Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers vs. Security guards and related occupations
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
Table 1 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Security guards and related occupations against Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers.
| Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers | Security guards and related occupations | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 86,000 | 74,000 | −14.0% |
| 10th percentile | £24,687 | £23,794 | −3.6% |
| 25th percentile | £28,292 | £27,982 | −1.1% |
| Median | £31,677 | £33,832 | +6.8% |
| 75th percentile | £36,381 | £39,194 | +7.7% |
| 90th percentile | £41,817 | £44,793 | +7.1% |
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.
- Full pages
- Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers · Security guards and related occupations
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