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Office managers Salary (UK)
A Office managers in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £38,630, with most pay between £31,205–£50,494 (25th–75th percentile). Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 4141, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Office managers is £38,630 gross per year (typical range £31,205–£50,494). This is a real ONS estimate for full-time employees, April 2025 — ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3.
How Office managers pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#146
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
−£393
below the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
59%
of UK occupations
At £38,630, a Office managers ranks #146 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — below by £393 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.
Office managers pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £25,401 |
| 25th percentile | £31,205 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £38,630 |
| Mean (average) | £42,181 |
| 75th percentile | £50,494 |
| 90th percentile | £62,480 |
Based on an estimated 152,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Office managers salary by UK region
| Region | Median (annual) | vs UK median |
|---|---|---|
| London | £47,297 | +£8,667 |
| South East | £40,903 | +£2,273 |
| Wales | £39,296 | +£666 |
| North West | £38,101 | −£529 |
| Scotland | £37,467 | −£1,163 |
| South West | £35,928 | −£2,702 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £35,830 | −£2,800 |
| East | £34,820 | −£3,810 |
| North East | £34,676 | −£3,954 |
| East Midlands | £34,390 | −£4,240 |
Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.
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Office managers salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Office managers earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Office managers (SOC 2020 code 4141) in the UK is £38,630, 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 £31,205–£50,494 range (25th to 75th percentile).
- Is the Office managers 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 Office managers salary above the UK average?
- A Office managers earns a median of £38,630, which is below by £393 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 59% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Office managers pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #146 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 145 occupations pay more and 213 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Office managers earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £47,297 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.