Forestry and related workers: salary in the UK
Pay by year
The median went from £21,758 in 2021 to £26,286 in 2024 (+21%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +20% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | x | £21,758 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £25,864 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £26,286 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | x | 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 Forestry and related workers 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 Elementary Agricultural Occupations (SOC 911) has a median of £29,429 a year.
ONS did publish a mean of £36,193, which is less reliable than a median would be.
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 57 job titles to SOC 9112 Forestry and related workers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Arboricultural assistant
- Arboricultural worker
- Axeman
- Care taker
- Caretaker
- Coppice worker
- Copse cutter
- Crown labourer
- Feller
- Foreman
- Forest craftsman
- Forest keeper
- Forest labourer
- Forest ranger
- Forest worker
- Forest workman
- Forester
- Forestry contractor
- Forestry craftsman
- Forestry worker
- Grower
- Head keeper
- Head park keeper
- Inspector of park keepers
- Labourer
- Lumber jack
- Lumberjack
- Park attendant
- Park inspector
- Park keeper
- Park superintendent
- Park supervisor
- Park warden
- Silviculturist
- Small holder
- Smallholder
- Superintendent
- Timber feller
- Timber feller's labourer
- Timber loader
- Timber man
- Tractor driver
- Tree cutter
- Tree feller
- Tree lopper
- Tree pruner
- Verderer
- Verderor
- Warden
- Willow cutter
- Wood cutter
- Wood labourer
- Wood ranger
- Wood warden
- Woodcutter
- Woodman
- Woodsman
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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.