Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £24,560 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.3% on last year
£2,435 a month About £2,047 a month after tax 33 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 £21,952 in 2021 to £29,223 in 2026 (+33%); 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 | £16,702 | £19,057 | £21,952 | £26,976 | x |
| 2022 | £17,177 | £19,899 | £23,322 | x | x |
| 2023 | £17,905 | £21,870 | £24,787 | £29,263 | x |
| 2024 | £20,608 | £22,693 | £26,510 | £32,724 | x |
| 2025 | £21,503 | £24,688 | £28,560 | £34,427 | x |
| 2026 | £21,277 | £25,237 | £29,223 | £36,247 | 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 £29,223 a year and half earn more. That is 29% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £25,237 and £36,247; one in ten earns less than £21,277.
Ranked by median, it is number 314 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,047 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,050 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £21,277 | £1,773 |
| 20th | £24,419 | £2,035 |
| 25th (P25) | £25,237 | £2,103 |
| 30th | £25,714 | £2,143 |
| 40th | £27,385 | £2,282 |
| Median (50th) | £29,223 | £2,435 |
| 60th | £32,038 | £2,670 |
| 70th | £34,983 | £2,915 |
| 75th (P75) | £36,247 | £3,021 |
| 80th | £37,649 | £3,137 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £29,222 | £31,358 | 31 |
| Women | x | £33,100 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £24,560 | £2,047 |
| Scotland | £24,600 | £2,050 |
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 £29,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 200 job titles to SOC 9129 Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Asbestos lagger
- Asbestos packer
- Asphalt mixer
- Asphalt mixer man
- Asphalt potman
- Asphalt tank operator
- Asphalter's mate
- Backer-up
- Bailiff
- Bank repairer
- Banksman
- Board tacker
- Boat builder's labourer
- Boiler clothier
- Boiler coverer
- Boiler coverer's mate
- Boiler lagger
- Brick layer's mate
- Bricklayer's assistant
- Bricklayer's helper
- Bricklayer's labourer
- Bricksetter's labourer
- Builder's fitter
- Builder's handyman
- Builder's jobber
- Builder's labourer
- Builder's mate
- Builders' assistant
- Building labourer
- Building worker
- Cabinet maker's labourer
- Canal inspector
- Canal wharf keeper
- Canal worker
- Canalman
- Care taker
- Caretaker
- Carpenter's and joiner's mate
- Carpenter's assistant
- Carpenter's handyman
- Carpenter's helper
- Carpenter's labourer
- Carpenter's mate
- Cement gun operator
- Chain boy
- Chainman
- Civil engineer's labourer
- Civil engineering labourer
- Composition maker
- Construction labourer
- Construction worker
- Contractor
- Contractor's labourer
- Cooper's labourer
- Craftsman's mate
- Damp proofer
- Ditcher
- Diver's attendant
- Diver's linesman
- Diver's signalman
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- Diver's tender
- Diver's tenter
- Drainer
- Electric track labourer
- Electrician's assistant
- Electrician's handyman
- Electrician's help
- Electrician's helper
- Electrician's labourer
- Electrician's mate
- Estate agent's jobber
- Estate maintenance hand
- Felt fixer's labourer
- Fitter's handyman
- Fixer mason's labourer
- Fixer's mate
- Flagger's mate
- Flood defence operative
- Foreman
- Furnace dismantler
- Ganger
- Gas regulator's assistant
- General assistant
- General labourer
- Glazier's assistant
- Glazier's mate
- Granolithic layer's labourer
- Granolithic layer's mate
- Grave digger
- Handyman-labourer
- Hod carrier
- Insulation fixer
- Insulation hand
- Jobber
- Joiner's assistant
- Joiner's labourer
- Joiner's mate
- Labourer
- Labourer-driver
- Lagger
- Lagger's mate
- Length foreman
- Lengthman
- Linesman
- Loft insulator
- Main layer's mate
- Maintenance hand
- Maintenance man
- Marquee erector
- Marsh man
- Mason's assistant
- Mason's helper
- Mason's mate
- Mastic applicator
- Metal lath fixer
- Metal lather
- Navigation inspector
- Navvy
- Odd job man
- Painter's mate
- Pavior's mate
- Penning contractor
- Pipe coverer
- Pipe insulator
- Pipe jointer's mate
- Pipe lagger
- Pipe liner
- Pipe mate's handyman
- Pipeliner
- Plasterer's assistant
- Plasterer's labourer
- Plasterer's mate
- Plate layer's mate
- Platelayer's labourer
- Plumber and jointer's mate
- Plumber's assistant
- Plumber's labourer
- Plumber's mate
- Porter-handyman
- Potman
- Property jobber
- Propman
- Propper
- Puller-off
- Rammerman
- Refrigerator insulator
- Reservoir attendant
- Reservoir bailiff
- Reservoir keeper
- Reservoir superintendent
- River attendant
- River cleaner
- River inspector
- River worker
- Riverman
- Rivers operative
- Rock breaker
- Roofer's labourer
- Roofer's mate
- Roofing labourer
- Sawyer's assistant
- Sawyer's mate
- Scaffold labourer
- Scaffolder's mate
- Scaffolding labourer
- Sea diver's assistant
- Section inspector
- Service layer's mate
- Sheet fixer's labourer
- Sheeter's mate
- Shop fitter's labourer
- Site labourer
- Slater's labourer
- Slater's mate
- Slurry pond navvy
- Spreader
- Steeplejack's labourer
- Steeplejack's mate
- Stone mason's labourer
- Street light erector
- Surface foreman
- Survey assistant
- Surveying assistant
- Surveyor's assistant
- Surveyor's linesman
- Tar boiler
- Tar mixer
- Tent erector
- Terrazzo layer's labourer
- Terrazzo layer's mate
- Tiler's mate
- Timber man
- Timberman's mate
- Trench examiner
- Tupper
- Water proofer
- Waterways inspector
- Wheelwright's mate
- Wood machinist's mate
- Yard foreman
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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.