Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £22,890 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +4.9% on last year
£2,242 a month About £1,908 a month after tax 6 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 £18,861 in 2021 to £26,904 in 2026 (+43%); 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 | £18,861 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £19,633 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £22,027 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £23,404 | £25,639 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £23,905 | £26,904 | 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 £26,904 a year and half earn more. That is 34% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 340 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £1,908 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £1,911 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | £23,905 | £1,992 |
| 30th | £24,555 | £2,046 |
| 40th | £25,788 | £2,149 |
| Median (50th) | £26,904 | £2,242 |
| 60th | £27,766 | £2,314 |
| 70th | £29,095 | £2,425 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £26,709 | £26,730 | 5 |
| Women | x | £27,184 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £22,890 | £1,908 |
| Scotland | £22,930 | £1,911 |
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 £27,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 120 job titles to SOC 9269 Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Astrologer
- Astrological psychologist
- Attendant
- Bath attendant
- Bath house attendant
- Bath room attendant
- Bath superintendent
- Bathman
- Baths attendant
- Baths foreman
- Baths superintendent
- Beach hut attendant
- Billiard marker
- Bingo assistant
- Bingo attendant
- Bingo caller
- Bingo hall attendant
- Bingo operative
- Bingo operator
- Board marker
- Book sales assistant
- Car attendant
- Car jockey
- Chair attendant
- Chair ticket inspector
- Changing room attendant
- Chat-line operator
- Checker
- Clairvoyant
- Clapper boy
- Clapper loader
- Clapper-loader
- Cloak room attendant
- Cloakroom attendant
- Cloakroom clerk
- Clock winder
- Coach attendant
- Commissionaire
- Dayman
- Deck chair inspector
- Door attendant
- Door boy
- Dressing room attendant
- Escort
- Feng shui consultant
- Feng shui practitioner
- Floor keeper
- Foreman
- Fortune teller
- General assistant
- Greeter
- Grip
- Hall porter
- Head porter
- Hostel attendant
- Hostel worker
- Hotel assistant
- Hotel porter
- Hotel worker
- House attendant
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- House porter
- Houseman
- Key grip
- Kissogram
- Lamp attendant
- Lap dancer
- Left luggage attendant
- Left luggage clerk
- Lift attendant
- Lift operator
- Lift worker
- Liftman
- Lobby attendant
- Lobby man
- Locker room attendant
- Lost property attendant
- Luggage room attendant
- Mace bearer
- Macer
- Mayor's attendant
- Medium
- Night porter
- Page
- Palmist
- Phrenologist
- Playing field supervisor
- Pole dancer
- Porter
- Porter and liftman
- Property man
- Propman
- Propsman
- Receptionist
- Resident porter
- Rest room attendant
- Scene hand
- Scene shifter
- Scoreboard operator
- Searcher
- Seat attendant
- Seller
- Service liftman
- Sitter
- Spa assistant
- Stage hand
- Striptease artist
- Superintendent
- Table dancer
- Tarot reader
- Team member
- Ticket checker
- Ticket collector
- Ticket examiner
- Turnstile operator
- Waiting room attendant
- Washhouseman
- Water diviner
- Web cam operator
- Web-cam performer
- Youth club helper
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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.