This page contains the average salaries for Caring, leisure and other service occupations in the United Kingdom in 2020 as extracted from the "Employee earnings in the UK: 2019" document published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). If you are not sure which occupation group your occupation is listed in pleave view our list of occupations allocated to each group by the Office of National Statistics
Below you will find details of the average salary as detailed in the ONS report for 2020 and 2019 with details of the percentage change in average salary and a supporting salary calculation so you can see what the take home pay for each occupation listed under "Caring, Leisure And Other Service Occupations" would be. Please note that some occupations may have no average salaries defined for specific years, this occurs when insufficient data is recorded via the survey or when occupations categories are redefined.
The avergae salary data is based on the the Annual Survey for Hours and Earnings (ASHE) which uses a 1% sample of employee jobs, drawn from HM Revenue and Customs Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records.
Average Salaries for 2020 (based on the Annual Survey for Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2020) relate to the pay period that includes 22 April 2020, at which time approximately 8.8 million employees were furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS); the average salaries include furloughed employees and are based on actual payments made to the employee from company payrolls and the hours on which this pay was calculated, which in the case of furloughed employees are their usual hours.
| 2019 Annual Salary 1st Jul 2019 to 30th Jun 2020 | Occupation | Pay Differance | 2020 Annual Salary 1st Jul 2020 to 30th Jun 2021 |
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| £ 16,987.00 | Pest control officers | 6.37 % | £ 18,069.00 |
| £ 20,629.00 | Nursing auxiliaries and assistants | 9.70 % | £ 22,630.00 |
| £ 23,651.00 | Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) | 5.32 % | £ 24,910.00 |
| £ 23,674.00 | Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c. | 11.03 % | £ 26,285.00 |
| £ 16,310.00 | Hairdressers and barbers | 5.60 % | £ 17,223.00 |
| £ 21,733.00 | Caretakers | 1.86 % | £ 22,138.00 |
| £ 20,001.00 | Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors | 8.64 % | £ 21,730.00 |
| £ 18,164.00 | Sales and retail assistants | 3.49 % | £ 18,798.00 |
| £ 17,190.00 | Retail cashiers and check-out operators | 3.09 % | £ 17,721.00 |
| £ 21,435.00 | Telephone salespersons | 0.67 % | £ 21,578.00 |
| £ 17,405.00 | Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants | -0.10 % | £ 17,388.00 |
| £ 23,734.00 | Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers | 1.72 % | £ 24,142.00 |
| £ 20,161.00 | Debt, rent and other cash collectors | 3.05 % | £ 20,775.00 |
| £ 22,432.00 | Roundspersons and van salespersons | 8.16 % | £ 24,262.00 |
| £ 23,127.00 | Visual merchandisers and related occupations | 4.07 % | £ 24,068.00 |
| £ 23,150.00 | Sales related occupations n.e.c. | 0.29 % | £ 23,217.00 |
| £ 18,994.00 | Call and contact centre occupations | 7.39 % | £ 20,397.00 |
| £ 19,314.00 | Communication operators | 7.71 % | £ 20,804.00 |
| £ 28,167.00 | Market research interviewers | 2.14 % | £ 28,770.00 |
| £ 21,557.00 | Customer service occupations n.e.c. | 0.61 % | £ 21,689.00 |
| £ 29,486.00 | Customer service supervisors | -1.33 % | £ 29,094.00 |
| £ 20,792.00 | Food, drink and tobacco process operatives | 4.17 % | £ 21,660.00 |
| £ 24,119.00 | Textile process operatives | -8.89 % | £ 21,974.00 |
| £ 25,200.00 | Chemical and related process operatives | -6.38 % | £ 23,591.00 |
| £ 30,295.00 | Plastics process operatives | -3.30 % | £ 29,295.00 |
| £ 29,897.00 | Metal making and treating process operatives | 0.04 % | £ 29,910.00 |
| £ 24,664.00 | Process operatives n.e.c. | 10.55 % | £ 27,265.00 |
| £ 24,294.00 | Paper and wood machine operatives | -3.54 % | £ 23,433.00 |
| £ 30,215.00 | Mining and quarry workers and related operatives | 4.89 % | £ 31,692.00 |
| £ 25,716.00 | Energy plant operatives | 0.81 % | £ 25,925.00 |
| £ 22,267.00 | Water and sewerage plant operatives | 7.60 % | £ 23,960.00 |
| £ 22,303.00 | Printing machine assistants | -0.39 % | £ 22,216.00 |
| £ 22,395.00 | Plant and machine operatives n.e.c. | -0.51 % | £ 22,280.00 |
| £ 33,894.00 | Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) | 1.64 % | £ 34,451.00 |
| £ 29,027.00 | Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) | 5.51 % | £ 30,626.00 |
| £ 31,638.00 | Routine inspectors and testers | 9.25 % | £ 34,563.00 |
| £ 25,206.00 | Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. | 4.98 % | £ 26,460.00 |
| £ 30,516.00 | Large goods vehicle drivers | 1.00 % | £ 30,820.00 |
| £ 22,959.00 | Bus and coach drivers | -1.22 % | £ 22,678.00 |
| £ 26,632.00 | Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs | 2.10 % | £ 27,191.00 |
| £ 21,167.00 | Delivery drivers and couriers | 5.80 % | £ 22,394.00 |
| £ 40,359.00 | Crane drivers | -0.10 % | £ 40,317.00 |
| £ 23,999.00 | Fork-lift truck drivers | 7.30 % | £ 25,752.00 |
| £ 29,541.00 | Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. | 2.81 % | £ 30,372.00 |
| £ 56,591.00 | Train and tram drivers | -0.88 % | £ 56,091.00 |
| £ 31,820.00 | Marine and waterways transport operatives | 1.33 % | £ 32,244.00 |
| £ 25,696.00 | Air transport operatives | 5.22 % | £ 27,038.00 |
| £ 44,309.00 | Rail transport operatives | 6.80 % | £ 47,320.00 |
| £ 31,725.00 | Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c. | -20.81 % | £ 25,123.00 |