Shelf filler: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Shelf fillers (SOC 9241)
Pay by year
The median went from £18,346 in 2021 to £24,897 in 2025 (+36%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +25% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £17,335 | £18,346 | £22,152 | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £19,489 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £21,221 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £25,520 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £21,099 | £24,897 | 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 Shelf fillers 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 Sales Occupations (SOC 924) has a median of £27,186 a year.
ONS did publish a mean of £29,066, which is less reliable than a median would be.
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 43 job titles to SOC 9241 Shelf fillers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Ambience replenishment controller
- Ambient controller
- Asda colleague
- CTM
- Customer adviser
- Customer team member
- Display assistant
- Display hand
- Displayman
- Evening display assistant
- Evening merchandiser
- Filler
- Floor assistant
- Fresh food assistant
- General assistant
- Grocery assistant
- Merchandiser
- Night assistant
- Night colleague
- Night filler
- Night shift worker
- Night worker
- Operations assistant
- Produce assistant
- Provision assistant
- Provisions assistant
- Replenisher
- Replenishment assistant
- Runner
- Shelf filler
- Shelf packer
- Shelf replenisher
- Shelf stacker
- Shelf stocker
- Shop filler
- Stacker
- Stock assistant
- Stock filling assistant
- Stock handler
- Stock replenisher
- Stockist
- Store assistant
- Trading assistant
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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.