Bakers and flour confectioners: salary in the UK
About £24,232 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, -1.6% on last year
£2,397 a month About £2,019 a month after tax 10 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 £20,979 in 2021 to £28,768 in 2026 (+37%); 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 | £19,065 | £20,979 | £24,615 | x |
| 2022 | x | £19,844 | £21,535 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £19,928 | £22,895 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £22,630 | £25,312 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £24,523 | £29,230 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £24,825 | £28,768 | £34,448 | 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 £28,768 a year and half earn more. That is 30% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £24,825 and £34,448.
Ranked by median, it is number 319 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,019 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,023 in Scotland.
The median for men is £28,699 and for women £28,103, a gap of 2% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £24,659 | £2,055 |
| 25th (P25) | £24,825 | £2,069 |
| 30th | £25,351 | £2,113 |
| 40th | £26,220 | £2,185 |
| Median (50th) | £28,768 | £2,397 |
| 60th | £30,565 | £2,547 |
| 70th | £32,835 | £2,736 |
| 75th (P75) | £34,448 | £2,871 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £28,699 | £30,859 | 6 |
| Women | £28,103 | £28,406 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £24,232 | £2,019 |
| Scotland | £24,272 | £2,023 |
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 £29,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 31 job titles to SOC 5432 Bakers and flour confectioners. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Baker
- Baker and confectioner
- Baker's assistant
- Baker's manager
- Bakery foreman
- Bakery manager
- Bakery supervisor
- Boardman
- Cake artist
- Cake decorator
- Cake designer
- Cake maker
- Confectioner
- Confectioner's assistant
- Confectionery maker
- Decorator
- Designer
- First hand
- Flour confectioner
- Foreman
- Maker
- Manufacturer
- Master baker
- Pastry cook
- Pastry hand
- Pastrycook
- Plant foreman
- Skilled baker
- Sugarcraft specialist
- Superintendent
- Table man
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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.