Cashier Salary in Scotland
Official ONS earnings for Scotland, covering 8,000 jobs.
Median salary — Scotland
£14,085
gross, per year, all employees
Mean
£15,389
Jobs measured
8,000
What a typical cashier takes home
On the median of £14,085, 2026/27 tax year, Scottish rates, no pension or student loan.
Take-home a month
£1,140
Take-home a year
£13,676
Income Tax
£288
National Insurance
£121
What most cashiers actually earn
Half of cashiers in Scotland earn between £10,505 and £22,062. Earning above £22,062 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.
ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers” group in Scotland.
The full pay range
Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of cashiers earn less than this.
Where this figure comes from
- ONS occupation group
- Retail cashiers and check-out operators
- SOC 2020 code
- 7112
- Measure
- Gross annual pay, all employees
- Edition
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2026 provisional
ONS publishes a sampling error of 13.3% for this figure and asks that anything above 10% is treated as imprecise — too few people in this region answered the survey for this occupation. The figure is shown because it is the one ONS published, but it is not firm enough to rank Scotland against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.
Cashier salary FAQs
What is the average Cashier salary in Scotland?
The median is £14,085 a year and the mean is £15,389, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Those cover all employees; ASHE publishes no full-time split at regional level.
How much does a cashier earn per hour?
Across the UK the median hourly rate is £13.80 excluding overtime, or £14.00 for full-time employees. ASHE publishes hourly pay by occupation nationally only, so there is no separate rate for Scotland.
What is a good Cashier salary?
Half of cashiers earn between £10,505 and £22,062. Anything above £22,062 is in the top quarter for the role.
What is the starting salary for a cashier?
ASHE does not record experience, so there is no official starting salary. What it does show is that the lowest-paid 10% of cashiers earn under £7,443 and the lowest quarter under £10,505 — the range a new entrant is most likely to be offered.
How much do the highest-paid cashiers earn?
The top 10% of cashiers earn more than £29,779 a year, and the top quarter more than £22,062. ASHE does not publish figures above the 90th percentile.
Do cashiers in Scotland earn more than the UK average?
The median in Scotland is £14,085 against £15,762 across the UK, 10.6% lower. ONS marks the Scotland figure as imprecise, so treat the gap as indicative.
How many cashiers are there in Scotland?
ASHE counts around 8,000 employee jobs in “Retail cashiers and check-out operators” (SOC 7112) in Scotland. Self-employed work is not included.
Is this figure official?
Yes. It comes from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, an accredited official statistic based on employer PAYE records.
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