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UK Average Earnings in 2020 for Elementary Occupations

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Last Reviewed: 28th May 2020

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Document: Employee earnings in the UK: 2019

Employment Category: Elementary occupations

This page contains the average salaries for Elementary 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 "Elementary 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.

Average Salary Year

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 2020OccupationPay Differance2020 Annual Salary 1st Jul 2020 to 30th Jun 2021
£ 22,590.00 Farm workers 0.34 % £ 22,667.00
£ 24,705.00 Forestry and related workers -3.29 % £ 23,892.00
£ 20,186.00 Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c. 5.21 % £ 21,237.00
£ 20,041.00 Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers 1.28 % £ 20,298.00
£ 21,981.00 Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. 1.45 % £ 22,300.00
£ 27,344.00 Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers -12.13 % £ 24,028.00
£ 17,904.00 Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. 6.56 % £ 19,078.00
£ 20,700.00 Security guards and related occupations 0.77 % £ 20,860.00
£ 19,643.00 School midday and crossing patrol occupations 3.21 % £ 20,274.00
£ 17,380.00 Exam invigilators 2.53 % £ 17,819.00
£ 25,043.00 Shelf fillers 6.33 % £ 26,629.00
£ 21,556.00 Elementary sales occupations n.e.c. 19.73 % £ 25,810.00
£ 18,335.00 Elementary storage supervisors -4.35 % £ 17,538.00
£ 18,162.00 Elementary storage occupations n.e.c. -2.93 % £ 17,629.00