Elementary storage supervisors: salary in the UK
About £27,686 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +8.4% on last year
£2,797 a month About £2,307 a month after tax 24 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 £26,010 in 2021 to £33,564 in 2026 (+29%); 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 | £18,758 | £21,879 | £26,010 | £29,998 | x |
| 2022 | £19,582 | £22,540 | £27,088 | £31,889 | x |
| 2023 | £21,284 | £24,342 | £28,141 | £33,016 | x |
| 2024 | £23,325 | £26,016 | £30,109 | £35,351 | x |
| 2025 | £24,155 | £26,939 | £30,963 | £36,102 | x |
| 2026 | £26,165 | £28,975 | £33,564 | £38,348 | 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 £33,564 a year and half earn more. That is 18% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £28,975 and £38,348; one in ten earns less than £26,165.
Ranked by median, it is number 228 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,307 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,307 in Scotland.
The median for men is £34,004 and for women £30,622, a gap of 10% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £26,165 | £2,180 |
| 20th | £27,895 | £2,325 |
| 25th (P25) | £28,975 | £2,415 |
| 30th | £29,847 | £2,487 |
| 40th | £31,418 | £2,618 |
| Median (50th) | £33,564 | £2,797 |
| 60th | £35,189 | £2,932 |
| 70th | £37,173 | £3,098 |
| 75th (P75) | £38,348 | £3,196 |
| 80th | £39,784 | £3,315 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £34,004 | £35,009 | 19 |
| Women | £30,622 | £32,230 | 5 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £27,686 | £2,307 |
| Scotland | £27,685 | £2,307 |
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 £34,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 44 job titles to SOC 9251 Elementary storage supervisors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Chief storeman
- Chief warehouseman
- Depot foreman
- Despatch foreman
- Despatch supervisor
- Dock foreman
- Foreman
- Foreman-ganger
- Ganger
- Grey room foreman
- Hatch foreman
- Head store keeper
- Head storeman
- Jetty foreman
- Lamp room foreman
- Loading bay foreman
- Pattern room foreman
- Quay foreman
- Receiving foreman
- Shipping foreman
- Staithes foreman
- Steel yard foreman
- Stock foreman
- Stock taker
- Stock yard foreman
- Stockhandlers team leader
- Stocktaker
- Store foreman
- Store supervisor
- Stores foreman
- Stores supervisor
- Superintendent stevedore
- Superintendent storewoman
- Supervisor
- Timber foreman
- Timber yard foreman
- Ware house keeper
- Warehouse foreman
- Warehouse keeper
- Warehouse supervisor
- Warehouse team leader
- Wharf foreman
- Wharfinger
- 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.