2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Cleaners and domestics vs. Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers

Two occupations, one country. Gross annual pay for full-time employee jobs, ASHE 2025 (provisional).

Data released ASHE 2025 (provisional) ONS ASHE · SOC 2020 4-digit
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
20k30k40k CLEANERS AND DOMESTICS £24,130 POSTAL WORKERS, MAIL SORTERS AND MESSENGERS £31,677
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers against Cleaners and domestics.

Cleaners and domesticsPostal workers, mail sorters and messengersΔ
Employment90,00086,000−4.4%
10th percentile£16,912£24,687+46.0%
25th percentile£20,942£28,292+35.1%
Median£24,130£31,677+31.3%
75th percentile£27,960£36,381+30.1%
90th percentile£33,113£41,817+26.3%
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.
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Cleaners and domestics · Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers

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