Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £23,662 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +3.9% on last year
£2,331 a month About £1,972 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 £21,351 in 2021 to £27,976 in 2026 (+31%); 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 | £17,815 | £21,351 | £24,614 | x |
| 2022 | x | £18,443 | £22,228 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £19,526 | £23,793 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £21,926 | £25,684 | £28,283 | x |
| 2025 | x | £22,804 | £26,916 | x | x |
| 2026 | £22,404 | £24,841 | £27,976 | £31,948 | 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 £27,976 a year and half earn more. That is 32% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £24,841 and £31,948; one in ten earns less than £22,404.
Ranked by median, it is number 330 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £1,972 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £1,975 in Scotland.
The median for men is £28,520 and for women £25,474, a gap of 11% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £22,404 | £1,867 |
| 20th | £24,282 | £2,024 |
| 25th (P25) | £24,841 | £2,070 |
| 30th | £25,359 | £2,113 |
| 40th | £26,797 | £2,233 |
| Median (50th) | £27,976 | £2,331 |
| 60th | £28,742 | £2,395 |
| 70th | £30,035 | £2,503 |
| 75th (P75) | £31,948 | £2,662 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £28,520 | £30,225 | 8 |
| Women | £25,474 | £25,314 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £23,662 | £1,972 |
| Scotland | £23,702 | £1,975 |
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 £28,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 138 job titles to SOC 9119 Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Aquarium attendant
- Artificial insemination technician
- Artificial inseminator
- Bait digger
- Bird catcher
- Bo'sun
- Boatswain
- Bosun
- Bovine technician
- Breeder
- Bulb worker
- Carter
- Chick sexer
- Chick-sexer
- Chicken catcher
- Cockle picker
- Cockler
- Crabber
- Crew member
- Crop harvester
- Crop worker
- Deck hand
- Decoy man
- Dredgeman
- Dredger
- Drover
- Estate handyman
- Estate worker
- Farm worker
- Fern collector
- Firewood chopper
- Fish farm assistant
- Fish farm worker
- Fish hatcher
- Fishing boat mate
- Flower picker
- Fruit picker
- Garden and parks labourer
- Garden labourer
- Gardener's handyman
- Gardener's labourer
- Gatherer
- General assistant
- General worker
- Glass worker
- Glasshouse worker
- Grass cutter
- Greenhouse worker
- Harpooner
- Harvester
- Hatchery assistant
- Hatchery operator
- Hatchery worker
- Hay cutter
- Heath cutter
- Heathman
- Heathsman
- Hedge cutter
- Hedge layer
- Hedger
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- Hedger and ditcher
- Hop picker
- Horticultural worker
- Incubationist
- Irrigator
- Kelp collector
- Labourer
- Lairman
- Landscape labourer
- Lawn mower
- Live stock grader
- Livestock classifier
- Maintenance hand
- Mariner
- Market garden worker
- Mate
- Milker
- Milkman
- Mink farm assistant
- Moss collector
- Moss picker
- Mushroom cutter
- Mushroom picker
- Mussel gatherer
- Mussel layman
- Musseler
- Nursery attendant
- Nursery hand
- Nursery worker
- Oyster bed worker
- Parks labourer
- Pea picker
- Pea puller
- Peat cutter
- Peat digger
- Peat worker
- Picker
- Pig grader
- Pisciculturist
- Policy labourer
- Potato dresser
- Potato picker
- Potato riddler
- Rabbit catcher
- Rabbit trapper
- Reed collector
- Reed cutter
- River warder
- River watcher
- Salmon farm worker
- Seaman
- Seasonal worker
- Seaweed collector
- Seaweed gatherer
- Second hand
- Seed man
- Sheep shearer
- Shellfish cultivator
- Shrimper
- Spare hand
- Straw cutter
- Teamsman
- Teamster
- Third hand
- Trapper
- Trawler hand
- Trawler man
- Trawler mate
- Trout farm worker
- Trusser
- Turf worker
- Vaccinator
- Vegetable cutter
- Washer
- Watercress cutter
- Watercress gatherer
- Watercress worker
- Weeder
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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.