Garage managers and proprietors: average salary and pay in the UK
The ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) puts median weekly pay for full-time garage managers and proprietors at £849.20 in April 2025; no reliable annual figure is published.
What the figures show
A full-time median is published for men only; the sample of women is too small.
Paid hours are long: a full-time median of 40 a week including overtime, against 37.5 across all jobs.
From £662.30 in 2021, the median is up 28.2%, close to the 25.7% for all jobs.
The Annual Population Survey counts 17,700 people in this line of work across the UK.
Pay distribution, 2025 provisional
| Gross pay | Full-time, weekly | All, weekly | All, hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40th percentile | £778.60* | – | £17.78* |
| Median (50th percentile) | £849.20* | £780.80* | £19.01* |
| Mean | £1,108.40* | £988.60* | £26.54* |
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 | £37,379* | £662.30* | £15.12* | £30,932* | £629.10* | 9* |
| 2022 revised | £43,512* | £697.80* | £16.06* | – | £683.70* | – |
| 2023 revised | £42,670* | £804.30* | £18.60* | – | £767.30* | – |
| 2025 provisional | – | £849.20* | – | – | £780.80* | – |
Garage managers and proprietors by region
UK: 17,700 (± 5,200), April 2025 to March 2026.
Annual Population Survey (Nomis)
What garage managers and proprietors do
Garage managers and proprietors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the day-to-day running of garages and specialist vehicle maintenance and repair establishments. (ONS SOC 2020, 1252)
Also covers: bodyshop manager (vehicle trades), garage director, garage owner, tyre depot manager, bodyshop manager, dealer principal, engineering manager, principal dealer, production manager, body shop manager and motorcycles service manager.
- Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term requirements
- Ensures that necessary spare parts, materials and equipment are available or obtainable at short notice
- Arranges for maintenance staff to perform necessary maintenance and repair work on vehicles or motorcycles
- Checks completed work for compliance with safety and other statutory regulations
- Maintains records of repair work to detect recurrent faults
- Provides information about garage merchandise for staff and customers
There are no pre-set entry requirements, although some employers may require relevant experience and GCSEs/S grades or vocational qualifications such as Automotive NVQs/SVQs at level 3. Off and on-the-job training is provided.
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ASHE Table 14: 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 · coding index · notes · 15 October 2026