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Healthcare assistant: salary in the UK

ONS occupation: Nursing auxiliaries and assistants (SOC 6131)

£30,383

About £25,395 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)

median salary a year, full-time, +4.7% on last year

£2,532 a month About £2,116 a month after tax 249 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 £22,357 in 2021 to £30,383 in 2026 (+36%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.

Figures by year
P10P25MedianP75P90
2021£16,162£19,339£22,357£25,905£30,443
2022£15,736£19,918£22,996£26,830£31,449
2023x£21,320£25,126£29,480x
2024£19,354£23,919£28,034£33,031£38,859
2025£21,518£25,082£29,031£33,283£38,385
2026£23,099£26,598£30,383£34,971£40,506

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 £30,383 a year and half earn more. That is 26% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).

The middle half earn between £26,598 and £34,971; the middle 80% between £23,099 and £40,506.

Ranked by median, it is number 281 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.

At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,116 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,119 in Scotland.

The median for men is £31,773 and for women £29,653, a gap of 7% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.

Percentiles

PercentileAnnualMonthly
10th (P10)£23,099£1,925
20th£25,719£2,143
25th (P25)£26,598£2,217
30th£27,195£2,266
40th£28,793£2,399
Median (50th)£30,383£2,532
60th£31,941£2,662
70th£33,921£2,827
75th (P75)£34,971£2,914
80th£36,250£3,021
90th (P90)£40,506£3,375

Men and women

MedianMeanJobs (thousands)
Men£31,773£32,33778
Women£29,653£30,294170

Take-home pay at the median

Where you livePer yearPer month
England, Wales, NI£25,395£2,116
Scotland£25,426£2,119

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 £30,000

Job titles in this occupation

ONS codes these 146 job titles to SOC 6131 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants. 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.