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Plastics process operatives Salary (UK)
A Plastics process operatives in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £32,644. Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 8114, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Plastics process operatives is £32,644 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 Plastics process operatives pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#229
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
−£6,379
below the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
36%
of UK occupations
At £32,644, a Plastics process operatives ranks #229 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — below by £6,379 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.
Plastics process operatives pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
| 25th percentile | £24,377 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £32,644 |
| Mean (average) | £32,064 |
| 75th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
| 90th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
Based on an estimated 11,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Plastics process operatives salary by UK region
| Region | Median (annual) | vs UK median |
|---|---|---|
| East | £37,262 | +£4,618 |
| South East | £33,753 | +£1,109 |
| West Midlands | £24,259 | −£8,385 |
Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.
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Plastics process operatives salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Plastics process operatives earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Plastics process operatives (SOC 2020 code 8114) in the UK is £32,644, 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 Plastics process operatives 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 Plastics process operatives salary above the UK average?
- A Plastics process operatives earns a median of £32,644, which is below by £6,379 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 36% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Plastics process operatives pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #229 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 228 occupations pay more and 130 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Plastics process operatives earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £37,262 in East. Regional medians for 3 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.