Street cleaners: salary in the UK
About £24,859 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +6.9% on last year
£2,470 a month About £2,072 a month after tax 4 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 £20,811 in 2021 to £29,638 in 2026 (+42%); 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 | x | £20,811 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £21,902 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £24,378 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £26,175 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £25,563 | £27,729 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £26,550 | £29,638 | 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.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £29,638 a year and half earn more. That is 28% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 300 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,072 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,075 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | £26,550 | £2,213 |
| 30th | £27,532 | £2,294 |
| 40th | £28,617 | £2,385 |
| Median (50th) | £29,638 | £2,470 |
| 60th | £31,107 | £2,592 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £29,548 | £30,167 | 4 |
| Women | x | x | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £24,859 | £2,072 |
| Scotland | £24,898 | £2,075 |
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 £30,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 14 job titles to SOC 9222 Street cleaners. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Cleansing operative
- Environmental cleaner
- Highways cleaner
- Litter picker
- Market attendant
- Public realm operative
- Road cleaner
- Road orderly
- Road sweeper
- Street cleaner
- Street cleansing operative
- Street orderly
- Street sweeper
- Sweeper
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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.