Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers: salary in the UK
About £26,159 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, -4.9% on last year
£2,620 a month About £2,180 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 £23,870 in 2021 to £31,444 in 2026 (+32%); 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 | £19,627 | £23,870 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £20,998 | £25,662 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £24,342 | £32,762 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £26,391 | £33,070 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £26,003 | £31,444 | 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 £31,444 a year and half earn more. That is 23% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 262 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,180 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,182 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £25,370 | £2,114 |
| 25th (P25) | £26,003 | £2,167 |
| 30th | £26,238 | £2,187 |
| 40th | £28,754 | £2,396 |
| Median (50th) | £31,444 | £2,620 |
| 60th | £33,984 | £2,832 |
| 70th | £37,567 | £3,131 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £32,067 | £36,049 | 9 |
| Women | x | £25,367 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £26,159 | £2,180 |
| Scotland | £26,179 | £2,182 |
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 £31,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 177 job titles to SOC 5442 Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Antiques renovator
- Antiques repairer
- Antiques restorer
- Arm maker
- Bamboo furniture maker
- Barrel and cask maker
- Barrow builder
- Barrow maker
- Bed maker
- Bench hand
- Bench man
- Bench worker
- Bender
- Billiard cue maker
- Bleacher's stamp maker
- Block maker
- Bobber
- Bobbin maker
- Book case maker
- Bow maker
- Bowl maker
- Bowyer
- Cabinet case fitter
- Cabinet case maker
- Cabinet fitter
- Cabinet maker
- Cabinet maker and joiner
- Cabinet worker
- Cane furniture maker
- Cane furniture manufacturer
- Cane seat maker
- Cart builder
- Cart maker
- Carver
- Case maker
- Case worker
- Caseworker
- Cellulose sprayer
- Chair bodger
- Chair frame maker
- Chair maker
- Chair repairer
- Chair seater
- Cleaver
- Clock case maker
- Clog block maker
- Coffin and casket maker
- Coffin finisher
- Coffin furnisher
- Coffin maker
- Cooper
- Cricket bat maker
- Cutlery case maker
- Desk maker
- Drawers maker
- Embosser
- Filer
- Finisher
- Fishing rod maker
- Fitter
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- Fitter-up
- Fittings and furniture fitter
- Float maker
- Foreman
- Form maker
- Frame carver
- Frame fitter
- Frame maker
- Framer
- Furniture fitter
- Furniture installer
- Furniture maker
- Furniture manufacturer
- Furniture repairer
- Furniture restorer
- Furniture sprayer
- Garden furniture maker
- Garden seat maker
- Gate maker
- Golf club maker
- Grid maker
- Gymnastics fitter
- Hat block maker
- Heald polisher
- Heel maker
- Hockey stick maker
- Hurdle maker
- Instrument case maker
- Jewel case maker
- Joiner
- Jointer operator
- Keg maker
- Ladder maker
- Last hinger
- Last maker
- Lath cleaver
- Letter carver
- Letter maker
- Manufacturer
- Marker-off
- Marker-out
- Marquetry engraver
- Mirror frame maker
- Mould maker
- Museum craftsman
- Oar maker
- Overmantel fitter
- Oxon frame maker
- Paint sprayer
- Parquetry engraver
- Part maker
- Pattern maker
- Peg maker
- Photo frame maker
- Piano case fitter
- Picture frame maker
- Picture framer
- Pipe maker
- Pipe polisher
- Pipe repairer
- Pumicer
- Racquet frame maker
- Racquet maker
- Renovator
- Restorer
- Saddletree maker
- Sand blaster
- Screen maker
- Scull maker
- Seat framer
- Seat maker
- Shed builder
- Shed maker
- Shovel maker
- Show case maker
- Shuttle maker
- Shuttle peg finisher
- Skewer maker
- Sley maker
- Spar maker
- Spray finisher
- Spray painter
- Sprayer
- Staging maker
- Stave maker
- Stick dresser
- Stock carver
- Stock maker
- Stocker
- Table maker
- Tapeless jointer
- Television case maker
- Timber bender
- Timber fence maker
- Timber wagon maker
- Tray maker
- Vat maker
- Veneer edge jointer
- Veneer matcher
- Veneer preparer
- Veneer splicer
- Walking stick maker
- Wardrobe maker
- Wattle maker
- Weighter
- Wheel builder
- Wheeler
- Wheelwright
- Wicker furniture maker
- Wide borer
- Wood bobbin polisher
- Wood carver
- Wood cleaver
- Wood dresser
- Wood worker
- Woodworker
- Woodwright
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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.