The Datum Report

Occupation 9219 · Elementary occupations

Elementary administration occupations n.e.c.

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of elementary clerical and administrative tasks within offices not elsewhere classified in minor group: 921 Elementary administration occupations.

How people enter it

There are no formal academic entry requirements. Training is typically provided on-the-job. NVQs/ SVQs in Business Administration are available at level 1, 2 and 3.

What the work involves

Also called

General assistant · Office junior · Office worker · Reprographic technician

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 14,500.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 15,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 16,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 — ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
Not published: Estimate is less than 500
9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 17,100.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 1,400.00 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 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None 1,900.00 2026-03
East Midlands 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None 1,800.00 2026-03
London 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None 3,200.00 2026-03
North East 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None 1,900.00 2026-03
North West 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None 1,000.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None withheld 2026-03
Scotland 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None 900.00 2026-03
South East 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None 2,100.00 2026-03
South West 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None withheld 2026-03
Wales 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None 1,400.00 2026-03
West Midlands 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None 800.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 9219 : Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. None 1,700.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for elementary administration occupations n.e.c. 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.

Classified alongside this

Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers