Bank and post office clerks: average salary and pay in the UK
Full-time bank and post office clerks in the UK earned a median £30,265 in the year to 5 April 2025, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE): 22% less than the £39,039 median for all full-time jobs.
What the figures show
It is in the lowest-paid third of the 382 occupations (111th from the bottom).
The middle half of full-time jobs paid between £26,640 and £35,718.
Median full-time pay: women £28,753 a year, men £31,361 a year.
Full-time paid hours are shorter than usual, a median of 35 a week.
About 74% of the roughly 73,000 employee jobs are full-time.
Since 2021 the median has risen 34.6% (from £22,478), faster than the 25.0% for all jobs.
The Annual Population Survey counts 66,300 people in this line of work, 14% of them in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Pay distribution, 2025 provisional
| Gross pay | Full-time, annual | Full-time, weekly | Full-time, hourly | All, annual | All, weekly | All, hourly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £23,568 | £469.70 | £12.87 | £14,004 | £284.10 | £12.83 |
| 20th percentile | £25,702 | £496.00 | £13.58 | £19,865 | £422.20 | £13.51 |
| 25th percentile | £26,640 | £518.70 | £14.02 | £22,514 | £456.10 | £13.85 |
| 30th percentile | £27,154 | £532.80 | £14.39 | £23,592 | £482.10 | £14.30 |
| 40th percentile | £28,563 | £560.50 | £15.25 | £26,050 | £519.60 | £15.02 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £30,265 | £594.10 | £16.28 | £27,671 | £549.10 | £15.99 |
| 60th percentile | £32,288 | £634.00 | £17.57 | £29,916 | £592.70 | £17.25 |
| 70th percentile | £34,396 | £680.60 | £19.06 | £32,230 | £634.40 | £18.76 |
| 75th percentile | £35,718 | £705.60 | £19.47 | £33,383 | £666.20 | £19.32 |
| 80th percentile | £38,203 | £742.10 | £20.19 | £35,223 | £694.10 | £20.18 |
| 90th percentile | – | – | – | – | £853.00* | £25.18* |
| Mean | £32,980 | £647.60 | £17.74 | £28,797 | £568.40 | £17.66 |
Pay since 2021
| ASHE year | Full-time, annual median | Full-time, weekly median | Full-time, hourly median | All, annual median | All, weekly median | Jobs (thousands, indicative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 revised | £22,478 | £426.40 | £11.59 | £20,000 | £383.30 | 125 |
| 2022 revised | £22,569 | £460.60 | £12.59 | £20,035 | £414.40 | 105 |
| 2023 revised | £24,827 | £503.10 | £13.71 | £21,883 | £460.90 | 98 |
| 2024 revised | £28,148 | £562.80 | £15.60 | £25,974 | £517.70 | 89 |
| 2025 provisional | £30,265 | £594.10 | £16.28 | £27,671 | £549.10 | 73 |
Bank and post office clerks by region
UK: 66,300 (± 10,000), April 2025 to March 2026. 11 of the 12 regions and nations have samples too small to publish.
| Region or nation | People in employment | 95% confidence interval |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 9,100* | ± 3,500 |
Annual Population Survey (Nomis)
What bank and post office clerks do
Bank and post office clerks deal with the payment and receipt of money, cheques and other routine financial transactions and open and close accounts. They advise upon financial products and services offered by banks, building societies and post offices. (ONS SOC 2020, 4123)
Also covers: bank clerk, cashier (banking), customer service adviser (building society), customer service officer (banking), post office clerk, admin clerk, administration clerk, bank adviser, bank assistant, bank cashier, bank employee, bank officer, bank official, bank supervisor, bank teller, banking administrator, banking clerk and banking supervisor (92 titles in the ONS coding index).
- Deals with enquiries from customers, other banks and other authorised enquirers
- Maintains records of transactions and compiles information
- Advises customers on financial services and products available
- Manages the operations of a sub-post office
- Receives and pays out cash, cheques, money orders, credit notes, foreign currency or travellers cheques
- Provides postal services, pays state pensions, unemployment and other state benefits to claimants, supplies official forms and documentation to the public, and performs other tasks specific to the activities of a post office
There are no minimum academic requirements, although entrants usually possess GCSEs/S grades, A levels/H grades or an Advanced GNVQ/GSVQ level III. On-the-job training is provided. NVQs/SVQs in relevant areas are available at levels 2, 3 and 4.
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ASHE Table 14: 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 · coding index · notes · 15 October 2026