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UK salary report · 2026

Kitchen Assistant Salary in North West

Official ONS earnings for North West, covering 39,000 jobs.

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

Median salary — North West

£11,872

gross, per year, all employees

▲ 19.7% change on the previous year

Mean

£12,203

Jobs measured

39,000

What most kitchen assistants actually earn

Half of kitchen assistants in North West earn between £4,843 and £17,513. Earning above £17,513 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 “Other Elementary Services Occupations” group in North West.

The full pay range

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

10th
£2,591
20th
£4,095
25th
£4,843
30th
£6,291
40th
£8,696
50th
£11,069
60th
£13,629
70th
£16,031
75th
£17,513
80th
£19,656
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Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group
Kitchen and catering assistants
SOC 2020 code
9263
Measure
Gross annual pay, all employees
Edition
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

ONS publishes a sampling error of 10.9% 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 North West 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.

Kitchen Assistant salary FAQs

What is the average Kitchen Assistant salary in North West?

The median is £11,872 a year and the mean is £12,203, 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 Kitchen Assistant salary?

Half of kitchen assistants earn between £4,843 and £17,513. Anything above £17,513 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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