 and £43,315; one in ten earns less than £26,968.
Ranked by median, it is number 198 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,455 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,453 in Scotland.
The median for men is £38,620 and for women £33,063, a gap of 14% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £26,968 | £2,247 |
| 20th | £29,621 | £2,468 |
| 25th (P25) | £30,900 | £2,575 |
| 30th | £31,827 | £2,652 |
| 40th | £33,690 | £2,808 |
| Median (50th) | £36,036 | £3,003 |
| 60th | £38,084 | £3,174 |
| 70th | £41,255 | £3,438 |
| 75th (P75) | £43,315 | £3,610 |
| 80th | £45,357 | £3,780 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £38,620 | £41,751 | 22 |
| Women | £33,063 | £35,090 | 25 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £29,465 | £2,455 |
| Scotland | £29,440 | £2,453 |
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 £36,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 58 job titles to SOC 4142 Office supervisors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Accounts payable team leader
- Accounts receivable supervisor
- Accounts receivable team leader
- Admin supervisor
- Admin team leader
- Administration supervisor
- Administration team leader
- Administrative supervisor
- Betting supervisor
- Box office supervisor
- Business support team leader
- Cash office supervisor
- Census team leader
- Chief clerk
- Clerical supervisor
- Clerk-in-charge
- Clinical coding supervisor
- Commercial supervisor
- Computer shift leader
- Controller of typists
- Credit control supervisor
- Credit supervisor
- Data preparation team leader
- Data preparation team supervisor
- Distribution supervisor
- District supervisor
- Executive officer
- Facilities supervisor
- Facilities team leader
- Finance supervisor
- Finance team leader
- Football pools supervisor
- Head clerk
- Higher grade clerk
- Import supervisor
- Lead administrator
- Office controller
- Office coordinator
- Office superintendent
- Office supervisor
- Overseer
- Postal executive
- Pricing supervisor
- Progress foreman
- Progress supervisor
- Purchasing supervisor
- Qa supervisor
- Route manager
- Sales administration team leader
- Sales administrator team leader
- Sales support executive
- Section head
- Section leader
- Senior assistant
- Superintendent
- Supervising clerk
- Supervisor
- Warranty supervisor
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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.