{ "name": "forkliftcoursefinder.co.uk Forklift Operator Pay Benchmark", "title": "Forklift Operator Pay Benchmark", "url": "https://forkliftcoursefinder.co.uk/datasets/forklift-operator-pay-benchmark/", "csv": "https://forkliftcoursefinder.co.uk/datasets/forklift-operator-pay-benchmark.csv", "markdown": "https://forkliftcoursefinder.co.uk/datasets/forklift-operator-pay-benchmark/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-18", "license": "https://forkliftcoursefinder.co.uk/terms", "headline": "The Forklift Operator Pay Benchmark carries 4 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 23,000 to 39,000 GBP, read 12 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Forklift Operator Pay Benchmark carries 4 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 23,000 to 39,000 GBP, read 12 October 2026.", "2 of the 6 named sources read in full publish a figure; 4 publish none, read 12 October 2026.", "Forklift Operator Pay Benchmark, experience starter: median 23,500 GBP across 2 sources, read 12 October 2026.", "Forklift Operator Pay Benchmark, experience experienced: median 35,500 GBP across 2 sources, read 12 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"forkliftcoursefinder.co.uk Forklift Operator Pay Benchmark\", updated 2026-10-18, https://forkliftcoursefinder.co.uk/datasets/forklift-operator-pay-benchmark/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "GBP", "n": 4, "median": 28000, "min": 23000, "max": 39000, "p25": 23250, "p75": 37250, "mean": 29500, "units": { "GBP": 4 }, "published_sources": 2, "named_sources": 7, "read_sources": 6, "not_published": 4, "published_share": 0.333 }, "by_axis": { "experience": { "starter": { "GBP": { "n": 2, "median": 23500, "min": 23000, "max": 24000, "p25": null, "p75": null, "mean": 23500 } }, "experienced": { "GBP": { "n": 2, "median": 35500, "min": 32000, "max": 39000, "p25": null, "p75": null, "mean": 35500 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "National Careers Service - forklift driver", "url": "https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/forklift-driver", "figure": "£23,000", "value": 23000, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "experience": "starter" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "Average salary (a year) £23,000", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "f59eb0525eb2573b2580d26e3f3fcbf03e475404c49b5fba70325d2c3a108399" }, { "source": "National Careers Service - forklift driver", "url": "https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/forklift-driver", "figure": "£32,000", "value": 32000, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "experience": "experienced" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "£32,000", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "f59eb0525eb2573b2580d26e3f3fcbf03e475404c49b5fba70325d2c3a108399" }, { "source": "Go Construct - forklift driver career profile", "url": "https://www.goconstruct.org/construction-careers/what-jobs-are-right-for-me/forklift-driver", "figure": "£39,000", "value": 39000, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "experience": "experienced" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "• Trained with experience forklift drivers can earn up to £39,000*", "source_class": "secondary", "text_sha256": "b8d0ed06c34f14ad8efed620bf8955e7092e62e00404d1e1f113426b0c7a2f5b" }, { "source": "Go Construct - forklift driver career profile", "url": "https://www.goconstruct.org/construction-careers/what-jobs-are-right-for-me/forklift-driver", "figure": "£24,000 ", "value": 24000, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "experience": "starter" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "Average Salary £24,000 to £39,000", "source_class": "secondary", "text_sha256": "b8d0ed06c34f14ad8efed620bf8955e7092e62e00404d1e1f113426b0c7a2f5b" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "ONS - ASHE Table 14, earnings and hours by four-digit SOC", "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/earningsandhoursworkedallemployeesashetable14", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "ONS - ASHE Table 15, region by occupation by four-digit SOC", "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/regionbyoccupation4digitsoc2010ashetable15", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "GOV.UK - ASHE Table 15 statistics release", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/earnings-and-hours-worked-region-by-occupation-by-four-digit-soc-ashe-table-15", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Find a job (DWP) - forklift vacancies", "url": "https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/search?q=forklift", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/forklift-driver", "label": "National Careers Service - forklift driver", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/earningsandhoursworkedallemployeesashetable14", "label": "ONS - ASHE Table 14, earnings and hours by four-digit SOC", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/regionbyoccupation4digitsoc2010ashetable15", "label": "ONS - ASHE Table 15, region by occupation by four-digit SOC", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/earnings-and-hours-worked-region-by-occupation-by-four-digit-soc-ashe-table-15", "label": "GOV.UK - ASHE Table 15 statistics release", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates", "label": "GOV.UK - National Minimum Wage rates", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/search?q=forklift", "label": "Find a job (DWP) - forklift vacancies", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.goconstruct.org/construction-careers/what-jobs-are-right-for-me/forklift-driver", "label": "Go Construct - forklift driver career profile", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 6 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 4 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 4 figures, never sentences; 4 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the official median pay for the occupation from ASHE by region, beside the National Careers Service's published band and the National Minimum Wage floor, divided by the index's median course price - the PAYBACK in shifts, which is the question behind 'how much is a forklift course' and which nobody publishes because the two halves live in different places; re-derived on each ASHE release and each course-price read", "embed": "

23,000 to 39,000 GBP

4 published figures, Forklift Operator Pay Benchmark, across 2 sources, read 12 October 2026

Source: forkliftcoursefinder.co.uk Forklift Operator Pay Benchmark
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