Recycling worker salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Recycling worker earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£26,500 per year, median
the midpoint of 82 advertised salaries from 57 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £2,200 a month
- Low
- £24,800
- Median
- £26,500
- Average
- £27,500
- High
- £31,700
Median
Average
Low £24,800
High £31,700
Half of the adverts fall between £24,900 and £27,800. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.
How this figure was worked out
- 82 advertised salaries, from 57 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as an hourly rate (69), a yearly figure (13). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.
These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.
Open Recycling worker jobs
Recycling Operative
from 13 £/hrFull-time
Recycling Operative
Full-time
Recycling Operative
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Recycling Operative - Belfast City Council
from 14 £/hr
Recycling Packing Operative
Recycling Operative Days
from 13 £/hr
Recycling Operative
from 14 £/hr
PT Recycling Operative - Belfast BT7 Temp Contract
Recycling Operative
14–15 £/hr
Recycling Operative Days
from 13 £/hr
Recycling Operative
from 13 £/hr
Waste and Recycling Operative (Plant Operator)
from 28k £/yr
Recycling Operative
from 13 £/hrFull-time
Recycling Operative
Senior Refuse & Recycling Operative - DGA13763
Installation Recycling Operative
from 32k £/yr
Recycling Operative Days
from 13 £/hrFull-time
Recycling Operative
from 13 £/hrFull-time
Recycling Operative
Full-time
Installation Recycling Operative