Occupation 4123 · Administrative and secretarial occupations
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.
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.
Bank clerk · Cashier (banking) · Customer service adviser (building society) · Customer service officer (banking) · Post office clerk
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | None | 2026-03 | 54,800.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | None | 2026-03 | 56,900.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | None | 2026-03 | 62,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | None | 2026-03 | 4,200.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | None | 2026-03 | 5,200.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | None | 2026-03 | 66,300.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | None | 2026-03 | 2,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
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.
| Region | Measure | Hours | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 6,500.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 2,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| London | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 7,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 4,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| North West | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 7,000.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 4,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 5,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 6,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 4,800.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 2,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 5,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 4123 : Bank and post office clerks | None | 9,100.00 | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.
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.
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks · Credit controllers · Finance officers · Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.