Sales and retail assistants
United Kingdom. Around 245,000 full-time employee jobs.
Data released ASHE 2025 (provisional)
ONS ASHE · SOC 2020 4-digit
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£25,056 · 50th
£17,99610th
£21,97025th
£25,05650th
£29,84675th
£35,80490th
That is the median — half 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 →
| Region | Median | vs. the UK |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom This page | £25,056 | — |
| London | £27,637 | +10.3% |
| East | £25,292 | +0.9% |
| South East | £25,250 | +0.8% |
| Scotland | £25,245 | +0.8% |
| North East | £25,013 | −0.2% |
| West Midlands | £24,935 | −0.5% |
| South West | £24,691 | −1.5% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £24,682 | −1.5% |
| North West | £24,486 | −2.3% |
| Wales | £24,480 | −2.3% |
| East Midlands | £23,940 | −4.5% |
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 245,000 full-time employee jobs in this occupation (ONS estimate).
- Occupation
- UK SOC 2020 7111, Sales and retail assistants. Mapped to our taxonomy as sales-and-retail-assistants.
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