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Laboratory technicians Salary (UK)
A Laboratory technicians in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £28,210, with most pay between £24,975–£34,028 (25th–75th percentile). Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 3111, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Laboratory technicians is £28,210 gross per year (typical range £24,975–£34,028). This is a real ONS estimate for full-time employees, April 2025 — ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3.
How Laboratory technicians pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#306
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
−£10,813
below the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
15%
of UK occupations
At £28,210, a Laboratory technicians ranks #306 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — below by £10,813 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.
Laboratory technicians pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £22,284 |
| 25th percentile | £24,975 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £28,210 |
| Mean (average) | £31,258 |
| 75th percentile | £34,028 |
| 90th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
Based on an estimated 53,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Laboratory technicians salary by UK region
| Region | Median (annual) | vs UK median |
|---|---|---|
| London | £32,732 | +£4,522 |
| East | £29,779 | +£1,569 |
| South East | £28,839 | +£629 |
| North West | £28,552 | +£342 |
| North East | £27,230 | −£980 |
| Scotland | £26,940 | −£1,270 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £26,829 | −£1,381 |
| Wales | £26,092 | −£2,118 |
| East Midlands | £25,466 | −£2,744 |
| West Midlands | £25,028 | −£3,182 |
Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.
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Laboratory technicians salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Laboratory technicians earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Laboratory technicians (SOC 2020 code 3111) in the UK is £28,210, 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 £24,975–£34,028 range (25th to 75th percentile).
- Is the Laboratory technicians 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 Laboratory technicians salary above the UK average?
- A Laboratory technicians earns a median of £28,210, which is below by £10,813 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 15% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Laboratory technicians pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #306 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 305 occupations pay more and 53 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Laboratory technicians earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £32,732 in London. Regional medians for 10 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.