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Customer service occupations n.e.c. vs. Sales and retail assistants

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 CUSTOMER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS N.E.C. £27,848 SALES AND RETAIL ASSISTANTS £25,056
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Sales and retail assistants against Customer service occupations n.e.c..

Customer service occupations n.e.c.Sales and retail assistantsΔ
Employment188,000245,000+30.3%
10th percentile£21,733£17,996−17.2%
25th percentile£24,583£21,970−10.6%
Median£27,848£25,056−10.0%
75th percentile£33,076£29,846−9.8%
90th percentile£41,127£35,804−12.9%
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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Customer service occupations n.e.c. · Sales and retail assistants

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