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Road transport drivers n.e.c. salary in Wales

Full-time average annual pay in Wales

£25,029

2025 · high suppression

Median

Not disclosed

Mean

£25,029

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

Region-level range withheld by ONS — UK-wide, the middle half of road transport drivers n.e.c. earn £21,670£37,860. See full methodology →

Understanding Road transport drivers n.e.c. pay in Wales

To see what £25,029 means after income tax and National Insurance, use the take-home pay calculator below — it also factors in student loan repayments.

Take-home pay estimate

Tax year 2025/26
£
Annual
Gross salary£25,029
Income tax£2,492
National Insurance£997
Take-home pay£21,540

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

How Road transport drivers n.e.c. pay varies by region

London is the highest-paying region for road transport drivers n.e.c. at £32,376 — 13% above the UK median. Wales is lowest at £20,815.

UK median £28,725

Road transport drivers n.e.c. median and mean salary by UK region, sorted highest to lowest.
RegionMedianvs UK
London
£32,376
£32,376Mean £33,213
+13%
Yorkshire and the Humber
£30,736
£30,736Mean £30,950
+7%
West Midlands
£30,044
£30,044Mean £30,466
+5%
Scotland
£29,851
£29,851Mean £32,170
+4%
North East
£29,062
£29,062Mean £29,307
+1%
East Midlands
£28,277
£28,277Mean £29,448
-2%
North West
£27,198
£27,198Mean £27,575
-5%
South West
£26,922
£26,922Mean £25,604
-6%
South East
£26,529
£26,529Mean £30,761
-8%
East of England
£26,341
£26,341Mean £27,188
-8%
Wales (current region)
£20,815
£20,815Mean £21,865
-28%

Sorted highest median to lowest. The vertical line marks the UK median (£28,725); ‘Vs UK median’ compares each region’s median to it. Suppressed values mean ONS withheld this figure because the sample was too small to publish.

How road transport drivers n.e.c. pay in Wales has changed over time

Median annual pay for road transport drivers n.e.c. in Wales by year, shown against the UK-wide median (Source: ONS ASHE). The shaded band is the UK-wide 25th–75th percentile range — ONS does not publish percentile ranges at region level.

Wales median

UK median

UK-wide 25th–75th percentile range

Pre-2021 figures mapped from SOC 2010 via ONS concordance table

How the figures are sourced

Data sources: Official UK earnings data (2025 provisional)(opens in new tab)

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