Scaffolders, stagers and riggers: salary in the UK
About £38,630 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time
£4,064 a month About £3,219 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 £33,206 in 2021 to £48,764 in 2026 (+47%); 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 | £25,441 | £33,206 | £40,936 | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £27,775 | £35,027 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £30,428 | £38,758 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £37,859 | £48,764 | £59,286 | 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 £48,764 a year and half earn more. That is 19% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £37,859 and £59,286.
Ranked by median, it is number 82 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,219 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,117 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £34,909 | £2,909 |
| 25th (P25) | £37,859 | £3,155 |
| 30th | £39,269 | £3,272 |
| 40th | £44,927 | £3,744 |
| Median (50th) | £48,764 | £4,064 |
| 60th | £51,533 | £4,294 |
| 70th | £55,664 | £4,639 |
| 75th (P75) | £59,286 | £4,940 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £48,599 | £49,391 | 11 |
| Women | x | x | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £38,630 | £3,219 |
| Scotland | £37,406 | £3,117 |
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 £49,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 29 job titles to SOC 8151 Scaffolders, stagers and riggers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Advanced scaffolder
- Bell hanger
- Factory rigger
- Gromet maker
- Grommet maker
- Heavy lifter
- Metal shuttering erector
- Offshore rigger
- Rigger
- Rope and belt fitter
- Rope smith
- Rope splicer
- Rope tester
- Ropeman
- Salvage rigger
- Scaffolder
- Scaffolder foreman
- Scaffolder-foreman
- Scaffolding erector
- Scaffolding fixer
- Scaffolding rigger
- Ship's rigger
- Splicer
- Stage erector
- Stage rigger
- Stager
- Tackleman
- Wire ropery fitter
- Wire splicer
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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.