Textile process operatives: salary in the UK
£29,314
About £24,625 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +5% on last year
£2,443 a month About £2,052 a month after tax 9 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
£17.5k£20k£22.5k£25k£27.5k£30kMedianP25
202120222023202420252026 (provisional)
The median went from £24,144 in 2021 to £29,314 in 2026 (+21%); 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 | £18,502 | £24,144 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £19,415 | £24,188 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £22,786 | £27,212 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £23,147 | £27,983 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £24,532 | £27,919 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £25,683 | £29,314 | 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 £29,314 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 310 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,052 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,055 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £24,831 | £2,069 |
| 25th (P25) | £25,683 | £2,140 |
| 30th | £26,694 | £2,225 |
| 40th | £28,046 | £2,337 |
| Median (50th) | £29,314 | £2,443 |
| 60th | £30,811 | £2,568 |
| 70th | £34,299 | £2,858 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £29,327 | £32,171 | 7 |
| Women | x | £34,070 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £24,625 | £2,052 |
| Scotland | £24,665 | £2,055 |
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 1131 job titles to SOC 8112 Textile process operatives. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Accordion pleater
- Ageing machinist
- Alterer
- Asbestos braider
- Asbestos calenderer
- Asbestos carder
- Asbestos doubler
- Asbestos grinder
- Asbestos mill worker
- Asbestos opener
- Asbestos rover
- Asbestos spinner
- Assembler
- Assistant driver
- Back end man
- Back filler
- Back hand
- Back man
- Back minder
- Back sizer and dryer
- Back tenter
- Back washer
- Backer
- Backwash attendant
- Backwash minder
- Backwasher
- Bag dresser
- Bag tarrer
- Baker
- Bale opener
- Ball machinist
- Ball winder
- Baller
- Balling head minder
- Balling machinist
- Band knife operator
- Band putter-on
- Bandage roller
- Bank filler
- Bank hand
- Banker
- Barker
- Barrel pegger
- Bass cutter
- Bass dresser
- Batcher
- Battery filler
- Beam gaiter
- Beam lifter
- Beam setter
- Beam winder
- Beamer
- Beaming machinist
- Beater
- Beetler
- Belt finisher
- Bit winder
- Blanket finisher
- Blanket miller
- Blanket raiser
Show all 1131 titles
- Blanket washer
- Bleach finisher
- Blender
- Blocker
- Blower
- Blower-up
- Blowing machinist
- Blowing room assistant
- Blowing room attendant
- Blowing room hand
- Blowing room operative
- Bluer
- Boarder
- Bobber
- Bobbin cleaner
- Bobbin cutter
- Bobbin filler
- Bobbin layer
- Bobbin machinist
- Bobbin pegger
- Bobbin picker
- Bobbin piler
- Bobbin reeler
- Bobbin setter
- Bobbin stripper
- Bobbin taker-off
- Bobbin threader
- Bobbin winder
- Bobbin wiper
- Bobbiner
- Body washer
- Boiler
- Boilerman
- Boiling-off man
- Bottle bobbin worker
- Bouker
- Bowker
- Bowl feeder
- Box filler
- Box minder
- Box tenter
- Braid filler
- Braid machinist
- Braid tenter
- Braider
- Braiding machine speeder
- Braiding machinist
- Braiding net hand
- Brass bobbin winder
- Brass threader
- Brayle maker
- Breadthening machinist
- Breaker
- Breeder
- Bristle cleaner
- Bristle dresser
- Bristle mixer
- Bristle trimmer
- Brush washer
- Brusher
- Brushing machinist
- Buffing machinist
- Bullion machinist
- Bumper
- Bumping machinist
- Buncher
- Burden man
- Burr crusher
- Burr man
- Cabling machinist
- Calender assistant
- Calender attendant
- Calender hand
- Calender operator
- Calenderer
- Calenderman
- Can breaker
- Can dryer
- Can finisher
- Can minder
- Can taker-out
- Can tenter
- Candlewick maker
- Cap spinner
- Cap twister
- Carboniser
- Card and drawing hand
- Card attendant
- Card changer
- Card cutter
- Card drawer
- Card feeder
- Card filler
- Card fitter
- Card hand
- Card jobber
- Card lacer
- Card minder
- Card pegger
- Card perforator
- Card puncher
- Card room hand
- Card room man
- Card room operative
- Card room worker
- Card setter
- Card stamper
- Card tenter
- Card winder
- Card wirer
- Carder
- Carder feeder
- Carding jobber
- Carding machinist
- Carding minder
- Carding operative
- Carding room man
- Cardroom cleaner
- Carpet finisher
- Carpet setter
- Centrifugal attendant
- Chain maker
- Chain setter
- Chalkman
- Changer
- Cheese winder
- Cheeser
- Cheesing frame minder
- Cheesing frame tenter
- Chenille maker
- Chromer
- Clamper
- Cleaner
- Clear winder
- Clearer
- Clearing frame tenter
- Clip dryer
- Clip stretcher
- Clipper
- Closing machinist
- Cloth brusher
- Cloth carboniser
- Cloth cleaner
- Cloth clipper
- Cloth cutler
- Cloth cutter
- Cloth doubler
- Cloth drawer
- Cloth dresser
- Cloth dryer
- Cloth drying machinist
- Cloth embosser
- Cloth finisher
- Cloth folder
- Cloth miller
- Cloth pickler
- Cloth pleater
- Cloth presser
- Cloth raiser
- Cloth scourer
- Cloth shearer
- Cloth splitter
- Cloth stripper
- Cloth trimmer
- Cloth washer
- Cloth winder
- Cloth worker
- Coating machinist
- Coating man
- Coil weigher and finisher
- Coiler
- Coiler weigher
- Colour analyst
- Colour blender
- Colour calculator
- Colour matcher
- Colour matcher's assistant
- Coloured winder
- Colourer
- Colourist
- Comb minder
- Comb tenter
- Comber
- Comber tenter
- Combiner
- Combing finisher
- Combing machinist
- Combing operative
- Condenser
- Condenser machinist
- Condenser minder
- Condenser tenter
- Conditioner
- Cone rover
- Cone winder
- Coner
- Cop reeler
- Cop stripper
- Cop twister
- Cop winder
- Copper minder
- Copperman
- Copping frame minder
- Copping frame tenter
- Cord maker
- Cord spinner
- Cord waxer
- Core maker
- Corrector
- Cotton breaker
- Cotton card operator
- Cotton carder
- Cotton drawer
- Cotton feeder
- Cotton lapper
- Cotton mill worker
- Cotton mixer
- Cotton operative
- Cotton piecer
- Cotton sweeper
- Cotton tenter
- Cotton twister
- Cotton winder
- Cotton worker
- Crabber
- Creaser
- Creaser and lapper
- Creeler
- Crepe setter
- Creper
- Crimp spinner
- Crimper
- Croft hand
- Crofter
- Cropper
- Cropping machinist
- Cross baller
- Cross brushing machinist
- Cross piecer
- Crozier
- Cutter
- Cutting machinist
- Cuttling machinist
- Cylinder dryer
- Cylinder grinder
- Damper
- Damping machinist
- Dandy rover
- Decatiser
- Decorator
- Degger
- Derby tenter
- Desizer
- Developer
- Devil tenter
- Deviller
- Dewer
- Dipper
- Disintegrator
- Dobby pegger
- Dolly hand
- Double tenter
- Double winder
- Doubler
- Doubler winder
- Doubling frame tenter
- Doubling machinist
- Doubling twister
- Doubling winder
- Drafter
- Draw frame tenter
- Draw tenter
- Drawer
- Drawer-in
- Drawer-off
- Drawing box attendant
- Drawing hand
- Drawing machinist
- Drawing tenter
- Drawtwist operator
- Dress cutter
- Dresser
- Dresser's filler
- Drum layer
- Drum winder
- Dry blower
- Dry miller
- Dry stretcher
- Dryer
- Drying machinist
- Drying tinsman
- Dubber
- Duler
- Dumper
- Dye house assistant
- Dyed dryer
- Elastic coverer
- Embosser
- Ender
- Engine feeder
- Engine tenter
- Engine winder
- Enterer
- Examiner's helper
- Extractor
- Extractor man
- Fabric calender hand
- Fabric finisher
- Factory worker
- False twister
- Fancy trimmer
- Feather beater
- Feather cleaner
- Feather curler
- Feather washer
- Feather worker
- Feeder
- Feeder-in
- Felt batter
- Felt dryer
- Felt hardener
- Felt hood shrinking machinist
- Felt maker
- Felt miller
- Felt washer
- Felt worker
- Felter
- Feltman
- Fenter
- Fibre carder
- Fibre cutter
- Fibre drafter
- Fibre dresser
- Fibre dressing machinist
- Fibre man
- Fibre opener
- Fibre polisher
- Fibre trimmer
- Fibreglass spinner
- Fibreglass winder operator
- Filler
- Finisher
- Finisher machinist
- Finisher minder
- Fitter
- Fixer
- Flagger
- Flannelette brusher
- Flannelette raiser
- Flat grinder
- Flat hardener tenter
- Flat presser
- Flax bundler
- Flock grinder
- Flock machinist
- Fly spinner
- Fly tenter
- Fly twister
- Flyer frame tenter
- Folder
- Folder-up
- Folding machinist
- Forehand
- Former
- Forming machinist
- Frame attendant
- Frame back tenter
- Frame changer
- Frame hand
- Frame man
- Frame minder
- Frame spinner
- Frame tenter
- Frame threader
- Frame worker
- Framer
- French crabber
- Front minder
- Front tenter
- Fuller
- Fur blower
- Fur fibre mixer
- Fustian cutter
- Gabler and corder
- Gaiter
- Garnet machinist
- Garnet worker
- Garnett operator
- Garnetter
- Gas winder
- Gasser
- General operative
- Gig driver
- Gigger
- Gill box attendant
- Gill spinner
- Gill tenter
- Giller
- Gilling machinist
- Gimp maker
- Gimper
- Gimping machinist
- Glazer
- Glove hand
- Grinder
- Gromet maker
- Grommet maker
- Guarder
- Guider-in
- Guillotine operator
- Hackler
- Hair carder
- Hair drawer
- Hair dryer
- Hair preparer
- Hair worker
- Halsher
- Halter maker
- Hand coater
- Hand filler
- Hand frame worker
- Hanger
- Hank buncher
- Hank winder
- Hanker
- Hanking machinist
- Hard waste tenter
- Hardener
- Hardening machinist
- Harness builder
- Harness sewer
- Hat former
- Head minder
- Heald man
- Heald springer
- Heald threader
- Healder
- Healding machinist
- Helper
- Hemp cutter
- Hooker
- Hopper filler
- Hopper machinist
- Horse hair machinist
- Horse hair washer
- Hosiery finisher
- Hosiery hand
- Hosiery operative
- Hosiery presser
- Hosiery trimmer
- Hosiery worker
- Hot plater
- Hot presser
- House machinist
- Humidity controller
- Hydraulic presser
- Hydro extractor
- Hydro man
- Hydro operator
- Hydro-extractor
- Hydro-extractor operator
- Improver
- Ingiver
- Inter tenter
- Interlacer
- Jack minder
- Jack tenter
- Jacquard harness assembler
- Jacquard lacer
- Jacquard maker
- Jacquard perforator
- Jacquard puncher
- Jig operator
- Jigger attendant
- Jobbing hand
- Joiner
- Joiner minder
- Joiner tenter
- Jumper
- Jute grinder
- Jute preparer
- Jute winder
- Knitting frame worker
- Knot clipper
- Knotter
- Knotting machinist
- Lace cleaner
- Lace finisher
- Lacer
- Laminator
- Lanyard maker
- Lap former
- Lap frame minder
- Lap machinist
- Lap tenter
- Lapman
- Lapper
- Lapping machinist
- Lasher
- Lathe operator
- Layer
- Layer-on
- Leaser
- Legger
- Lengthener
- Lifter
- Ligger
- Ligger-on
- Line maker
- Linger
- Linker
- London shrinker
- Loom alterer
- Loom attendant
- Loom cleaner
- Loom operator
- Loom sweeper
- Loomer
- Loomer and twister
- Looming machinist
- Looper
- Machine cleaner
- Machine dryer
- Machine filler
- Machine presser
- Machine twister
- Machine winder
- Machinist
- Magazine filler
- Maker-up
- Malter
- Manilla cutter
- Mantlet maker
- Manufacturer
- Mat shearer
- Medicating machinist
- Merceriser
- Mill hand
- Mill man
- Miller
- Millhouse labourer
- Milling roll attendant
- Milner
- Minder's assistant
- Mixer
- Mohair winder
- Motion minder
- Moulder
- Mounter
- Mule man
- Mule minder
- Mule piecer
- Mule spinner
- Mule tenter
- Mule tuber
- Multi-roller operator
- Muslin ripper
- Needleloom felt machinist
- Needler
- Net braider
- Net fitter
- Net fixer
- Net rigger
- Netter
- Neutraliser
- Norseller
- Nosseller
- Nylon drawtwist operative
- Oil boiler
- Oiler
- Oiler and cleaner
- Opener
- Opener tenter
- Opening machinist
- Orseller
- Osseller
- Overhauler
- Packman
- Padder
- Padding tenter
- Paper spinner
- Patent twister
- Pattern alterer
- Pattern card mounter
- Pattern cutter
- Pattern fixer
- Pattern maker
- Pegger
- Penciller
- Perforator
- Perpetual machinist
- Piano puncher
- Picker
- Picker tenter
- Picker-up
- Pickering machinist
- Pickler
- Piece carboniser
- Piece cleaner
- Piece finisher
- Piece opener
- Piece roller
- Piece scourer
- Piecener
- Piecer
- Piecer-out
- Pile cutter
- Pin winder
- Pinner
- Pinner-on
- Piping machinist
- Pirn cleaner
- Pirn stripper
- Pirn winder
- Plaiter
- Plaiting machinist
- Planker
- Plaster spreader
- Plate hand
- Plater
- Plater-down
- Pleater
- Plush finisher
- Polisher
- Polishing machinist
- Pre-boarder
- Preparer
- Preparing machinist
- Press setter
- Presser
- Presser and threader
- Pressing machinist
- Process worker
- Proofer
- Puller
- Punch minder
- Puncher
- Purifier
- Putter-in
- Putter-on
- Quiller
- Racker
- Rag blender
- Rag carboniser
- Rag cleaner
- Rag cutter
- Rag dryer
- Rag filler
- Rag grinder
- Rag puller
- Rag pulling machinist
- Rag ripper
- Rag shaker
- Rag stripper
- Rag washer
- Ragging machinist
- Raiser
- Raising machinist
- Ramie cleaner
- Rander
- Randing machinist
- Ratliner
- Raw silk winder
- Rayon thrower
- Rayon winder
- Re-beamer
- Re-drawer
- Reacher
- Reacher-in
- Reader
- Reader-off
- Receiver
- Reducer
- Reducer minder
- Reeder
- Reel knotter
- Reel winder
- Reeler
- Reeler and lacer
- Reelerman
- Respreader
- Rewinder
- Ribbon spindler
- Ribbon tenter
- Ribbon winder
- Rigger
- Rigger and plaiter
- Rigger and roller
- Rigger-up
- Ring bobbin winder
- Ring doubler
- Ring frame tenter
- Ring framer
- Ring machinist
- Ring operator
- Ring piecer
- Ring spinner
- Ring twister
- Ring winder
- Ripper
- Roller
- Roller brusher
- Roller cleaner
- Roller hardener tenter
- Roller machinist
- Roller picker
- Roller-up
- Rolling machinist
- Rope cable maker
- Rope coiler
- Rope former
- Rope machinist
- Rope maker
- Rope maker's assistant
- Rope reeler
- Rope soaper
- Rope spinner
- Rope splicer
- Rope splicer's mate
- Rope worker
- Rotary attendant
- Rotary presser
- Rover
- Rover minder
- Rover tenter
- Roving back tenter
- Roving frame minder
- Roving minder
- Roving piler
- Roving tenter
- Rubber
- Rubber coverer
- Rubber spreader
- Rubber winder
- Rubberiser
- Rug finisher
- Running-down machinist
- Sack dresser
- Sack tarrer
- Safety fuse finisher
- Safety fuse spinner
- Sanforizer
- Scallop cutter
- Scalloper
- Scolloper
- Scourer
- Scouring bowl minder
- Scouring machinist
- Scrapper
- Screener
- Scribble filler
- Scribbler
- Scribbling minder
- Scutcher
- Scutcher attendant
- Scutcher feeder
- Scutcher machinist
- Scutcher minder
- Scutcher tenter
- Self doffer spinner
- Separator
- Server
- Service worker
- Setter
- Settler
- Shade blender
- Shader
- Shaker
- Shaper
- Shearer
- Shearing machinist
- Shifter
- Ship's fender maker
- Shoddy grinder
- Shoddy man
- Shoddy packer
- Shoddy teazer
- Shrinker
- Shrinking machinist
- Shuttle filler
- Side minder
- Side piecer
- Silk creper
- Silk dresser
- Silk filler
- Silk finisher
- Silk glosser
- Silk oiler
- Silk picker
- Silk piecer
- Silk puller
- Silk soaker
- Silk spinner
- Silk steamer
- Silk twister
- Silk washer
- Silk worker
- Singeing machinist
- Single twister
- Size mixer
- Sizer
- Sizing machinist
- Skeiner
- Slabber
- Slinger
- Slip winder
- Slipper drafter
- Slitting and winding machinist
- Sliverer
- Slub tenter
- Slubber
- Slubber tenter
- Slubbing frame minder
- Slubbing tenter
- Snipper
- Soapstoner
- Soft curler
- Softener
- Souring machinist
- Spanishing machinist
- Spare tenter
- Speed carder
- Speed tenter
- Spinner
- Spinner's assistant
- Spinning frame operator
- Spinning machinist
- Spinning twister
- Splicer
- Splitter
- Spool setter
- Spool winder
- Spooler
- Spooling machinist
- Spotter
- Sprayer
- Spread board attendant
- Spreader
- Spreader machinist
- Sprig twister
- Springer
- Steam sprayer
- Steamer
- Stenter
- Stenter assistant
- Stenter driver
- Stenter feeder
- Stenter hand
- Stenter man
- Stenter minder
- Stenter operator
- Stenterer
- Stenterer's assistant
- Stentering machinist
- Steriliser
- Stiffening machinist
- Stone handler
- Stove finisher
- Stover
- Straightener
- Strand former
- Strander
- Stranding machinist
- Straw hat stiffener
- Stretcher
- Stretcher assistant
- Stretching machinist
- String maker
- Stripper
- Stripper and buncher
- Stuff presser
- Stumper
- Swinger
- Table cleaner
- Taker-in
- Taker-off
- Tankman
- Tanner
- Tape coiler
- Tape lapper
- Tape putter-on
- Tape sizer
- Tape winder
- Taper
- Taper's finisher
- Targer
- Teasel setter
- Teaser attendant
- Teazer
- Teazle setter
- Teazler
- Tenter
- Tenterer
- Tenterer machinist
- Textile joiner
- Textile machinist
- Textile manufacturer
- Textile operative
- Textile processor
- Textile worker
- Thread maker
- Thread spinner
- Thread winder
- Threader
- Throstle tenter
- Throwster
- Thrum cutter
- Tier-in
- Tier-on
- Tin filler
- Tinter
- Tippler
- Tool man
- Tooler
- Top maker
- Topper
- Tow collector
- Tow-to-top converter attendant
- Towel folder
- Trapper
- Trimmer
- Trimmer and finisher
- Trimming maker
- Trimmings maker
- Tube machinist
- Tube setter
- Tube sorter
- Tube winder
- Tuber
- Tucker
- Tufter
- Tufting machinist
- Twinder
- Twine braider
- Twine maker
- Twine polisher
- Twine reeler
- Twine spinner
- Twine twister
- Twiner
- Twiner piecer
- Twiner-joiner-minder
- Twist frame attendant
- Twist reeler
- Twist winder
- Twister
- Twister and drawer
- Twister minder
- Twister-in
- Twister-on
- Twister-up
- Twisting frame tenter
- Twisting machinist
- Twisting operator
- Typewriter ribbon inker
- Typewriter ribbon machinist
- Typewriter ribbon maker
- Uncurler
- Unit operator
- Unwinder
- Velvet cutter
- Velvet finisher
- Velvet machinist
- Wadding maker
- Warp cleaner
- Warp clearer
- Warp doubler
- Warp dresser
- Warp dryer
- Warp gaiter
- Warp knotter
- Warp knotting machinist
- Warp preparer
- Warp sizer
- Warp threader
- Warp tier
- Warp tier-on
- Warp twister
- Warp tying machinist
- Warp winder
- Warper
- Warping machinist
- Wash bowl minder
- Washer
- Washerman
- Washhouseman
- Washing machinist
- Waste breaker
- Waste cleaner
- Waste cutter
- Waste picker attendant
- Waste piecer
- Waste puller
- Waste shaker
- Water proofer
- Waterman
- Wax printer
- Weaver's assistant
- Weaver's filler
- Weaver's helper
- Weaver's mate
- Weaving operative
- Weft sorter
- Weft winder
- Weight winder
- Weilds tenter
- Wheel winder
- Whimseyer
- Willey operator
- Willeyer
- Willier
- Willower
- Willowyer
- Willyer
- Winchman
- Winder
- Winding machinist
- Wiper cutter
- Wood coner
- Wool baller
- Wool carboniser
- Wool drawer
- Wool dryer
- Wool feeder
- Wool hardener
- Wool mixer
- Wool oiler
- Wool puller
- Wool scourer
- Wool stapler
- Wool stripper
- Wool trapper
- Wool twister
- Wool washer
- Wool washhouseman
- Wool waste man
- Wool winder
- Woollen dresser
- Woollen feeder
- Woollen finisher
- Woollen mill worker
- Woollen miller
- Woollen tenterer
- Woolleyer
- Worsted drawer
- Worsted finder
- Worsted twister
- Wringman
- Yarn assembler
- Yarn conditioner
- Yarn curler
- Yarn drawer
- Yarn dresser
- Yarn dryer
- Yarn layer-out
- Yarn man
- Yarn matcher
- Yarn polisher
- Yarn preparer
- Yarn presser
- Yarn reeler
- Yarn setter
- Yarn sizer
- Yarn splicer
- Yarn stretcher
- Yarn stripper
- Yarn texturer
- Yarn twister
- Yarn washer
- Yarn winder
- Yorkshire crabber
Similar occupations
All jobs in Process, plant and machine operatives
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.