Travel agents: salary in the UK
About £24,660 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +0.3% on last year
£2,447 a month About £2,055 a month after tax 14 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 £24,575 in 2022 to £29,362 in 2026 (+19%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +24% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £17,604 | x | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £19,581 | £24,575 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £24,099 | £29,763 | x | x |
| 2024 | £21,266 | £23,911 | £28,327 | £37,075 | x |
| 2025 | £23,272 | £25,381 | £29,279 | £37,529 | x |
| 2026 | £24,387 | £26,100 | £29,362 | £36,324 | 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 £29,362 a year and half earn more. That is 28% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £26,100 and £36,324; one in ten earns less than £24,387.
Ranked by median, it is number 308 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,055 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,058 in Scotland.
The median for men is £34,520 and for women £28,347, a gap of 18% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £24,387 | £2,032 |
| 20th | £25,617 | £2,135 |
| 25th (P25) | £26,100 | £2,175 |
| 30th | £27,098 | £2,258 |
| 40th | £28,182 | £2,349 |
| Median (50th) | £29,362 | £2,447 |
| 60th | £31,575 | £2,631 |
| 70th | £35,183 | £2,932 |
| 75th (P75) | £36,324 | £3,027 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £34,520 | £38,188 | x |
| Women | £28,347 | £30,696 | 10 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £24,660 | £2,055 |
| Scotland | £24,700 | £2,058 |
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 43 job titles to SOC 6212 Travel agents. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Agent
- Airline official
- Airline travel centre supervisor
- Booking agent
- Booking clerk
- Business travel agent
- Business travel consultant
- Cruise consultant
- Holiday consultant
- Holiday sales adviser
- Holiday sales assistant
- Leisure consultant
- Operations controller
- Operations executive
- Reservation agent
- Reservation controller
- Reservations agent
- Reservations clerk
- Reservations consultant
- Reservations control officer
- Reservations manager
- Reservations officer
- Reservations supervisor
- Sales consultant
- Tour coordinator
- Tour operator
- Tour organiser
- Tourism officer
- Tourist agent
- Tourist officer
- Travel administrator
- Travel adviser
- Travel agency clerk
- Travel agent
- Travel assistant
- Travel clerk
- Travel consultant
- Travel organiser
- Travel sales adviser
- Travel sales consultant
- Travel sales executive
- Travel supervisor
- Voyages clerk
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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.