Upholsterers: salary in the UK
About £27,446 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +13.2% on last year
£2,769 a month About £2,287 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 £22,688 in 2021 to £33,231 in 2026 (+46%); 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 | £22,688 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £22,766 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £23,366 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £24,455 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £29,365 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | £33,231 | 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 £33,231 a year and half earn more. That is 19% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 236 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,287 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,287 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | x | x |
| 30th | £28,491 | £2,374 |
| 40th | £30,808 | £2,567 |
| Median (50th) | £33,231 | £2,769 |
| 60th | £36,018 | £3,001 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £33,939 | £35,872 | x |
| Women | x | x | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £27,446 | £2,287 |
| Scotland | £27,449 | £2,287 |
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 £33,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 37 job titles to SOC 5411 Upholsterers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Bed maker
- Bench hand
- Car body trimmer
- Car seat trimmer
- Car trimmer
- Carriage trimmer
- Case maker
- Coach trimmer
- Curtain fitter
- Curtain maker
- Cushion maker
- Edger
- Eiderdown maker
- Filler
- Finisher
- Flock packer
- Floor board trimmer
- Foreman
- Furnishing fitter
- Hassock maker
- Leather trimmer
- Manufacturer
- Mattress cover maker
- Mattress maker
- Mattress stitcher
- Motor trimmer
- Pad maker
- Quilt finisher
- Rexine coverer
- Soft furnisher
- Soft furnishing maker
- Spring interior mattress maker
- Trim shop foreman
- Trimmer
- Upholsterer
- Upholsterer's fitter
- Upholsterer's trimmer
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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.