Assemblers (electrical and electronic products): salary in the UK
About £25,021 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +4.4% on last year
£2,489 a month About £2,085 a month after tax 16 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 £21,139 in 2021 to £29,863 in 2026 (+41%); 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 | £16,152 | £18,487 | £21,139 | £26,284 | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £22,248 | £25,121 | £29,541 | x |
| 2024 | £21,582 | £24,174 | £27,167 | £31,152 | x |
| 2025 | £23,065 | £25,946 | £28,612 | £34,569 | x |
| 2026 | £23,861 | £26,059 | £29,863 | £35,334 | 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 £29,863 a year and half earn more. That is 27% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £26,059 and £35,334; one in ten earns less than £23,861.
Ranked by median, it is number 296 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,085 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,088 in Scotland.
The median for men is £30,415 and for women £26,229, a gap of 14% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £23,861 | £1,988 |
| 20th | £25,500 | £2,125 |
| 25th (P25) | £26,059 | £2,172 |
| 30th | £26,390 | £2,199 |
| 40th | £28,515 | £2,376 |
| Median (50th) | £29,863 | £2,489 |
| 60th | £31,310 | £2,609 |
| 70th | £33,593 | £2,799 |
| 75th (P75) | £35,334 | £2,944 |
| 80th | £37,392 | £3,116 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £30,415 | £32,906 | 13 |
| Women | £26,229 | £27,430 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £25,021 | £2,085 |
| Scotland | £25,057 | £2,088 |
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 £30,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 148 job titles to SOC 8141 Assemblers (electrical and electronic products). Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Accumulator assembler
- Aerial assembler
- Aerial engineer
- Aligner
- Apparatus assembler
- Armature assembler
- Armature bander
- Armature binder
- Armature connector
- Armature disc winder
- Armature winder
- Assembler
- Bakelite assembler
- Battery assembler
- Battery erector
- Belt assembler
- Bobbin winder
- Bonder
- Bulb joiner
- Bulb maker
- Cable assembler
- Cable former
- Cap filler
- Cap fixer
- Capper
- Cell erector
- Cementer
- Coil assembler
- Coil finisher
- Coil former
- Coil inserter
- Coil maker
- Coil presser
- Coil repairer
- Coil winder
- Coiler
- Commutator assembler
- Component assembler
- Components assembler
- Computer assembler
- Condenser builder
- Condenser hand
- Condenser maker
- Copper bender
- Copper former
- Core assembler
- Core builder
- Dynamo assembler
- Dynamo winder
- Electric cooker assembler
- Electric fire assembler
- Electric fire maker
- Electric lamp assembler
- Electric lamp maker
- Electric motor rewinder
- Electrical assembler
- Electrical equipment tester-rectifier
- Electrical harness maker
- Electrical instrument assembler
- Electrical winder
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- Electronic assembler
- Electronic equipment tester-rectifier
- Electronics assembler
- Element bender
- Element winder
- Factory worker
- Fan maker
- Filament assembler
- Filament maker
- Filament mounter
- Flame setter
- Flow solder operator
- Flow solderer
- Form maker
- Fuse maker
- Glow lamp maker
- Gun assembler
- Indoor wireman
- Induction motor winder
- Inserter
- Instrument wireman
- Joiner
- Lamp capping machinist
- Line operator
- Loom former
- Magnet assembler
- Manufacturing operator
- Mesh winder
- Motor assembler
- Neon sign assembler
- Panel wirer
- Pcb assembler
- Pcb operator
- Pinch maker
- Pinner
- Plate separator
- Printed circuit board assembler
- Printed circuit board maker
- Printed circuit operator
- Process worker
- Production specialist
- Quartz crystal assembler
- Radar assembler
- Radar wireman
- Radio assembler
- Record change assembler
- Rectifier assembler
- Relay assembler
- Rig operator
- Rotor winder
- Sealer
- Sleever
- SMT operator
- SMT technician
- Solderer
- Sparking plug maker
- Spool winder
- Stator assembler
- Stator winder
- Stereo system assembler
- Stove assembler
- Sub-assembly line marker
- Surface mount operator
- Surface mount technology technician
- Switch maker
- Switchboard assembler
- Switchgear assembler
- Technical operator
- Telephone assembler
- Telephone instrument assembler
- Television assembler
- Television tube maker
- Temple assembler
- Thermostat setter
- Threader
- Transformer hand
- Transformer winder
- Tube operator
- Turbo winder
- Valve assembler
- Valve maker
- Video equipment assembler
- Video recorder assembler
- Winder
- Wireman
- Wireman-assembler
- Wirer
- Wirer and solderer
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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.