Salary percentile calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to see what percentile you rank in among UK full-time employees, based on the latest ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) data. You can narrow the comparison to your age group or region.
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£45,000
You would rank around the 61st percentile of full-time UK employees — out-earn approximately 61% of full-time UK employees.
61st percentile
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Region and age figures are only published for the whole UK or a single region or age group, so choose one or the other.
How the percentile is estimated
- Based on ONS ASHE 2025 provisional distribution of gross annual earnings for full-time employee jobs in the United Kingdom.
- Between published percentile points the figure is interpolated, so it is an estimate, not an exact ranking.
- The UK median full-time salary is £39,039; the 10th percentile is £23,990 and the 90th is £76,903. London's median is £49,692 and its 90th percentile £115,775.
- Age groups and regions come from the same ASHE 2025 release (Tables 6.7a and WGOR Age 7a).
- Above the 90th percentile, ONS-reported points are unreliable, so high salaries are grouped into a top 10%/5%/1% band.
- Percentiles cover full-time employees, so your position also varies by occupation, which is not modelled here.
What does a salary percentile mean?
If a salary sits at the 60th percentile, it means 60% of full-time employee jobs in the UK pay less than that amount, and 40% pay more. The median — the 50th percentile — is the point where half of full-time jobs pay more and half pay less: £39,039 in the latest ONS data.
Percentiles are more useful than the average (mean) salary for understanding your position, because extreme high earners pull the mean up. The mean full-time salary in the 2025 ASHE is £48,512, well above the £39,039 median, purely because of the long tail of very high earners.
Where do the figures come from?
The percentile points come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2025 provisional results, for gross annual pay of full-time employee jobs in the United Kingdom: the 10th percentile is £23,990, the median is £39,039 and the 90th percentile is £76,903. ONS does not publish reliable percentile points above the 90th, which is why very high salaries are reported here as a band (top 10%, top 5% or top 1%) rather than a precise figure.
Age-group figures come from ASHE Table 6.7a and region figures from ASHE Table WGOR Age 7a, both for gross annual pay of full-time employee jobs. Because ONS only publishes these as single-scope tables, you can compare against either a region or an age band — not both at once. Regional medians range from £34,403 in the North East to £49,692 in London; age-group medians from £23,596 for ages 18–21 to £44,244 for ages 40–49.
Percentiles compare full-time employee jobs, so your position within your own region or age group will differ, and occupation also matters. Treat the result as a guide, not an exact ranking.
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