Weighers, graders and sorters: salary in the UK
About £26,614 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +4.6% on last year
£2,673 a month About £2,218 a month after tax
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 £25,643 in 2021 to £32,075 in 2026 (+25%); 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 | x | £25,643 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £29,582 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £28,676 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £30,661 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | £32,075 | 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 £32,075 a year and half earn more. That is 22% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 251 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,218 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,219 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | x | x |
| 30th | x | x |
| 40th | £28,949 | £2,412 |
| Median (50th) | £32,075 | £2,673 |
| 60th | £34,888 | £2,907 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £26,614 | £2,218 |
| Scotland | £26,628 | £2,219 |
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 £32,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 180 job titles to SOC 8144 Weighers, graders and sorters. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Bank-note counter
- Banksman
- Biscuit selector
- Biscuit sorter
- Biscuit warehouse sorter
- Bobbin sorter
- Bottle examiner
- Bottle sorter
- Bowl picker
- Braid measurer
- Breakage sorter
- Bulb sorter
- Bundler
- Bundler's assistant
- Cement gauger
- Ceramic pipe sorter
- Checkweigher
- Checkweighman
- Classer
- Classifier
- Clerk of the scales
- Clip sorter
- Cloth measurer
- Cloth sorter
- Coffee taster
- Colour weigher and mixer
- Cork sorter
- Cotton picker
- Counter
- Cullet washer
- Diamond sorter
- Dipper
- Dipper checker
- Dispenser
- Divider
- Dye house sorter
- Dyehouse sorter
- Egg grader
- Egg sorter
- Examiner
- Fat grader
- Feather sorter
- Fent sorter
- Fibre sorter
- Flock picker
- Flock sorter
- Fruit grader
- Fruit sorter
- Fur sorter
- Furnace drum packer
- Gauger
- Gelatine sorter
- Grader
- Grader-packer
- Grain grader
- Gum sorter
- Hair hand
- Hair sorter
- Head sorter
- Hide sorter
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- Hosiery grader
- Hosiery sorter
- Inspector
- Last sorter
- Leaf sorter
- Leather grader
- Leather sorter
- Lime picker
- Lime sorter
- Linen sorter
- Machine sorter
- Marker
- Marker-off
- Marker-out
- Measurer
- Measuring machinist
- Meat grader
- Meat sorter
- Metal sorter
- Mica sorter
- Mohair sorter
- Newspaper sorter
- Ore inspector
- Packer-grader
- Paper sorter
- Pea picker
- Pelt grader
- Picker
- Picker-packer
- Piece measurer
- Poultry grader
- Prawn picker
- Racker
- Rag and metal sorter
- Rag grader
- Rag sorter
- Rail despatcher
- Rail dispatcher
- Reckoner
- Refuse sorter
- Road despatcher
- Road dispatcher
- Roofing tile sorter
- Rubber sorter
- Sack grader
- Sack selector
- Sack sorter
- Salvage sorter
- Scale attendant
- Scaleman
- Scaler
- Scalesman
- Scrap bundler
- Scrap examiner
- Scrap sorter
- Seed sorter
- Selector
- Selector and classifier
- Sensory analyst
- Sheet bundler
- Shuttle sorter
- Skin grader
- Skin measurer
- Skin selector
- Skin sorter
- Skipman
- Slag sorter
- Sole grader
- Sole sorter
- Sorter
- Sorter and grader
- Sorter and packer
- Spool sorter
- Stock fitter
- Stocking sorter
- Stone picker
- Stores sorter
- Stuffer
- Taker-off
- Tank dipper
- Tank gauger
- Tape sorter
- Taster
- Tea taster
- Tea taster's assistant
- Teller
- Timber measurer
- Timber sorter
- Tin foil sorter
- Tin sorter
- Waste sorter
- Weigh bridge attendant
- Weigh bridge keeper
- Weigh bridge operator
- Weigh bridgeman
- Weigh cabin attendant
- Weigh clerk
- Weigh machine clerk
- Weighbridge attendant
- Weighbridge clerk
- Weighbridge controller
- Weighbridge operator
- Weighbridgeman
- Weigher
- Weigherman
- Weighing clerk
- Weighing machine keeper
- Weighing machinist
- Weighman
- Weight taker
- Wine taster
- Wood measurer
- Wood sorter
- Wool grader
- Wool sorter
- Woollen sorter
- Yard man
- Yardman
- Yardsman
- Yarn sorter
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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.