Process operatives n.e.c.: salary in the UK
Pay by year
£15k£20k£25k£30k£35kP75MedianP25P10
202120222023202420252026 (provisional)
The median went from £23,259 in 2021 to £31,711 in 2025 (+36%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +25% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £16,727 | £19,961 | £23,259 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £20,244 | £24,173 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £23,980 | £27,909 | £32,445 | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £29,411 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £26,069 | £31,711 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | x | 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.
ONS didn't publish salary figures for Process operatives n.e.c. in 2026: too few full-time employees were in the survey sample for a reliable estimate. This is common for jobs where many people are self-employed, because the survey only covers employees.
The wider group Process Operatives (SOC 811) has a median of £30,893 a year.
ONS did publish a mean of £35,096, which is less reliable than a median would be.
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 576 job titles to SOC 8119 Process operatives n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Air bag maker
- Air bed maker
- Air cushion maker
- Annealer
- Asbestos driller
- Asbestos ring maker
- Asbestos sheeter
- Asbestos sprayer
- Asphalt block maker
- Asphalt maker
- Asphalt mixer
- Asphalt mixer man
- Autoclave operator
- Back-end man
- Backer
- Ball maker
- Ball mill operator
- Baller
- Banbury mixer
- Banbury operator
- Bander
- Batch mixer
- Batchman
- Bead builder
- Bead flipper
- Bead wrapper
- Beaterman
- Bedder
- Bedman
- Belt builder
- Belt maker
- Belt presser
- Belting maker
- Bench hand
- Bench worker
- Bias machinist
- Bifocal fuser
- Billiard table cushion maker
- Biscuit fireman
- Biscuit oddman
- Biscuit ovenman
- Biscuit placer
- Blender
- Block maker
- Block trimmer
- Blow pipe operator
- Blunger charger
- Bone crusher
- Bone picker
- Bottle machinist
- Bottle maker
- Bottle making machinist
- Braider
- Brake block maker
- Brake lining presser
- Brick burner
- Brick hand
- Brick kiln stoker
- Brick machinist
- Brick making machinist
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- Brick plant operator
- Brick setter
- Brick worker
- Burner
- Cable tank man
- Calciner
- Calcining furnaceman
- Calender attendant
- Calender hand
- Calender operator
- Calenderer
- Calenderman
- Carrier-in
- Case maker
- Caster
- Casting belt attendant
- Castings operator
- Cathedral operator
- Catheter maker
- Cellarman
- Cement block maker
- Cement maker
- Cement miller
- Cement mixer
- Cement worker
- Charger
- Clamp setter
- Clampman
- Clay dryer
- Clay feeder
- Clay grinder
- Clay maker
- Clay man
- Clay mixer
- Clay operative
- Clay worker
- Cleaner
- Coal crusher
- Coal miller
- Coater
- Coiler
- Cold caster
- Cold end operator
- Collar cutter
- Colour matcher
- Colour preparer
- Compo grinder
- Compo moulder
- Composition grinder
- Composition stone maker
- Compounder
- Concrete batcher
- Concrete block maker
- Concrete block worker
- Concrete caster
- Concrete dresser
- Concrete finisher
- Concrete maker
- Concrete mixer
- Concrete mixer attendant
- Concrete moulder
- Concrete operative
- Concrete plant operator
- Concrete spinner
- Concrete stone maker
- Concrete worker
- Conveyor belt maker
- Core winder
- Coverer
- Cranker
- Cranker-up
- Crowder
- Crucible worker
- Crusher
- Curb maker
- Curer
- Curing machinist
- Cutter
- Cutter grinder
- Cutting machinist
- Devulcaniser man
- Dipper
- Disc cutter
- Dod box attendant
- Dolomite man
- Dough mixer
- Drawer and setter
- Drier operator
- Driller
- Dry kiln man
- Dry man
- Dry mixer
- Dryer
- Dryer attendant
- Drying room operator
- Dust grinder
- Dust maker
- Dust miller
- Dust mixer
- Dust sifter
- Ebonite finisher
- Ebonite grinder
- Ebonite moulder
- Ebonite turner
- Ebonite worker
- Edge roller attendant
- Embosser's assistant
- Embossing machinist
- Enamel kiln man
- Endorsing stamp maker
- Etcher's assistant
- Extruder
- Extruder operator
- Extruding machinist
- Extrusion assistant
- Extrusion operator
- Fabricator
- Factory worker
- Festooner
- Fettler
- Fibre glass operator
- Fibre glass worker
- Fibre worker
- Fibreglass worker
- Filler
- Filler-in
- Finisher
- Fireman
- Firer
- Flag maker
- Flexible pipe maker
- Flexible tube maker
- Flint grinder
- Flint miller
- Floor man
- Flow maker
- Foiler
- Forcer
- Forcing machinist
- Forker
- Founder
- Foundry firer
- Frit kiln man
- Fritter
- Frosting machinist
- Furnace attendant
- Furnace hand
- Furnace keeper
- Furnace operator
- Furnace stoker
- Furnaceman
- Furniture stripper
- Fuser
- Gauger
- Glass blower's assistant
- Glass coating machinist
- Glass cutting machinist
- Glass furnace operator
- Glass mixer
- Glass polisher's assistant
- Glass processor
- Glass tank operator
- Glass worker
- Glaze grinder
- Glaze maker
- Glaze miller
- Glaze mixer
- Glaze preparer
- Glost kiln man
- Glost oddman
- Glost ovenman
- Glost placer
- Glove dipper
- Glove maker
- Golf ball maker
- Golf ball winder
- Golf ball worker
- Grinder
- Grinder attendant
- Grinder's assistant
- Grinding machinist
- Grog mill worker
- Grog mixer
- Guillotine cutter
- Guillotine hand
- Guillotine machinist
- Gut cleaner
- Gut gauger
- Gut scraper
- Gut selector
- Gut spinner
- Gut splitter
- Gut twister
- Gypsum dresser
- Gypsum kiln man
- Gypsum miller
- Hand moulder
- Head burner
- Heatman
- Heel maker
- Heel pad trimmer
- Heel presser
- Hopper feeder
- Hopperman
- Hose builder
- Hose maker
- Hot presser
- Hydrate operator
- Injection moulder
- Jigger machinist
- Jobbing presser
- Jolley machinist
- Kerb stone maker
- Kerbstone maker
- Kiln assistant
- Kiln attendant
- Kiln burner
- Kiln filler
- Kiln fireman
- Kiln firer
- Kiln hand
- Kiln loader
- Kiln man
- Kiln oddman
- Kiln operator
- Kiln packer
- Kiln placer
- Kiln setter
- Kiln worker
- Ladler's assistant
- Latex mixer
- Latexer
- Lehr attendant
- Lehr loader
- Lehr man
- Lime burner
- Lime drawer
- Lime dresser
- Lime hydrator
- Lime kiln man
- Lime kiln stoker
- Lime miller
- Liner
- Lino hanger
- Lino maker
- Lino mixer
- Linoleum hanger
- Linoleum maker
- Linoleum mixer
- Loader
- Macadam mixer
- Machinist
- Maker
- Making machinist
- Manufacturer
- Marl mixer
- Mash maker
- Mastic cook
- Mechanical hand
- Melting pot assistant
- Metaler
- Mica cutter
- Mica gauger
- Mica machinist
- Mica moulder
- Mica presser
- Mica worker
- Micanite builder
- Micanite building machinist
- Micanite maker
- Micanite moulder
- Micanite worker
- Mill attendant
- Mill feeder
- Mill hand
- Mill man
- Mill operator
- Miller
- Mixer
- Mixer attendant
- Mixer man
- Mixer operator
- Mixing machinist
- Mortar mill attendant
- Mortar mill operator
- Mould burner
- Mould changer
- Mould loader
- Moulder
- Moulding machine setter
- Moulding machinist
- Ore breaker
- Ore dryer
- Oven attendant
- Oven filler
- Oven fireman
- Oven hand
- Oven oddman
- Oven setter
- Ovenman
- Pan feeder
- Pan man
- Panel maker
- Paper man
- Paste slugger
- Pearl dryer
- Picker
- Pine stripper
- Pipe finisher
- Pipe liner
- Pipe maker
- Pipe setter
- Pipe spinner
- Pitcher
- Placer
- Plant liner
- Plant operator
- Plasterboard magazine attendant
- Plasterer
- Plate builder
- Plate layer
- Plugger
- Pocket maker
- Pole catcher
- Post finisher
- Post maker
- Pot annealer
- Pot spinner
- Potter's assistant
- Potter's attendant
- Potter's mill man
- Potter's packer
- Pre-cast concrete worker
- Press attendant
- Press machinist
- Press moulder
- Presser
- Printer's composition roller maker
- Printer's roller maker
- Process operator
- Process worker
- Pug man
- Pug mill man
- Pugger
- Putty maker
- Putty mixer
- Rasper
- Reclaimer
- Recoverer
- Refiner
- Remoulder
- Roaster
- Roller
- Roller builder
- Roller caster
- Roller coverer
- Roller turner
- Rubber band cutter
- Rubber belt winder
- Rubber builder
- Rubber calenderer
- Rubber coverer
- Rubber covering machinist
- Rubber cutter
- Rubber cutting machinist
- Rubber dipper
- Rubber forcer
- Rubber goods worker
- Rubber grinder
- Rubber heater
- Rubber joiner
- Rubber lathe attendant
- Rubber maker
- Rubber mat maker
- Rubber mattress maker
- Rubber mill hand
- Rubber mill man
- Rubber mill worker
- Rubber miller
- Rubber mixer
- Rubber moulder
- Rubber packing maker
- Rubber presser
- Rubber roller maker
- Rubber spreader
- Rubber stamper
- Rubber stripper
- Rubber tread maker
- Rubber trimmer
- Rubber tube moulder
- Rubber turner
- Rubber washer
- Rubber worker
- Sagger packer
- Salt dryer
- Sand burner
- Sand dryer
- Sand grinder
- Sanitary pipe machinist
- Sanitary ware placer
- Sawyer
- Scratcher
- Screen attendant
- Screener
- Setter
- Setter and drawer
- Setter-in
- Shader
- Shaking machinist
- Sheeter
- Shrinker
- Sifter
- Silica grinder
- Skimmer
- Slab caster
- Slab maker
- Slaker
- Slaker man
- Slimer
- Slip house attendant
- Slip house hand
- Slip house worker
- Slip houseman
- Slip maker
- Slip painting machinist
- Sliphouse hand
- Slurry mixer
- Smelter
- Solid tyre trimmer
- Solution maker
- Spewing machinist
- Spinner
- Splicer
- Splitter
- Spreader
- Spun pipe steamer
- Stamp moulder
- Steam presser
- Stoker
- Stone breaker
- Stone caster
- Stone dresser
- Stone finisher
- Stone worker
- Stove firer
- Stover
- Surgical hand
- Table man
- Taker-in
- Taker-off
- Tank builder
- Tank liner
- Tankman
- Tapping machinist
- Tar boiling man
- Teazer
- Temperer
- Thread block waxer
- Thrower's assistant
- Thrower's attendant
- Tile burner
- Tile caster
- Tile machinist
- Tile maker
- Tile placer
- Tile polisher
- Tile setter
- Tile worker
- Toughener
- Tread builder
- Tread cutter
- Tread renewer
- Trimmer
- Tube hand
- Tube maker
- Tube manipulator
- Tube roller
- Tube wrapper
- Tubing maker
- Tumbler operator
- Tunnel oven operative
- Turner
- Tyre bead fitter
- Tyre builder
- Tyre cutter
- Tyre finisher
- Tyre maker
- Tyre moulder
- Tyre repairer
- Tyre restorer
- Tyre retreader
- Tyre rubberer
- Tyre sprayer
- Tyre stripper
- Tyre tread fitter
- Tyre veneerer
- Tyre wirer
- Tyre worker
- Vee belt maker
- Vitrifier
- Vulcanite turner
- Vulcanizer
- Wadder
- Wash mill hand
- Wash miller
- Washer maker
- Washer presser
- Washing and mixing machinist
- Waterproof cover maker
- Wet miller
- Wheel builder
- Wheel coverer
- Winding machinist
- Wire coverer
- Wiring machinist
- Wrapper
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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.