Retail cashiers and check-out operators: salary in the UK
About £21,529 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +1.6% on last year
£2,084 a month About £1,794 a month after tax 23 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 £18,580 in 2021 to £25,013 in 2026 (+35%); 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 | £14,885 | £16,538 | £18,580 | £20,838 | x |
| 2022 | x | £16,583 | £18,450 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £15,678 | £18,674 | £21,593 | x |
| 2024 | £18,080 | £19,519 | £22,600 | £24,923 | x |
| 2025 | £17,879 | £21,583 | £24,622 | £27,392 | x |
| 2026 | £20,081 | £21,976 | £25,013 | £28,541 | 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 £25,013 a year and half earn more. That is 39% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £21,976 and £28,541; one in ten earns less than £20,081.
Ranked by median, it is number 355 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £1,794 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £1,797 in Scotland.
The median for men is £25,866 and for women £23,761, a gap of 8% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £20,081 | £1,673 |
| 20th | £21,180 | £1,765 |
| 25th (P25) | £21,976 | £1,831 |
| 30th | £22,898 | £1,908 |
| 40th | £23,959 | £1,997 |
| Median (50th) | £25,013 | £2,084 |
| 60th | £26,275 | £2,190 |
| 70th | £27,514 | £2,293 |
| 75th (P75) | £28,541 | £2,378 |
| 80th | £29,282 | £2,440 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £25,866 | £26,663 | 14 |
| Women | £23,761 | £24,092 | 9 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £21,529 | £1,794 |
| Scotland | £21,569 | £1,797 |
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 £25,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 57 job titles to SOC 7112 Retail cashiers and check-out operators. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Cash and wrap assistant
- Cash and wrap operator
- Cashier
- Checker-out
- Checkout assistant
- Checkout cashier
- Checkout clerk
- Checkout general assistant
- Checkout operative
- Checkout operator
- Chief cashier
- Consol operator
- Console operator
- CTM
- Customer adviser
- Customer assistant
- Customer experience assistant
- Customer service assistant
- Customer team member
- Epos clerk
- Epos controller
- Epos operator
- Filling station attendant
- Forecourt assistant
- Forecourt attendant
- Forecourt cashier
- Forecourt sales assistant
- Forecourt shop assistant
- Garage assistant
- Garage attendant
- General assistant
- Petrol assistant
- Petrol attendant
- Petrol pump attendant
- Petrol sales assistant
- Petrol salesman
- Petrol station assistant
- Petrol station attendant
- Petrol station cashier
- Pump attendant
- Pumpman
- Refueller
- Sales assistant
- Sales cashier
- Scanner assistant
- Scanner clerk
- Scanner operator
- Scanning assistant
- Scanning clerk
- Scanning operator
- Service station attendant
- Shop cashier
- Supermarket assistant
- Supermarket cashier
- Supermarket sales assistant
- Till assistant
- Till operator
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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.