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Metal making and treating process operatives: salary in the UK

£33,386

About £27,557 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)

median salary a year, full-time, +1.6% on last year

£2,782 a month About £2,296 a month after tax 11 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 £25,985 in 2021 to £33,386 in 2026 (+28%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.

Figures by year
P10P25MedianP75P90
2021£18,353£21,089£25,985£32,438x
2022x£22,719£27,054£35,857x
2023x£24,226£30,544£39,022x
2024x£25,747£31,156£37,518x
2025x£27,566£32,861xx
2026£25,076£28,613£33,386£40,407x

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 £33,386 a year and half earn more. That is 18% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).

The middle half earn between £28,613 and £40,407; one in ten earns less than £25,076.

Ranked by median, it is number 233 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.

At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,296 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,297 in Scotland.

Percentiles

PercentileAnnualMonthly
10th (P10)£25,076£2,090
20th£27,045£2,254
25th (P25)£28,613£2,384
30th£29,126£2,427
40th£30,925£2,577
Median (50th)£33,386£2,782
60th£36,410£3,034
70th£39,370£3,281
75th (P75)£40,407£3,367
80thxx
90th (P90)xx

Men and women

MedianMeanJobs (thousands)
Men£34,203£35,45111
Womenx£26,050x

Take-home pay at the median

Where you livePer yearPer month
England, Wales, NI£27,557£2,296
Scotland£27,558£2,297

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 £33,000

Job titles in this occupation

ONS codes these 667 job titles to SOC 8115 Metal making and treating process operatives. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.

Show all 667 titles

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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.