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Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers: salary in the UK

£29,281

About £24,602 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)

median salary a year, full-time, +1.2% on last year

£2,440 a month About £2,050 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 £24,797 in 2021 to £29,281 in 2026 (+18%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.

Figures by year
P10P25MedianP75P90
2021xx£24,797xx
2022xxxxx
2023xx£27,138xx
2024xx£30,619xx
2025xx£28,938xx
2026xx£29,281xx

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 £29,281 a year and half earn more. That is 28% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).

Ranked by median, it is number 312 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.

At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,050 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,053 in Scotland.

Percentiles

PercentileAnnualMonthly
10th (P10)xx
20thxx
25th (P25)xx
30thxx
40thxx
Median (50th)£29,281£2,440
60th£31,914£2,660
70thxx
75th (P75)xx
80thxx
90th (P90)xx

Take-home pay at the median

Where you livePer yearPer month
England, Wales, NI£24,602£2,050
Scotland£24,641£2,053

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 370 job titles to SOC 5441 Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.

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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.