Tiler: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Floorers and wall tilers (SOC 5322)
About £29,332 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +9.6% on last year
£2,988 a month About £2,444 a month after tax 8 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 £25,511 in 2021 to £35,850 in 2026 (+41%); 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 | £23,278 | £25,511 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £21,924 | £28,184 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £24,706 | £32,395 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £25,360 | £32,484 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £25,676 | £32,709 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £28,356 | £35,850 | 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 £35,850 a year and half earn more. That is 12% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 201 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,444 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,442 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £27,210 | £2,268 |
| 25th (P25) | £28,356 | £2,363 |
| 30th | £30,032 | £2,503 |
| 40th | £32,210 | £2,684 |
| Median (50th) | £35,850 | £2,988 |
| 60th | £37,884 | £3,157 |
| 70th | £39,744 | £3,312 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £35,850 | £35,375 | 8 |
| Women | x | x | : |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £29,332 | £2,444 |
| Scotland | £29,308 | £2,442 |
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 79 job titles to SOC 5322 Floorers and wall tilers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Block floor layer
- Carpet cutter
- Carpet estimator
- Carpet fitter
- Carpet fixer
- Carpet layer
- Carpet planner
- Carpet surveyor
- Carpet technician
- Ceramic tiler
- Cold lay spreader
- Composition floor layer
- Cork tiler
- Decorative floor layer
- Faience and mosaic fixer
- Faience worker
- Felt layer
- Fireplace maker
- Fireplace manufacturer
- Floor and wall tiler
- Floor coverer
- Floor covering layer
- Floor fitter
- Floor layer
- Floor laying technician
- Floor screeder
- Floor tiler
- Floorer
- Flooring contractor
- Flooring estimator
- Flooring fitter
- Flooring installer
- Flooring specialist
- Flooring technician
- Glaze tiler
- Granolithic concreter
- Granolithic floor layer
- Jointless floor layer
- Lino fitter
- Lino layer
- Lino planner
- Linoleum fitter
- Linoleum layer
- Linoleum planner
- Manufacturer
- Mosaic fixer
- Mosaic floor layer
- Mosaic layer
- Mosaic setter
- Mosaic worker
- Parquet floor layer
- Patent floor layer
- Plastic floor layer
- Polisher
- Range tiler
- Rubber floor layer
- Ship cementer
- Slabber
- Terracotta fixer
- Terrazzo floor layer
Show all 79 titles
- Terrazzo hand
- Terrazzo layer
- Terrazzo polisher
- Terrazzo worker
- Tile fitter
- Tile fixer
- Tile floor layer
- Tile grate maker
- Tile layer
- Tile paver
- Tile pavior
- Tile paviour
- Tile setter
- Tile slabber
- Tiler
- Tiler and plasterer
- Wall and floor tiler
- Wall tiler
- Wood floor layer
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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.