The Datum Report

Occupation 1252 · Managers, directors and senior officials

Garage managers and proprietors

Garage managers and proprietors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the day-to-day running of garages and specialist vehicle maintenance and repair establishments.

How people enter it

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.

What the work involves

Also called

Bodyshop manager (vehicle trades) · Garage director · Garage owner · Tyre depot manager

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 13,600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 15,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 16,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 1,600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 17,700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 1,700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

RegionMeasureHoursValuePeriod
East 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None 2,200.00 2026-03
East Midlands 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None 1,200.00 2026-03
London 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None withheld 2026-03
North East 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None 1,700.00 2026-03
North West 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None 1,100.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None 800.00 2026-03
Scotland 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None 1,600.00 2026-03
South East 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None 4,100.00 2026-03
South West 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None 1,800.00 2026-03
Wales 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None 1,700.00 2026-03
West Midlands 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None 1,000.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 1252 : Garage managers and proprietors None withheld 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for garage managers and proprietors vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 10 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

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