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Painters and decorators Salary (UK)
A Painters and decorators in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £32,763, with most pay between £28,462–£39,007 (25th–75th percentile). Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 5323, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Painters and decorators is £32,763 gross per year (typical range £28,462–£39,007). This is a real ONS estimate for full-time employees, April 2025 — ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3.
How Painters and decorators pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#227
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
−£6,260
below the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
37%
of UK occupations
At £32,763, a Painters and decorators ranks #227 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — below by £6,260 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.
Painters and decorators pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £23,617 |
| 25th percentile | £28,462 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £32,763 |
| Mean (average) | £34,106 |
| 75th percentile | £39,007 |
| 90th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
Based on an estimated 18,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Painters and decorators salary by UK region
| Region | Median (annual) | vs UK median |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £34,226 | +£1,463 |
| North East | £32,520 | −£243 |
| South East | £31,966 | −£797 |
| Scotland | £31,906 | −£857 |
| East | £31,686 | −£1,077 |
| West Midlands | £31,560 | −£1,203 |
| East Midlands | £30,800 | −£1,963 |
| Wales | £29,122 | −£3,641 |
| South West | £28,216 | −£4,547 |
Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.
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Painters and decorators salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Painters and decorators earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Painters and decorators (SOC 2020 code 5323) in the UK is £32,763, 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 £28,462–£39,007 range (25th to 75th percentile).
- Is the Painters and decorators 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 Painters and decorators salary above the UK average?
- A Painters and decorators earns a median of £32,763, which is below by £6,260 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 37% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Painters and decorators pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #227 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 226 occupations pay more and 132 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Painters and decorators earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £34,226 in Yorkshire and The Humber. Regional medians for 9 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.