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Prison service officers (below principal officer) Salary (UK)
A Prison service officers (below principal officer) in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £41,287. Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 3314, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Prison service officers (below principal officer) is £41,287 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 Prison service officers (below principal officer) pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#121
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
+£2,264
above the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
66%
of UK occupations
At £41,287, a Prison service officers (below principal officer) ranks #121 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — above by £2,264 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.
Prison service officers (below principal officer) pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
| 25th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
| Median (50th percentile) | £41,287 |
| Mean (average) | £41,305 |
| 75th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
| 90th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Prison service officers (below principal officer) salary by UK region
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Prison service officers (below principal officer) salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Prison service officers (below principal officer) earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Prison service officers (below principal officer) (SOC 2020 code 3314) in the UK is £41,287, 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 Prison service officers (below principal officer) 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 Prison service officers (below principal officer) salary above the UK average?
- A Prison service officers (below principal officer) earns a median of £41,287, which is above by £2,264 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 66% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Prison service officers (below principal officer) pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #121 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 120 occupations pay more and 238 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Prison service officers (below principal officer) earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £46,673 in London. Regional medians for 2 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.