Leisure Assistant Salary
Official ONS earnings for the UK, covering 45,000 jobs.
Median salary
£12,818
gross, per year, all employees
Part-time work is common in this occupation, so the figure above sits 120.6% below the £28,272 median for people working full-time.
▼ 3.3% change on the previous year
Full-time only
£28,272
Part-time only
£8,658
Mean
£15,533
Jobs measured
45,000
What a typical leisure assistant takes home
On the full-time median of £28,272, 2026/27 tax year, England, Wales and Northern Ireland rates, no pension or student loan.
Take-home a month
£1,990
Take-home a year
£23,876
Income Tax
£3,140
National Insurance
£1,256
The full pay range
Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of leisure assistants earn less than this.
Where this figure comes from
- ONS occupation group
- Sports and leisure assistants
- SOC 2020 code
- 6211
- Measure
- Gross annual pay, all employees
- Edition
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2026 provisional
ONS publishes a sampling error of 14.0% 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 this region against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.
ONS doesn't measure “leisure assistant” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Sports and leisure assistants”, which includes this role alongside others. ONS group covers sports and leisure assistants.
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.
Leisure Assistant salary FAQs
What is the average Leisure Assistant salary in the UK?
The median is £12,818 a year and the mean is £15,533, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Those cover all employees; full-time employees alone have a median of £28,272 and part-time employees £8,658.
How much does a leisure assistant earn per hour?
Across the UK the median hourly rate is £13.96 excluding overtime, or £14.64 for full-time employees. ASHE publishes hourly pay by occupation nationally only.
Has leisure assistant pay gone up in the last year?
ASHE puts the year-on-year change in the median at -3.3% for this occupation in the UK. That compares the latest survey with the one before it and is not adjusted for inflation.
How many leisure assistants are there in the UK?
ASHE counts around 45,000 employee jobs in “Sports and leisure assistants” (SOC 6211) in the UK. 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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