Associate Professional Salaries (2025)

✓ Sourced directly from ONS ASHE & BLS OES · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · First published: 2026-08-25 · Last updated: 2026-10-25

✓ ONS & BLS Verified Rates — Updated July 2026

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional) · BLS OES May 2025

31 job titles, sorted by UK median salary.

Associate Professional pay at a glance

In the UK, the 31 associate professional occupations with ONS data have median pay ranging from £12,570 (Sports Coaches, Instructors and Officials) to £51,026 (Brokers); the average of those medians is about £32,929. In the US, the 16 occupations with BLS data range from $37,890 (Protective Service Associate Professionals N.E.C.) to $83,050 (Importers and Exporters), averaging about $65,079. These are unweighted averages of the occupation medians listed below, not official category-wide figures, and UK and US figures are never converted or combined.

Job titleUK medianUS median
Brokers £51,026 $78,660
Protective Service Associate Professionals N.E.C. £41,592 $37,890
Fire Service Officers (Watch Manager and Below) £40,775 $59,280
Public Services Associate Professionals £38,454 —
Estimators, Valuers and Assessors £37,809 $78,740
Inspectors of Standards and Regulations £37,236 $80,730
Information Technology Trainers £36,621 —
Business Sales Executives £36,498 $72,080
Buyers and Procurement Officers £36,230 —
Planning, Process and Production Technicians £36,062 —
Electrical and Electronics Technicians £35,018 —
Importers and Exporters £34,757 $83,050
CAD, Drawing and Architectural Technicians £34,465 —
Project Support Officers £34,207 —
Quality Assurance Technicians £33,242 —
Other Vocational and Industrial Trainers £33,236 $69,280
Business Associate Professionals N.E.C. £33,035 —
Human Resources and Industrial Relations Officers £33,012 $75,940
Housing Officers £32,542 —
Prison Service Officers (Below Principal Officer) £31,603 $58,940
Marketing Associate Professionals £30,479 $78,760
Careers Advisers and Vocational Guidance Specialists £30,045 $64,330
Child and Early Years Officers £29,347 —
Events Managers and Organisers £29,101 —
Youth and Community Workers £27,711 $45,930
Counsellors £27,082 —
Estate Agents and Auctioneers £26,988 $52,830
Laboratory Technicians £26,861 $57,510
Welfare and Housing Associate Professionals N.E.C. £26,640 —
Merchandisers £26,554 —
Sports Coaches, Instructors and Officials £12,570 $47,320

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Figures are gross annual pay before tax, for reference only. Sources: ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional), BLS OES May 2025.

Data: ONS ASHE Table 14/15, 2025 provisional · BLS OES, May 2025 · Page built 2026-10-25