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Plastics process operatives salary in United Kingdom

Median annual pay · Full-time employees in United Kingdom, ASHE 2025

£29,644

Based on ~12,000 employees · ASHE 2025 · moderate suppression

Where do you sit?

£16,000£29,644£39,000

Higher than 50% of Plastics process operatives workers in United Kingdom

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Take-home pay estimate

Tax year 2025/26
£
Annual
Gross salary£29,644
Income tax£3,415
National Insurance£1,366
Take-home pay£24,863

Estimate only · 2025/26 HMRC rates · Standard tax code · No pension contribution · Not financial or tax advice

Salary breakdown

Percentile distribution from ASHE 2025

10th percentile

Not disclosed

25th percentile

£23,591

Median

£29,644

Mean

£30,368

75th percentile

Not disclosed

90th percentile

Not disclosed

‘Not disclosed’ means ONS withheld this value because the sample was too small to publish without risking identification. See the ASHE methodology.

How the figures are sourced

Data sources: ONS ASHE (2025 provisional)(opens in new tab)

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