Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £25,240 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +0.4% on last year
£2,514 a month About £2,103 a month after tax 14 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 £25,311 in 2021 to £30,167 in 2026 (+19%); 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 | £22,115 | £25,311 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £22,317 | £27,464 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £22,514 | £26,558 | x | x |
| 2024 | £22,771 | £24,708 | £28,000 | £33,409 | x |
| 2025 | £24,230 | x | £30,060 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | £30,167 | 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 £30,167 a year and half earn more. That is 26% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 285 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,103 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,106 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | x | x |
| 30th | £27,339 | £2,278 |
| 40th | £29,235 | £2,436 |
| Median (50th) | £30,167 | £2,514 |
| 60th | £32,450 | £2,704 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £30,915 | £32,720 | 11 |
| Women | x | £29,625 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £25,240 | £2,103 |
| Scotland | £25,273 | £2,106 |
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 £30,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 58 job titles to SOC 5119 Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Acquisition officer
- Amenities officer
- Angling guide
- Apiarist
- Arboricultural consultant
- Arboricultural officer
- Arboricultural supervisor
- Arboricultural technician
- Arboriculturist
- Arborist
- Area ranger
- Bee farmer
- Bee inspector
- Bee keeper
- Beekeeper
- Breeder
- Captain
- Chief park officer
- Community ranger
- Conservation worker
- Country park officer
- Countryside ranger
- Countryside warden
- Deer stalker
- Education ranger
- Environmental warden
- Estate officer
- Estate ranger
- Estate warden
- Estates officer
- Falconer
- Fish keeper
- Fisherman
- Fisherman-crofter
- Forest officer
- Forestry officer
- Game keeper
- Game warden
- Gamekeeper
- Ghillie
- Gillie
- National park ranger
- National park warden
- Nature reserve warden
- Park ranger
- Parks officer
- Range warden
- Ranger
- Recreation ranger
- River keeper
- Share fisherman
- Skipper
- Timber contractor
- Trawler skipper
- Tree officer
- Tree surgeon
- Urban ranger
- Woodland 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.