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UK salary report · 2026

Packer Salary in South East

Official ONS earnings for South East, covering 7,000 jobs.

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

Median salary — South East

£25,199

gross, per year, all employees

▲ 4.7% change on the previous year

Mean

£23,587

Jobs measured

7,000

What most packers actually earn

Half of packers in South East earn between £21,986 and £29,747. Earning above £29,747 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 Process Plant Occupations” group in South East.

The full pay range

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

25th
£21,986
30th
£23,536
40th
£24,198
50th
£25,971
60th
£27,500
70th
£29,375
75th
£29,747
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Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers
SOC 2020 code
9132
Measure
Gross annual pay, all employees
Edition
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

ONS publishes a sampling error of 10.6% 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 South East against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.

ONS doesn't measure “packer” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers”, which includes this role alongside others. ONS group covers packers, bottlers, canners and fillers.

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.

Packer salary FAQs

What is the average Packer salary in South East?

The median is £25,199 a year and the mean is £23,587, 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 Packer salary?

Half of packers earn between £21,986 and £29,747. Anything above £29,747 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 7,000 jobs in this occupation.

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