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UK salary report · 2026

Cleaner Salary in Yorkshire and The Humber

Official ONS earnings for Yorkshire and The Humber, covering 39,000 jobs.

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Where this comes from →

Median salary — Yorkshire and The Humber

£11,319

gross, per year, all employees

▲ 11.5% change on the previous year

Mean

£12,676

Jobs measured

39,000

What most cleaners actually earn

Half of cleaners in Yorkshire and The Humber earn between £7,496 and £19,194. Earning above £19,194 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 “Elementary Cleaning Occupations” group in Yorkshire and The Humber.

The full pay range

Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of cleaners earn less than this.

20th
£6,745
25th
£7,496
30th
£8,333
40th
£10,224
50th
£12,060
60th
£13,997
70th
£17,904
75th
£19,194
80th
£21,882
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How Yorkshire and The Humber ranks for cleaner pay

5th

of 6 GB regions with a published figure

Scotland tops the table on £12,791 and West Midlands sits at the bottom on £9,744. Yorkshire and The Humber is £1,472 short of the top.

Ranking compares published regional medians for the same occupation. It says nothing about cost of living — a higher median doesn't survive contact with rent. The cost of living calculator is the honest next step.

Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group
Cleaners and domestics
SOC 2020 code
9223
Measure
Gross annual pay, all employees
Edition
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

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.

Cleaner salary FAQs

What is the average Cleaner salary in Yorkshire and The Humber?

The median is £11,319 a year and the mean is £12,676, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Those cover all employees; ASHE publishes no full-time split at regional level.

What is a good Cleaner salary?

Half of cleaners earn between £7,496 and £19,194. Anything above £19,194 is in the top quarter for the role.

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, covering 39,000 jobs in this occupation.

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