Elementary storage occupations n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £32,946 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +14.5% on last year
£3,406 a month About £2,745 a month after tax 5 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 £28,960 in 2021 to £40,870 in 2026 (+41%); 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 | £22,329 | £28,960 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £21,585 | £27,727 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £25,170 | £30,395 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £28,493 | £33,371 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £28,886 | £35,688 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £35,182 | £40,870 | 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 £40,870 a year and half earn more. That is about the same as the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 145 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,745 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,739 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £32,418 | £2,701 |
| 25th (P25) | £35,182 | £2,932 |
| 30th | £36,508 | £3,042 |
| 40th | £38,760 | £3,230 |
| Median (50th) | £40,870 | £3,406 |
| 60th | £43,459 | £3,622 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £41,300 | £43,930 | 4 |
| Women | x | £39,890 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £32,946 | £2,745 |
| Scotland | £32,872 | £2,739 |
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 £41,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 135 job titles to SOC 9259 Elementary storage occupations n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Art handler
- Auctioneer's assistant
- Bag carrier
- Ballast man
- Ballast tipper
- Ballast trimmer
- Banana ripener
- Banksman
- Barge loader
- Barge trimmer
- Boat loader
- Boat trimmer
- Bobber
- Bunker
- Car lasher
- Cargo handler
- Cargo worker
- Carrier
- Chainman
- Checker
- Coal heaver
- Coal teemer
- Coal tipper
- Coal trimmer
- Collier
- Crane banksman
- Crane latcher
- Crewman
- Customs attendant
- Deal carrier
- Deal runner
- Dock checker
- Dock crew
- Dock labourer
- Dock man
- Dock porter
- Dock waterman
- Dock worker
- Docker
- Dockside loader
- Dockside worker
- Explosive attendant
- Explosives attendant
- Explosives man
- Filler
- Fish bobber
- Fish box carrier
- Fish labourer
- Fish lander
- Fish loader
- Fish lumper
- Fish worker
- Food porter
- Gangwayman
- Gear man
- General assistant
- Goods porter
- Grey room assistant
- Grey room attendant
- Grey room worker
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- Hanger-on
- Hatch minder
- Hatchman
- Hatchwayman
- Holdsman
- Jetty hand
- Jetty labourer
- Jetty operative
- Jetty operator
- Jettyman
- Labourer
- Ladle helper
- Lamp attendant
- Lamp room attendant
- Lampman
- Latcher
- Linen checker
- Linen room assistant
- Linen room attendant
- Loader
- Longshoreman
- Lumper
- Magazine attendant
- Oil wharf attendant
- Pattern room assistant
- Pickman
- Pitwood carrier
- Pitwood labourer
- Plan attendant
- Plan keeper
- Plan room attendant
- Pontoon labourer
- Port operative
- Port operator
- Port worker
- Porter
- Powder house attendant
- Prop carrier
- Quay labourer
- Quayman
- Quayside labourer
- Rafter
- Railman
- Riverside labourer
- Runner
- Sale room assistant
- Sample room assistant
- Shedman
- Sheeter
- Ship labourer
- Ship loaderman
- Ship stower
- Ship worker
- Shipper
- Shore steward
- Signalman
- Slinger
- Staithman
- Statutory attendant
- Steel checker
- Stevedore
- Stevedore's labourer
- Tackleman
- Timber carrier
- Timber loader
- Tipper
- Tool finder
- Tool room attendant
- Trimmer
- Unloader
- Waterside labourer
- Wharf labourer
- Wharf man
- X-ray cargo screener
- X-ray operative
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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.