Fishmongers and poultry dressers: salary in the UK
Pay by year
The median went from £20,565 in 2021 to £23,264 in 2024 (+13%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +20% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | x | £20,565 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £22,308 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £23,264 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | x | 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.
ONS didn't publish salary figures for Fishmongers and poultry dressers in 2026: too few full-time employees were in the survey sample for a reliable estimate. This is common for jobs where many people are self-employed, because the survey only covers employees.
The wider group Food Preparation and Hospitality Trades (SOC 543) has a median of £31,270 a year.
ONS did publish a mean of £28,896, which is less reliable than a median would be.
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 35 job titles to SOC 5433 Fishmongers and poultry dressers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Blockman
- Boner
- Butcher
- Chicken jointer
- Chicken plucker
- Crab dresser
- Eviscerator
- Filleter
- Fish cleaner
- Fish dealer
- Fish filleter
- Fish gutter
- Fish header
- Fish house worker
- Fish monger
- Fish nobber
- Fish preparer
- Fish processor
- Fish splitter
- Fish worker
- Fishmonger
- Fishmonger's assistant
- Fowl trusser
- Game bird dresser
- Herring worker
- Killer and plucker
- Plucker
- Poulterer
- Poultry dresser
- Poultry hand
- Poultry processor
- Poultry sticker
- Process worker
- Salmon trimmer
- Trusser
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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.