Plasterer: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Plasterers (SOC 5321)
About £28,631 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.5% on last year
£2,906 a month About £2,386 a month after tax 7 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 £27,004 in 2021 to £34,877 in 2026 (+29%); 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 | £27,004 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £28,737 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £33,010 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £29,008 | £34,018 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £31,249 | £34,877 | 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 £34,877 a year and half earn more. That is 15% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 211 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,386 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,385 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £30,185 | £2,515 |
| 25th (P25) | £31,249 | £2,604 |
| 30th | £31,513 | £2,626 |
| 40th | £32,620 | £2,718 |
| Median (50th) | £34,877 | £2,906 |
| 60th | £35,959 | £2,997 |
| 70th | £36,506 | £3,042 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £34,877 | £35,727 | 7 |
| Women | x | x | : |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £28,631 | £2,386 |
| Scotland | £28,617 | £2,385 |
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 12 job titles to SOC 5321 Plasterers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Contractor
- Dry liner
- Dry wall liner
- Dryliner fixer
- Fibrous fixer
- Fibrous plasterer
- Fixer
- Plasterer
- Plasterer-tiler
- Plastering contractor
- Renderer
- Rough caster
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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.