Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations: salary in the UK
About £28,992 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, -3.6% on last year
£2,948 a month About £2,416 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 £29,634 in 2021 to £35,379 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 | £23,618 | £29,634 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £28,807 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £31,753 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £36,687 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £36,686 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | £35,379 | 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 £35,379 a year and half earn more. That is 14% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 206 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,416 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,414 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | x | x |
| 30th | x | x |
| 40th | £34,659 | £2,888 |
| Median (50th) | £35,379 | £2,948 |
| 60th | x | x |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £35,392 | £39,999 | x |
| Women | x | x | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £28,992 | £2,416 |
| Scotland | £28,973 | £2,414 |
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 £35,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 192 job titles to SOC 5212 Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Aluminium moulder
- Axle setter
- Axle straightener
- Beam and frame erector
- Beamer
- Bench moulder
- Blacksmith
- Blacksmith-engineer
- Boiler erector
- Boiler maker
- Boiler plater
- Boiler repairer
- Boiler smith
- Bolster maker
- Bolt maker
- Bolter
- Borer
- Brass moulder
- Bridge plater
- Butyl moulder
- Caster at machine
- Caulker
- Caulker-burner
- Chain cable maker
- Chain maker
- Chain repairer
- Chair maker
- Chair rammer
- Chasing tool maker
- Chipper
- Chipper and scraper
- Coach smith
- Coach spring machinist
- Coil smith
- Connection moulder
- Constructional machinist
- Constructional plater
- Copper moulder
- Core assembler
- Core blower
- Core filer
- Core maker
- Core moulder
- Core shop worker
- Corer
- Coupling maker
- Cylinder moulder
- Die cast operator
- Die caster
- Die casting machinist
- Drawer
- Driller
- Drop stamper
- Edge tool maker
- Edge tool plater
- Edge tool stamper
- Engineering smith
- Expander
- Farrier
- File maker
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- Floor moulder
- Fly necker
- Fly presser
- Flyer legger
- Flyer necker
- Forge presser
- Forger
- Fork splitter
- Foundry core maker
- Foundry moulder
- Foundry pattern maker
- Frame bender
- Frame erector
- Framing plater
- Gas engineer's plater
- Gasholder fitter
- Gate and railings fitter
- Gate fitter
- Gear sharpener
- Gouger
- Gun metal moulder
- Gutter moulder
- Hammer stamper
- Hammerman
- Hand driller
- Hand moulder
- Hand tool maker
- Heavy plater
- Hoe plater
- Horse shoe maker
- Horse shoer
- Hot brass stamper
- Hot drop stamper
- Hot metal stamper
- Hot presser
- Hot stamper
- Hydraulic driller
- Hydraulic presser
- Iron bender
- Iron moulder
- Iron pipe moulder
- Iron plate worker
- Iron plater
- Knife maker
- Laminated spring maker
- Leaf spring maker
- Light plater
- Loam moulder
- Machine moulder
- Marker
- Marker-off
- Metal plate worker
- Metal stamper
- Mould maker
- Mould man
- Moulder
- Moulder and coremaker
- Oil rig constructor
- Oil rig worker
- Ornamental iron worker
- Pan smith
- Pattern moulder
- Pewtersmith
- Pick drawer
- Pick maker
- Pipe founder's moulder
- Pipe maker
- Pipe moulder
- Plate bender
- Plate driller
- Plate fitter
- Plate moulder
- Plate smith
- Plater
- Plater-welder
- Portable driller
- Potman
- Presser
- Propeller repairer
- Puncher
- Railway spring maker
- Rammer
- Rammer-up
- Repair worker
- Riveter
- Roll moulder
- Roof plater
- Salt pan smith
- Sample driller
- Sand moulder
- Sand riddler
- Scythe maker
- Setter
- Shaper
- Sheerer
- Sheeter
- Shell moulder
- Shell plater
- Ship-door and collar fixer
- Shovel maker
- Shovel plater
- Smith
- Smither
- Spade maker
- Spar maker
- Spray moulder
- Spring bender
- Spring fitter
- Spring maker
- Spring repairer
- Stamper
- Stay tapper
- Steel moulder
- Steel plater
- Steel presser
- Stem plater
- Stove grate moulder
- Stove moulder
- Structural plater
- Tank maker
- Tank plater
- Test driller
- Tool smith
- Tub hand
- Tube fitter
- Tube repairer
- Tuber
- Tyreman
- Wedge maker
- Wheel hooper
- Wheel moulder
- Wrought iron worker
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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.