Production, factory and assembly supervisors: salary in the UK
About £31,097 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +5.8% on last year
£3,192 a month About £2,591 a month after tax 20 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 £29,468 in 2021 to £38,303 in 2026 (+30%); 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 | £18,060 | £22,964 | £29,468 | £38,697 | x |
| 2022 | £21,571 | £26,250 | £32,738 | £38,878 | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £34,284 | x | x |
| 2024 | £25,262 | £29,077 | £35,270 | x | x |
| 2025 | £26,204 | £30,015 | £36,203 | £46,104 | x |
| 2026 | £28,280 | £32,039 | £38,303 | £49,424 | 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 £38,303 a year and half earn more. That is 6% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £32,039 and £49,424; one in ten earns less than £28,280.
Ranked by median, it is number 171 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,591 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,587 in Scotland.
The median for men is £41,397 and for women £32,200, a gap of 22% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £28,280 | £2,357 |
| 20th | £30,745 | £2,562 |
| 25th (P25) | £32,039 | £2,670 |
| 30th | £32,598 | £2,717 |
| 40th | £34,947 | £2,912 |
| Median (50th) | £38,303 | £3,192 |
| 60th | £42,542 | £3,545 |
| 70th | £46,331 | £3,861 |
| 75th (P75) | £49,424 | £4,119 |
| 80th | £50,750 | £4,229 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £41,397 | £43,672 | 16 |
| Women | £32,200 | £34,489 | 5 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £31,097 | £2,591 |
| Scotland | £31,049 | £2,587 |
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 £38,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 115 job titles to SOC 8160 Production, factory and assembly supervisors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Assembling foreman
- Battery foreman
- Blast furnace foreman
- Blow major
- Blow room major
- Blower major
- Blowing foreman
- Blowing room foreman
- Blue mill foreman
- Brewer foreman
- Calender foreman
- Carbonisation plant foreman
- Carbonising foreman
- Card foreman
- Card master
- Card room foreman
- Carding foreman
- Checking foreman
- Chemical foreman
- Chief inspector
- Coke inspector
- Colour foreman
- Comber foreman
- Combing foreman
- Converter controller
- Cotton supervisor
- Crushing plant foreman
- Cupola foreman
- Dairy foreman
- Diesel inspector
- Doffing mistress
- Doubler foreman
- Drawing foreman
- Drawing manager
- Electroplating foreman
- Engine head tenter
- Factory forewoman
- Foreman
- Frame foreman
- Furnace controller
- Furnace foreman
- Gas house foreman
- Gas plant foreman
- Gas purifier foreman
- Gas works superintendent
- Head carder
- Head dyer
- Head varnish maker
- Heat foreman
- Heat treatment foreman
- Inspection foreman
- Kiln foreman
- Leading hand
- Lime foreman
- Locomotive inspector
- Machine inspector
- Machine room foreman
- Master dyer
- Melting shop foreman
- Metal extrusion foreman
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- Metal refining foreman
- Milk foreman
- Mill foreman
- Mill room foreman
- Mixing plant foreman
- Motor test foreman
- Mule foreman
- Oven foreman
- Overlooker
- Plant superintendent
- Platform superintendent
- Polish foreman
- Press shop foreman
- Print room supervisor
- Process foreman
- Process supervisor
- Production team leader
- Purification foreman
- Quality foreman
- Refinery superintendent
- Reforming plant foreman
- Retort foreman
- Retort house foreman
- Ring foreman
- Rolling mill foreman
- Rolling stock inspector
- Salle foreman
- Screen foreman
- Screens foreman
- Scribbling foreman
- Sewing mistress
- Sewing room foreman
- Sewing room supervisor
- Shed foreman
- Shift leader
- Shifting mistress
- Shop foreman
- Soak hearth foreman
- Spinning foreman
- Spinning master
- Stage foreman
- Steel shop foreman
- Superintendent
- Supervisor
- Tan yard foreman
- Tank foreman
- Team leader
- Textile foreman
- Timber foreman
- Twisting foreman
- Under carder
- Winding foreman
- Winding master
- Wool foreman
- Works superintendent
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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.