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Kitchen and catering assistants Salary (UK)
A Kitchen and catering assistants in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £22,886, with most pay between £18,811–£26,766 (25th–75th percentile). Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 9263, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Kitchen and catering assistants is £22,886 gross per year (typical range £18,811–£26,766). This is a real ONS estimate for full-time employees, April 2025 — ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3.
How Kitchen and catering assistants pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#355
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
−£16,137
below the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
1%
of UK occupations
At £22,886, a Kitchen and catering assistants ranks #355 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — below by £16,137 the £39,023 average and the £35,863 midpoint occupation. Rank and averages are plain arithmetic over the published ONS ASHE medians — nothing is modelled.
Kitchen and catering assistants pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £15,092 |
| 25th percentile | £18,811 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £22,886 |
| Mean (average) | £22,825 |
| 75th percentile | £26,766 |
| 90th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
Based on an estimated 73,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Kitchen and catering assistants salary by UK region
| Region | Median (annual) | vs UK median |
|---|---|---|
| London | £27,096 | +£4,210 |
| Scotland | £24,160 | +£1,274 |
| South East | £23,438 | +£552 |
| West Midlands | £22,814 | −£72 |
| Wales | £22,531 | −£355 |
| South West | £22,338 | −£548 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £21,572 | −£1,314 |
| East Midlands | £21,536 | −£1,350 |
| North West | £21,345 | −£1,541 |
| East | £20,893 | −£1,993 |
| North East | £18,904 | −£3,982 |
Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.
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Kitchen and catering assistants salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Kitchen and catering assistants earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Kitchen and catering assistants (SOC 2020 code 9263) in the UK is £22,886, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). Most pay falls in the £18,811–£26,766 range (25th to 75th percentile).
- Is the Kitchen and catering assistants salary figure real or estimated?
- It is a real published ONS estimate — the median gross annual pay for full-time employees in the April 2025 ASHE reference period. No number on this page is modelled, interpolated, or mixed with survey panels. Cells that ONS suppressed for reliability are omitted, never guessed.
- Is a Kitchen and catering assistants salary above the UK average?
- A Kitchen and catering assistants earns a median of £22,886, which is below by £16,137 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 1% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Kitchen and catering assistants pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #355 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 354 occupations pay more and 4 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Kitchen and catering assistants earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £27,096 in London. Regional medians for 11 regions are listed on this page; regions where ONS suppressed the cell are not shown.
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Source: Office for National Statistics — Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Table 14.7a (occupation 4-digit SOC) + Table 15 (4).7a (region by occupation), Full-Time sheet. Figures are Median gross annual pay (GBP), full-time employees, April 2025 reference period (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). Released 2025-10-23, corrected 2025-12-19. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3). No figure is modelled or interpolated.