Pharmacy Assistant Salary in South West
Official ONS earnings for South West.
Median salary — South West
£20,569
gross, per year, all employees
▲ 10.5% change on the previous year
Mean
£20,002
What most pharmacy assistants actually earn
Half of pharmacy assistants in South West earn between £9,734 and £22,154. Earning above £22,154 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 South West.
The full pay range
Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of pharmacy assistants earn less than this.
Where this figure comes from
- ONS occupation group
- Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants
- SOC 2020 code
- 7114
- Measure
- Gross annual pay, all employees
- Edition
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional
ONS publishes a sampling error of 16.0% 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 South West against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.
ONS doesn't measure “pharmacy assistant” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants”, which includes this role alongside others. ONS group combines pharmacy and optical dispensing 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.
Pharmacy Assistant salary FAQs
What is the average Pharmacy Assistant salary in South West?
The median is £20,569 a year and the mean is £20,002, 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 Pharmacy Assistant salary?
Half of pharmacy assistants earn between £9,734 and £22,154. Anything above £22,154 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.
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