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Water and sewerage plant operatives Salary (UK)
A Water and sewerage plant operatives in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £39,690, with most pay between £31,577–£46,183 (25th–75th percentile). Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 8134, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Water and sewerage plant operatives is £39,690 gross per year (typical range £31,577–£46,183). This is a real ONS estimate for full-time employees, April 2025 — ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3.
How Water and sewerage plant operatives pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#135
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
+£667
above the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
62%
of UK occupations
At £39,690, a Water and sewerage plant operatives ranks #135 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — above by £667 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.
Water and sewerage plant operatives pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
| 25th percentile | £31,577 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £39,690 |
| Mean (average) | £40,134 |
| 75th percentile | £46,183 |
| 90th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
Based on an estimated 10,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Water and sewerage plant operatives salary by UK region
| Region | Median (annual) | vs UK median |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | £47,654 | +£7,964 |
| East Midlands | £42,262 | +£2,572 |
| South West | £40,975 | +£1,285 |
| Scotland | £40,046 | +£356 |
| South East | £39,562 | −£128 |
| North West | £38,044 | −£1,646 |
| East | £36,450 | −£3,240 |
| Wales | £30,413 | −£9,277 |
Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.
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Water and sewerage plant operatives salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Water and sewerage plant operatives earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Water and sewerage plant operatives (SOC 2020 code 8134) in the UK is £39,690, 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 £31,577–£46,183 range (25th to 75th percentile).
- Is the Water and sewerage plant 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 Water and sewerage plant operatives salary above the UK average?
- A Water and sewerage plant operatives earns a median of £39,690, which is above by £667 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 62% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Water and sewerage plant operatives pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #135 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 134 occupations pay more and 224 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Water and sewerage plant operatives earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £47,654 in West Midlands. Regional medians for 8 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.