Hospital porters: salary in the UK
About £24,170 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, -2.5% on last year
£2,390 a month About £2,014 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 £20,429 in 2021 to £28,681 in 2026 (+40%); 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 | £20,429 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £23,592 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £24,257 | £27,155 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £26,058 | £29,405 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £26,854 | £28,681 | 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 £28,681 a year and half earn more. That is 30% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 322 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,014 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,017 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | £26,854 | £2,238 |
| 30th | £27,342 | £2,278 |
| 40th | £28,146 | £2,346 |
| Median (50th) | £28,681 | £2,390 |
| 60th | £31,151 | £2,596 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £29,341 | £30,986 | x |
| Women | x | £28,035 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £24,170 | £2,014 |
| Scotland | £24,210 | £2,017 |
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 9 job titles to SOC 9262 Hospital porters. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Domestic porter
- General porter
- Hall porter
- Head porter
- Hospital porter
- Night porter
- Porter
- Portering supervisor
- Ward porter
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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.