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Newspaper and periodical editors Salary (UK)
A Newspaper and periodical editors in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £42,451. Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 2491, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Newspaper and periodical editors is £42,451 gross per year. This is a real ONS estimate for full-time employees, April 2025 — ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3.
How Newspaper and periodical editors pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#112
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
+£3,428
above the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
69%
of UK occupations
At £42,451, a Newspaper and periodical editors ranks #112 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — above by £3,428 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.
Newspaper and periodical editors pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £27,986 |
| 25th percentile | £35,694 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £42,451 |
| Mean (average) | £49,583 |
| 75th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
| 90th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
Based on an estimated 23,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Newspaper and periodical editors salary by UK region
| Region | Median (annual) | vs UK median |
|---|---|---|
| London | £52,518 | +£10,067 |
| West Midlands | £43,100 | +£649 |
| North West | £43,065 | +£614 |
| South East | £38,796 | −£3,655 |
| South West | £38,154 | −£4,297 |
| East | £36,354 | −£6,097 |
| Scotland | £35,842 | −£6,609 |
Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.
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Newspaper and periodical editors salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Newspaper and periodical editors earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Newspaper and periodical editors (SOC 2020 code 2491) in the UK is £42,451, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). ONS suppressed the percentile range for this occupation under its disclosure-control rules, so only the median is published.
- Is the Newspaper and periodical editors 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 Newspaper and periodical editors salary above the UK average?
- A Newspaper and periodical editors earns a median of £42,451, which is above by £3,428 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 69% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Newspaper and periodical editors pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #112 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 111 occupations pay more and 247 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Newspaper and periodical editors earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £52,518 in London. Regional medians for 7 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.