Farmers: salary in the UK
About £29,665 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +3.7% on last year
£3,026 a month About £2,472 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 £26,339 in 2021 to £36,312 in 2026 (+38%); 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 | £26,339 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £29,783 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £34,121 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £35,004 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | £36,312 | 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 £36,312 a year and half earn more. That is 11% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 195 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,472 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,470 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | x | x |
| 30th | £30,678 | £2,556 |
| 40th | £33,549 | £2,796 |
| Median (50th) | £36,312 | £3,026 |
| 60th | £37,110 | £3,092 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £36,403 | £37,771 | x |
| Women | x | x | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £29,665 | £2,472 |
| Scotland | £29,636 | £2,470 |
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 49 job titles to SOC 5111 Farmers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Agricultural contractor
- Agricultural technician
- Agriculturist
- Beef farmer
- Breeder
- Calf rearer
- Cattle rearer
- Contractor
- Crofter
- Crop sprayer
- Dairy farmer
- Dairy herd manager
- Dairy manager
- Egg producer
- Estate bailiff
- Estate steward
- Farm agent
- Farm bailiff
- Farm contractor
- Farm foreman
- Farm steward
- Farm technician
- Farmer
- Fieldman
- Fieldsman
- Fish farmer
- Foreman
- Foreman-ganger
- Game farmer
- Grieve
- Herd manager
- Hwsmyn
- Land bailiff
- Landholder
- Livestock agent
- Livestock manager
- Pig keeper
- Pig manager
- Pig unit manager
- Piggery manager
- Ploughing contractor
- Poultry keeper
- Poultry manager
- Poultry rearer
- Salmon farmer
- Sheep farmer
- Small holder
- Smallholder
- Trout farmer
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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.