2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Care workers and home carers

United Kingdom. Around 301,000 full-time employee jobs.

Data released ASHE 2025 (provisional) ONS ASHE · SOC 2020 4-digit
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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£27,468 · 50th
£17,93810th
£22,79825th
£27,46850th
£32,49375th
£38,26590th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in the UK earn more.

Table 1 — By region

The same job, region by region

Median gross annual pay for full-time employee jobs, by work region. Regional distributions are not published at this level of occupational detail. Compare UK occupations →

RegionMedianvs. the UK
United Kingdom This page£27,468
Scotland£30,181+9.9%
London£28,413+3.4%
South East£28,179+2.6%
East£27,775+1.1%
Wales£27,249−0.8%
North West£27,245−0.8%
South West£27,061−1.5%
East Midlands£26,864−2.2%
Yorkshire and The Humber£26,477−3.6%
West Midlands£26,422−3.8%
North East£26,029−5.2%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 (provisional). Gross annual pay, full-time employee jobs.
Employment
Around 301,000 full-time employee jobs in this occupation (ONS estimate).
Occupation
UK SOC 2020 6135, Care workers and home carers. Mapped to our taxonomy as care-workers-and-home-carers.

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