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Mental health nurses Salary in Wales
A Mental health nurses in Wales earns a median gross annual pay of £38,416 — that's £4,276 (10%) below the UK median of £42,692. Real ONS figures (SOC 2235, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median salary for a Mental health nurses in Wales is £38,416 gross per year, compared with £42,692 across the UK. A real ONS estimate, April 2025 — ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3.
Wales vs UK median
| Area | Median (annual) |
|---|---|
| Wales | £38,416 |
| United Kingdom | £42,692 |
How Wales ranks for Mental health nurses pay
Regional rank
#7
of 8 ONS regions
vs UK median
−£4,276
below £42,692 UK median
Out-earns
13%
of ONS regions
At £38,416, a Mental health nurses in Wales sits below by £4,276 the £42,692 UK median for the role, ranking #7 of 8 UK regions ONS published a Mental health nurses median for. Every figure is a subtraction or sort of the ONS ASHE medians on this page — nothing is modelled.
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Mental health nurses in Wales — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Mental health nurses earn in Wales?
- The median gross annual pay for a Mental health nurses in Wales is £38,416, per the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). The UK-wide median for this occupation is £42,692.
- Is this Wales figure a real ONS number?
- Yes — it is the published regional median gross annual pay for this occupation in the April 2025 ASHE reference period. ONS suppresses small or unreliable regional cells; only unsuppressed regions appear in this cluster, and none are estimated.
- Is a Mental health nurses salary in Wales above the UK average for the role?
- The Wales median of £38,416 is below by £4,276 the £42,692 UK median for a Mental health nurses, and below by £1,999 the average of the 8 regions ONS published. Derived by subtracting the ONS medians shown on this page.
- Where does Wales rank for Mental health nurses pay?
- Wales ranks #7 of 8 UK regions ONS published a Mental health nurses median for (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 6 regions pay more and 1 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published regional medians.
Related
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.